About Us

Vintage Double Hose was started in 2004 in a fit of frustration from trying to obtain enough parts and information to get a  DA Aqua-Master working correctly without doing a jury rigged job.

I started slowly asking question after question of anyone that would listen who had 1st  hand knowledge of the subject and then by buying up a few of the common double hose regulators, stripping out all the parts and sending out the dimensions and specifications to obtain bids on replacement service parts for the most popular regulators.

From that point on I have strived to expand my product line and to become the #1 source for information, parts and service for double hose regulators and at the same time developing a community of divers with similar interests who would help me grow and expand our little section of the diving community.  Without the support of my friends and customers I would still be trying to fix that 1st DA Aqua-Master with a crappy photocopy of a manual and recycled parts....

For as long as I can remember I have been a scuba diver, if not in actual practice then at least in my mind. I spent every moment I could in front of the TV wearing my dime store mask and fins waiting for The Undersea World of Jacques Cousteau to come on just to get a glimpse of the divers in action. I used to lie on the floor kicking my fins and in my mind I was swimming along with Captain Cousteau, Falco, Phillipe and the other Calypso divers searching for lost treasure or exploring the ruins of an ancient underwater city.

I actually started scuba diving outside of my living room floor at the age of 10 in 1975 with a steel 72”, Jet Air double hose, mask from K-mart or Kats drug store and a pair of  rocket fins that I wore tennis shoes with so they would fit. After that the only thing I ever really wanted to do was be a scuba diver like Jacques Cousteau! In 1983 I enrolled in the NASDS diving instructors college San Diego. Part of the corriculum included factory training on regulator service and repair for several major manufactures. Unfortunately the double hose part was skipped during the US Divers portion. Many of the principals and a lot of the mechanics apply to single and double hose regulators alike and the training has been invaluable when getting VDH off the ground.

After a few years, several hundred students,repairing scuba equipment and working every weekend it became more of a job than the adventure I loved in my youth. Sadly I hung up my wetsuit for a few years to attend college full time and get a real job as my Father would say.
Then in 2004 while searching E-bay for a deal on a modern piece of scuba gear I stumbled on DOUBLE HOSE REGULATORS and it immediately brought back memories of what made me a frogman like Jacques Cousteau.

Vintage Double Hose is the work I embrace when my full time occupation is done for the day. Plus, I am fortunate enough to have a lovely wife and a 5 year old girl that keep me busy at home. My hope is that dedication, hard work, and the support of my great customers and friends I can evolve Vintage Double Hose from a part time passion to my full time occupation.

I hope you will spend some time on the site, look around, get to know us and let us get to know you....