ScubaLab Best Buy Scuba Diving Regulators: Cressi AC-10V Master Cromo

The Cressi AC-10V Master Cromo was the ScubaLab Best Buy for scuba regulators between $400-$600 during the 2017 reg test. Learn more about how this reg won over our test divers in the video review below.

I’m Roger Roy, the ScubaLab director. We tested the Cressi AC-10V Master Cromo regulator. With impressive performance at an attractive price, it was our was our Best Buy for regulators under $600.

We tested the Master Cromo’s ability to deliver air at range of depths and breathing rates on a breathing simulator at Dive Lab in Panama City Beach, Fla.

We also tested the Master Cromo at Alexander Springs in Central Florida with a team of test divers who scored it in 14 categories including ease of breathing, dry operation and comfort. (See our test divers in action with this behind-the-scenes gallery)

The Master Cromo shares with Cressi’s XS Compact a top-mounted Venturi control, but otherwise the regs are only distant cousins. The Master Cromo has a piston first stage with 5 LP ports and a 360-degree rotating turret that took top score in its category for setup, and a second stage with an elliptical diaphragm, a breathing adjustment and a brushed titanium face plate. On the simulator it took excellent scores at all our test depths – the least expensive reg in our test to do so.

In test dives it took or tied top scores for ease of breathing in all positions and was rated very good for dry operation in all attitudes. The purge was rated very good (although larger-fingered divers had to feel a bit for the soft spot) as was the comfort of the second stage. With impressive performance at a below-average price, the Master Cromo is our Best Buy for regs under $600.

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