The Key Largo Dive Center is a full service facility. We are Authorized Dealers for the products we sell. Our factory trained technicians are able to provide regulator overhaul, repair, and service to Atomic Aquatics, Dive Rite, Zeagle and Hollis regulators and dive gear. We utilize the manufacturer’s approved parts kits for all overhaul and service work.
We disassemble, ultrasonicly clean, then inspect all regulator components. We corrosion dip and re-clean as required. O-rings and seats are replaced as per the manufacturer’s requirements. The regulator is rebuilt, tested and adjusted for intermediate pressure. Next it is tested on a Magnehelic for inhalation cracking pressure calibration. If applicable the environmental chambers are refilled (Atomic Aquatics). Hoses and mouthpieces are checked for damage and the entire unit is leak tested.
If you would like to change out any of your rubber hoses for Miflex hoses we can do that for no labor charge if you purchase the hoses from us at the time of servicing. We are a Miflex dealer and stock most sizes and colors of Miflex hoses.
Call us for instructions on sending us your regulator for service.
Prices subject to change without notice. Atomic parts kits are current as of April 2024.
Prices are for labor only and priced per stage. Parts kits additional.
First Stage Service
$60
Second Stage Service
$60
Environmental Chamber Service. Includes fill.
$40
Additional Labor If Required (per hour)
$60
Our parts kits vary in price based on the manufacturer.
Atomic Aquatics First Stage Overhaul Kit
$52
Atomic Aquatics Second Stage Overhaul Kit
$44
Atomic Aquatics SS1 Overhaul Kit
$20
Atomic Aquatics Swivel Hose Overhaul Kit
$16
You can mail your unit to us or drop it off at the dive shop. Better yet, come dive with us then leave your regulators with us for servicing. We will ship them back to you when they are completed. Our prices are very competitive and you will be very satisfied with our service.
A typical regulator includes a First stage, a Second stage, and either another Second stage octopus or a safe second unit.
Certain Atomic Aquatics regulators require environmental chamber re-fills at servicing. We can also convert an Atomic Aquatics sealed first stage to an un-sealed unit for no added labor cost during overhaul, just the cost of parts (a different trim ring seal). That will save you the unnecessary cost of re-filling the environmental chamber if you don't use your reg in cold water environments.
More Information About Regulator Service and Repair
We often hear divers say that they did not need regular service work on their regulators. Some internet armchair divers claim that overhauls are just scams to make money for dive shops. You can believe the ignorant or check out some of these regulators. These are not uncommon photos but rather surprisingly very typical. Are you often sick after your dive trips? This could be the mold you are breathing into your lungs at depth? Does your regulator have hidden corrosion? Is this what’s hiding inside your regulator? Your broken parts?
Regulators are your most important piece of life support equipment and they require regular servicing as recommended by their manufacturers. The recommended service interval for most Atomic regulators is 2 years or 300 dives whichever occurs first. Don’t forget that your BCD inflator or SS1 safe second also requires regular servicing. We recommend annual servicing for these.
You can ship us your regulator for service. We can ship it back to you when finished or you can pick it up on your upcoming Key Largo dive trip. Don’t risk missing out on dives because your regulator malfunctions. We see this happen many times by divers who fail to regularly service their gear. Think of the implications to your buddy or friends for your gear failure due to lack of servicing.
If your regulator falls out of the tank rack onto the deck, this can happen due to not being properly secured with either a bungee or fully in the rack, or with internal weight BCDs the forward center of gravity causes them to fall forward if left unattended in rough seas. The regulator may have hidden damage that could cause a serious failure later. The fall sometimes damages the threads where the yoke retainer is mounted onto the regulator first stage. Sometimes the threads are stripped, or the opening is out of round due to the fall. The damage may not be apparent until you bring it in for service and we have difficulty disassembling it, or can't reassemble it due to the bent or damaged parts.
Corrosion can lead to increased wear beyond the manufacturer’s tolerances. Worn seats can cause freeflow. Hidden damage may result in catastrophic failure at depth when you are out of sight or out of reach of your dive buddy.
