My old Kirby Morgan reg froze up on a 60 foot dive last Tuesday

I've been diving since 1998 and I swear the older gear just had more give, but my Kirby Morgan second stage started free flowing about 15 minutes into a hull inspection. I had to switch to my bailout bottle and abort the job, cost me half a day's pay waiting on parts. Anyone else notice the newer regulators seem to stick more than the beat-up ones we used back in the day?

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david_stone20d ago

...and honestly that's the thing, the new ones are built to tighter specs but they don't have the same forgiveness. My old one would just hiss a little and settle down. The new one goes full dump every time something shifts. You're not crazy, the older stuff was sloppier but in a good way. Also parts are getting harder to find for the classics, which is its own headache.