I have looks at several outfits the last year or so that sell O2 rigs, they repackaged medical regulators and sell them as commercial fishing O2 regulators. Keepalive, Pro-O2, Fishing Pharmacy, O2Go, Boyd’s O2 system and all the homemade systems I have actually seen use many different brands of aluminum medical O2 regulators. The aluminum medical regulators had and still have problems with electrolysis (failure and malfunctions, pitting, oxidation, outlet stopping up) they just are not made for a fisherman’s world and abuse on a boat.On the positive side, they are definitely cheap ($25.00 and change) on the internet and disposable when they fail. I have seen only 2 fishing oxygen systems that use commercial (non medical O2 regulators) solid brass O2 regulators actually made for fishermen and the fishing environment. One is fixed orifice (like a pressure valve) and delivers only 1 set dose of O2. The other regulator dose adjustable. The fisherman dials in the pounds of fish on the regulator and the regulator delivers the correct dose of O2 and that all the commercial fishing O2 regulators I know of.These 2 regulators are manufactured in America, not China. They do cost more than the cheap medical regulators made in China. I guess you buy what you want and pay for what buy. I would really hate to have a cheap China medical regulator to fail, my fish die and lose a tournament all because I chose to buy a Chinese made medical regulator and it failed.Compared to buying a $50,000.00 Bass Cat Boat, just how significant is the additional cost of TT O2 system that will keep your fish alive in summer tournaments, really.
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