mares jet vs cressi sl vs seac asso

[svetliy]

Greetings spearos! Really appreciate if someone can help me out on this one: i am looking for pneumatic speargun, 70 cm, power regulator, no fancy graphics, automatic cord release after the shot. Oh, and cheap.cheap and reliable. At this point i am looking at mares jet, cressi sl and seac asso. I will be ordering online so I am not able to play with it in the shop.
My previous experience with these kind of guns is limited by one of those russian monster-guns.
What would you advise me to choose and why? Thank you in advance.

[Marwan]

seac asso, cheap, reliable, proven

[bozo]

cressi sl ,durable, more than any other model ,and the power regulator is realy easy to switch, easy to get spare parts for.

[Mongrel454]

I have a SL cressi and a Seac Asso and both are good guns, reliable so far and cheap/easy for parts that i have needed. Cant comment on the Mares as i have never owned one.

[azapa]

seac, spare parts easy to find too.

[svetliy]

Thanks for feedback everyone. I think I stick to asso 65. plain black looks classy

[SporaScrub]

I know it's kind of late but I like the feel (trigger) and shaft holder feature of the Mares Jet. Now called "Jet" but previously known as Sten, the Jet is the older version of the Sten pre 1999.....? Here's a picture of my 120cm that's been beat to death and still in good operating condition.

[scottwilson]

wow whats on the front of the barrel and mid barrel, is that a movable second handle or a camera mount or something?

[SporaScrub]

Originally Posted by scottwilson

wow whats on the front of the barrel and mid barrel, is that a movable second handle or a camera mount or something?

The oval shaped part by the muzzle is a piece of rubber that goes around the barrel to protect it while shipping.

The second handle by the middle of the gun is a "knee loader". The knee loader is used to help load long pneumatics but I took it off because it affects the balance on the gun while aiming and I don't need it to load this gun either. I kept it as a back up knee loader just incase my other knee loader would break on my 150cm sten.

[scottwilson]

ok cheers.