Attention new divers or divers considering purchasing your first regulator. You’ll want to read on. When I was a new diver, I wanted to purchase my own equipment. So, like many people, I went online to research what I wanted. My instructor used a Scubapro MK25 with a S600 second stage. He raved about it. So I purchased a set from Leisure Pro. The day after I got my new regs, I took them to the dive store down the street to set them up. The owner asked where I got them and I told him. He then lectured me on how bad LP was and that my regs were purchased on the gray market. Not knowing what that was, I assumed it was bad. He also told me that I would have to pay for parts for the annual service. If I purchased the reg from him, the parts would be free. So, fearing death from my LP regulators and the high cost of their service, I promptly returned them to LP and bought a lower quality set of regs from the dive store. [Read more...]