Last year I got a Phoenix double hose from you but I did not have a chance to use it until last week and it does not breathe so easy and I think there is something wrong with it. Can you tell me how to make ti easier to brethe so my girlfriend is not aftaid to go diving while using it please
Why did you wait so long to try it out? Did you try it on a cylinder when you first received it ? Not sure how I feel about a regulator that is over a year old and just now you are saying it does not work very well. If you want to send it back to I will be glad to check it out. I will ask that you pay the return shipping cost.
Cant you just tell me how to fix it while its here I did not use it sooner because the dive shop would not let me use it in the pool because they said it was dangerous and their insurance did not cover double hose regs. I talked to the repair guy and he has never heard of you and said that no new parts could be inside because U.S. divers that is now called Aqualung so you know has not made any parts and the parts that they had were burned in a fire a long time ago. Now I go to a new shop and they let me try it in the pool but said I cant use it when diving with them because it is not certified repaired and I do not have the card for diving with this kind of diving gear.
If anyone ever questions the validity of the repairs/service/parts etc on anything I have had my hands on please have them call me or direct the to the Vintage Double Hose website.
Please just send it back to me and I’ll double check how it’s working and get it right back to you. I’m going to send you some links to some pages on the website that will help you understand how important many other things are to ease of breathing when using a double hose regulator.
My girlfried thinks you should send me a replacement phoenix and do an exchange for this one since it does not work. If you will send a new one can you also send a certificate that says it is as good as modern regs and that I can dive with it anywhere other people go diving.
Here are you options……Send the regulator back to me and I will check it out and insure that it working correctly. This will be at no charge and you pay the return shipping. Or
Find a new dive shop and or some other vintage equipment divers in your area and get to know your gear and how it does and does not work. Or try it out in the pool a few more times following the recommendation from the video and picture links I sent you and see if you are happier with it.
My diving instructor said that double hose regulators were outlawed in the seventies because they did not have a way to us a pressure gage and an alternate air source and too many accidents happened with them because of this and they were sude . He said that my Phoenix is a good idea but no one would want to dive one because it looks old and it cant go on modern tanks with high presurs.
You sir are surrounded by dive shops full of MORONS. Please don’t listen to anything these people are telling you. Do some reading on your own and educate yourself on the subject. Double hose diving is not for everyone….Diving as a sport was never meant to include everyone to begin with. If you are really that unhappy with the regulator please return it to me and after I see it I will try and make an offer to buy it back from you.
Terry
Send the reg back. 
WE WERE NEVER LIKE THAT!!! We loved to help folks with special equipment requirements.
