| While I don't have one, and wouldn't anymore if I had, there were problems here in CA too. If memory serves me right, they started about a month or so before Dräger Dive was eliminated and lasted for about 4 or 5 months after Aqualung took over.
Before the change in distribution (it's not a merger, just a distribution agreement for Dräger recreational diving equipment) their US service was in bad shape, and according to the stores that hasn't changed. I doubt any other Rebreather company could survive providing such lousy service.
Somewhat different in Europe, or at least Germany, where Aqualung seems to make an effort to sell SCRs. Ads, travelling with a trailer full of units to intros around D, CH and AUS, that sort of thing.
If you need parts and can't get them from your LDS, give either W+S Water Safety or TecMe in Germany a shot. Both listed in the links, both ship ww, both have Dräger OEM parts. W+S even has exploarory view diagrams on their website with parts numbers (they specialize in OEM parts, TecMe has them but specializes in custom bits).
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