Hi to all,

we are just planning our trip to North-Sulawesi in April and as my housing now is 6 years old and has about 230 dives I intended to make a complete revision at our local shop. Surprisingly they recommended a revision after 500 dives and as long as everything works it is not necessary yet. Now Im torn back an forth if I should wait a little bit longer or do it right now for my peace of mind. By the way: Shouldnt equipment like viewfinders also be serviced?

Would be great to hear other opinions about servicing.

Tanks in advance,

Oliver

Edited 20 hours ago20 hr by Olli

The cost of servicing most housings is quite expensive now, and it does take quite a lot of work. Maybe look up the recommended service intervals for your brand @Olli ?

Nauticam generally recommends 200 dives or two years, or longer for select housings. I’d be quite happy if my usual servicing company said to wait for 500!

I've never had a housing serviced and a couple have done close to 1000 dives over a period of several years. If it works smoothly and. for example, they are not frequently in sandy environments, I'd suggest leaving well alone......

The only thing that could be serviced on my viewfinder (a Subal) would be the o-rings that mate with the housing. Again, unless they show any sign of wear, I would't change them.

Interesting.

Isotta also recommends 200 dives or 2 years.

And how often do you change the o-ring of the housing? My last S&S D300 housing it had like 15 years and didn’t change it even once.

Same here, I have not had a housing serviced as yet, my Em-1 MkII was 6 years old and not serviced in that time, My local dealer said it was needed unless you had issues.

Thanks a lot for the answers,

of course Isotta recommends a shorter service interval but honestly one or two years, which mens less than 100 dives for me, is not sensible to me.

I change main o Rins every 2-3 years or until I notice any damage.

Regards