You mean they replace the salvimar piston with a mares piston? Any specific model or do they all fit?Most Salvimar users change the original piston and shock absorber by Mares. Apparently, they are better quality.
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You mean they replace the salvimar piston with a mares piston? Any specific model or do they all fit?Most Salvimar users change the original piston and shock absorber by Mares. Apparently, they are better quality.
Edo sub would charge too much to ship to the USA. Thank you for the advice. It looks like that most pistons for mares available for shipping are made by salvimar. I will buy some spares and change them every couple of years.Yes. Just take off the Salvi piston and install a Mares. Just make sure you order the 13 mm piston.
This one:
Pistone Cyrano 1.3
www.edosub.it
Most pistons I see available online are only the salvimar ones. Anyway a store in Miami services pneumatics and changes all the O rings for $65, including shipping which for the USA it is pretty good.Most Salvimar users change the original piston and shock absorber by Mares. Apparently, they are better quality.
I totally agree. Sometimes is cheaper to buy from an Italian store and pay the shipping than buy in a USA store. Crazy!Thanks. The do not ship to the USA. I can ask the distributor. Next time I go to Italy to see my family, I will stock up on some parts. The mark up and availability in the USA is a drag.
Last time I went to Milan, I shopped at Decathlon. It is amazing the selection they have. The quality is comparable at REI stores in the USA, but the prices are cheaper than low end store brands at Walmart or Target in the USA. For dicing/spearfishing the markup is so high. Masks that go for 30 Euros sell for 84 dollars in the USA. I have seen that the Salvimar, C4 distributor in the USA, Maverick America is more reasonable with the markup. a C4 Plasma mask is $45 at European stores, $52 here (although here they mark up more the camo or mirror lenses versions $18 more rather than $/€10 more).I totally agree. Sometimes is cheaper to buy from an Italian store and pay the shipping than buy in a USA store. Crazy!