cdharris wrote:Nemrod wrote:I would not get all hung up on the minor things.
Nem
We may have to agree to disagree that -- when spending $600+ on a regulator -- bite comfort is a "minor thing". Just my two cents.
I am not dismissing your concerns nor am I making light of it
. I appreciate that you have a specific need. Here, let me make a football analogy. Bryan is like Drew Brees, it is seconds until the game is over, he needs seven points to win. A field goal will not do, a TD by itself will not do. But, he knows he cannot win if he does not first get the team that TD. Bryan is back in the pocket, the opposing team (GOO) is putting the pressure on and Sproles is fighting to get clear and the DIR guys are hanging on him. Drew, in this case, Bryan, needs the team to hold off GOO, until Sproles can get clear. Once Sproles gets the TD for Brees (Bryan) and the team, then they can get that field goal and win it. The field goal extra point is like the mouth piece, the TD is like getting Argonauts manufactured and in peoples hands.
That is what I meant about minor things, right now the TD is the big thing, Brees will worry about the field goal after he gets the TD.
Okay, first, I never have played fooseball, so forgive me, but I do understand that a certain fellow we all know is like all in and needs a touch down. He will get to a mouthpiece and win the game, but first get the Argonaut across the goal line for the TD. The team needs the TD first.
And, I understand about the agony
, I have dental implants courtesy of a drunk driver. I finds the curved mouthpiece very comfortable because it is buoyant and has a short moment and therefore does not pry out and down on my upper front teeth. In order for those involved to understand your specific needs or other peoples needs, one will have to be more specific about exactly what makes the current mouthpieces "agony" as that is not specific or even helpful to the discussion.
The test pilots do this to us at work all the time, their complaints are non specific, okay, like, what do you want me to do
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Changing subjects slightly. Rebreathers need a DSV mouthpiece to prevent contamination of the circuit. A DH regulator does not need a DSV but it could use some sort of surface shutoff, which might not necessarily be at the mouthpiece.
Just a couple of years ago, there were no hoses, no valves, no cages, no mouthpieces, no cans, no duckbills much less a DBEV, no HPR, no Phoenix, no diaphragms, no freaking nothing
I remember well.
Nem