Double Hose Regulators Good, Bad, Ugly! - Vintage Scuba: S01E09

Alec shows unique double hose regulators from the 1950's and 1960's.
To see old do-it-yourself scuba sets, watch Alec's "Scuba Tech Tip: Home Made Scuba Tanks and Regulators - S03E11"
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Good: an engraved "Nemrod Snark 3", by Seamless, made in Spain
an autographed "WaterLung Hydro-Twin" by Sam Lecocq, founder of Sportsways and Aqua Lung
a "Northhill Air Lung" in cast bronze, built in "J" valve & venturi assist
a "Viking" beer can regulator with low pressure outlet
a Dacor "Clipper" with "Dial-A-Breath" venturi assist
a "Aqua-Lung" "Aqua-Master" 2 stage regulator by U.S. Divers
Rene Bussoz brought French made regulators to California in the US west coast and founded U.S. Divers and Aqua Lung
Popular Science in July 1953 showed how to make your own diving lung
parts needed: surplus WW2 oxygen diluter valve, 2 aircraft compressed air tanks, brass plumbing fittings, gas mask hoses and webbing
Bad: hard to breath, brittle hoses, not reliable, no purge button, very hard to clear
first popular training book "The New Science of Skin and Scuba Diving"
Alec's scuba course in the 1960's was 26 weeks long
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