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Apeks are teasing with their new soon to be released reg:
New Apeks model on the horizon
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I'm scared, if it's pretty it's gonna cost me money. Lucky I have a barn full of G250s some of which I can sell to offset this potential purchase. If it's all metal, which from the photo I doubt, I'm in.
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Where did you find the pic/info?
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A fellow SB diver friend of mine sent it to me, apparently it was sent to him from Apeks via FB (?), I'm not up with how FB works so could be mistaken, anyway it is from Apeks directly.
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If they haven't improved the air barrel fitting issue on the case I'll likely pass.
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What air barrel fitting issue?
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When fitting or removing hoses or even just tightening jam nut the air barrel will twist in the case causing the lever to shift/tilt. It's not a big problem but requires the face plate and diaphragm to be removed anytime your're fitting/removing hose/jam nut so you can then straighten the barrel so the lever sits level. The design on the G250 is far superior in this area.
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Interesting.
Have only switched hoses 1 or 2 times on XTX series, maybe once on ATX. Never noticed anything different or realize it might be an issue. Do you apply tension with two wrenches?
When I service my regs, I haven't noticed any scratches on diaphragms or bent levers.
Have only switched hoses 1 or 2 times on XTX series, maybe once on ATX. Never noticed anything different or realize it might be an issue. Do you apply tension with two wrenches?
When I service my regs, I haven't noticed any scratches on diaphragms or bent levers.
I have several brands of second stages and the barrel on all of them will move if you don't use 2 wrenches.
Sometimes I screw down the breathing effort knob, hold the reg by just the knob and tighten the hose with 1 wrench with out moving the barrel.
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