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

Alec shows a variety of 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"
https://youtu.be/fvS_0M5R6jY

*** In this episode of Vintage Scuba ***
- 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

***** Alec Peirce Scuba *****

SCUBA TECH TIPS playlists
▶︎ Series 4: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLzEmTMig18QPZUeotCLbh0ic7ygFwRYcj
▶︎ Series 1, 2 & 3: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLzEmTMig18QPtP2-4sINDYMP8yNJkFgzc

VINTAGE SCUBA playlists
▶︎ Series 2: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLzEmTMig18QOgU748Ss3eYf7BX3M-UPfx
▶︎ Series 1: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLzEmTMig18QP3E8OVncZtnoSa8fuZN6LX

SEA HUNT REMEMBERED playlists
▶︎ Series 2: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLzEmTMig18QMZrI4i-_16Zr1NkqoZx48b
▶︎ Series 1: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLzEmTMig18QO-MiB19Ctkfe1DB59w9dly

▶︎ VINTAGE SCUBA website: http://www.vintagescuba.com
▶︎ SEA HUNT COLLECTOR website: http://seahuntcollector.com