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Saturday, December 6, 2008

Scuba Lab Review on the New Oceanic EOS Regulator

Features: The FDX-10 is an environmentally sealed, over-balanced diaphragm first stage featuring two high-pressure and four low-pressure ports, all angled to optimize comfortable hose routing. It also has DVT to protect the first-stage inlet. The new pneumatically balanced EOS second stage offers a light compact body with user controls--a large flow control adjustment knob and ratcheting Dive/Pre-dive switch--as well as an inline swivel and a sizeable front purge cover.




Performance: Underwater, the EOS midsize second-stage was light and comfortable in the mouth with a swivel that tracks small head movements, reducing jaw fatigue. The patented Dynamic Adjustment flow control knob allows you to lock in your ideal breathing resistance, and once set, the reg compensates for depth changes. Underwater, it worked well, maintaining easy breathing at depth. The Venturi switch has a ratcheting movement for fine-tuning and the large front cover purge was easy to find. On the ANSTI breathing machine, the EOS FDX10 produced a mix of Excellent to Very Good scores in the four test categories.



Bottom Line: This regulator comes fully loaded with all the extras and above-average breathing performance.

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