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CG45 vs. Aqua-Lung Trademark Blue Label

Sat Sep 30, 2017 4:13 am

Hi everyone, this is my last post, benchmarking CG45 vs. Aqua.Lung Trademark Blue Label!

Amazing how these 2 DH were already different!

Cheers!!


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Re: CG45 vs. Aqua-Lung Trademark Blue Label

Sat Sep 30, 2017 10:51 am

Thanks for the interesting article!
The older I get the better I was.

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Re: CG45 vs. Aqua-Lung Trademark Blue Label

Sat Sep 30, 2017 12:07 pm

antique diver wrote:Thanks for the interesting article!
Ditto!
A sincere THANK YOU to all at VDH who make this wonderful resource available and to all the thoughtful contributors.

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Re: CG45 vs. Aqua-Lung Trademark Blue Label

Sat Sep 30, 2017 1:58 pm

Very nice! Thanks for sharing it with us. I posted a link on the VDH FB page as well.
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Re: CG45 vs. Aqua-Lung Trademark Blue Label

Sat Sep 30, 2017 9:56 pm

Awesome article, and thanks for sharing :) Just a note on the earlier cast body DA regulators from Aqualung. My green label had every feature of your CG-45 except it did have an adjustable intermediate pressure via the two piece screw. I sold my green label to another forum member, but it was very early and came with a metal mouthpiece as well. Apparently the earliest DA regulators, the black, red, and some green label were much more CG-45 like. The blue label, to my knowledge was where the forged body, new angles, etc came in.

I love these old regs man. I have a Navy type DA that I still use . I've had 2 green labels and 2 blue labels. Really now, I'm just looking for a black label or a Spaco.
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Re: CG45 vs. Aqua-Lung Trademark Blue Label

Mon Oct 02, 2017 10:37 pm

Bravo Stephane on the thought provoking article - And what a very nice job you've done on the restoration as well.

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Re: CG45 vs. Aqua-Lung Trademark Blue Label

Sun Oct 08, 2017 5:33 am

Thanks to all of you guys for these very nice comments!!

Yesterday I dove my CG45 in Javea (Spain) check it out!

https://www.whatmattersiswater.com/sing ... live-again

Cheers!!

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Re: CG45 vs. Aqua-Lung Trademark Blue Label

Sun Oct 08, 2017 10:10 am

Very nice video.

I also like some of your other videos, specially the "First dive of the season in Javea... with Clara!!!"

The diving looks pretty good to me.

The article is very interesting.


Muchas gracias por tus contribuciones.

Buceo Cabo la Nao looks like a nice dive operator.
https://cabolanao.com/
https://www.google.com/maps/place/Buceo ... d0.1890186

El area luce preciosa. Un día de estos tengo que regresar a España.
Luis

Buceador con escafandra autónoma clásica.

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Good article about CG45 and Trademark

Wed Oct 18, 2017 5:32 am

Stéphane Eyme has a pretty good site and posted this article: https://www.whatmattersiswater.com/sing ... 9/10/TWINS

It is about the strange lack of upgrading between a Trademark and a CG45 both made about the same time in 1954. Cool read.
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Re: Good article about CG45 and Trademark

Fri Nov 03, 2017 12:29 pm

Bronze06 wrote:Stéphane Eyme has a pretty good site and posted this article: https://www.whatmattersiswater.com/sing ... 9/10/TWINS

It is about the strange lack of upgrading between a Trademark and a CG45 both made about the same time in 1954. Cool read.
Thanks Russ!!

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Re: CG45 vs. Aqua-Lung Trademark Blue Label

Fri Nov 03, 2017 12:30 pm

luis wrote:Very nice video.

I also like some of your other videos, specially the "First dive of the season in Javea... with Clara!!!"

The diving looks pretty good to me.

The article is very interesting.


Muchas gracias por tus contribuciones.

Buceo Cabo la Nao looks like a nice dive operator.
https://cabolanao.com/
https://www.google.com/maps/place/Buceo ... d0.1890186

El area luce preciosa. Un día de estos tengo que regresar a España.
Thanks Luis! Cuando te vienes por aquí avísame!!! Un abrazo!!

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