Rega

Rega ECO

Rega ECO is what Rega itself calls Green Grade: the same turntable, built with parts that carry a cosmetic flaw, tested like every other Rega and sold at a clearly lower price. Joenit takes every batch Rega releases.

Why Green Grade exists

Rega works with around 650 suppliers, 85 percent of them in the United Kingdom. On the way from those factories to Southend something occasionally gets damaged: a scratch on a plinth, a mark in the lacquer, a dust cover with a bruised corner. Such a part used to go back or, when reworking it cost more than it was worth, to landfill.

Rega no longer accepts that. In May 2026 the company announced Green Grade, a non-profit initiative that gives those parts a second life in a deck that is in every other respect a full Rega. Think of the wonky fruit on a supermarket shelf: it tastes the same, it just missed the beauty contest.

What an ECO deck is

An ECO deck is an ordinary Planar with a cosmetic second on one or more parts: the plinth, sometimes the platter, the dust cover or the arm. It passes the same final test as an A-grade Planar, to the same tolerances. Nothing changes in the sound, and Rega says it without hedging: performance is not affected in any way.

You tell an ECO deck by three things: the plinth carries no silk-screened Rega logo, the dust cover wears a Rega ECO badge and the carton a Green Grade sticker.

Warranty and testing

The warranty is the same limited lifetime factory warranty as on any Rega: it covers function and manufacturing defects, not the cosmetic flaw the deck was knowingly sold with. That is stated up front, so nobody is surprised later.

Joenit delivers every ECO deck as Rega packs it: new, in the original carton with the Green Grade sticker, complete.

The ECO models at Joenit

Rega decides which models come as ECO and in what numbers; the batches are small, and when they are gone they are gone. Joenit takes every batch Rega releases. The cards below show what is here today or on its way; the price is on the card and in the price list, the stock with your Rega dealer.

How to order

You order an ECO deck from any Rega dealer supplied by Joenit; dealers order from Joenit through the dealer portal. If a model is out of stock for the moment, the dealer puts you on the list for the next batch. Ask before you travel: the batches are small.

The ECO models at Joenit

Planar 1 ECO

from € 329 Available soon

Planar 3 ECO

from € 799 Available soon

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