scubapro or apeks

goliath2840 · Feb 22, 2011

hi everybody.
im a scuba instructor in quebec,canada.
im getting into teck diving.
i would like to know info on regs.
i would like to know between the scubapro mk 25 et the apex tek 3
which one is better.
ill do my full cave course pretty soon,i plan to do trimix next year.
also for the wing ,halcyon explorer 55 lbs or the evolve 60 lbs.ill dive with 2 119 steel thanks.
i dive now with an infinity.

thank you.
claude

nadwidny · Feb 22, 2011

Both are excellent regs. I prefer Apeks for cold water.

DiverLaura · Feb 22, 2011

I like Scubapro/Halcyon for hose routing

Evolve wing all the way...

TSandM · Feb 22, 2011

People sometimes raise concerns about the MK25 in very cold water. It's a piston regulator and not environmentally sealed, and there have been reports of it freeflowing from freezing up. I have them on my doubles, and have had no freeflows, but I don't dive in water below 40 degrees, and rarely with air temperatures lower than 30.

David C R · Feb 23, 2011

Love Apeks!!! incredible reliable...

LauraJ:
I like Scubapro/Halcyon for hose routing Evolve wing all the way...

Actually the apeks dst first stage has a new adaptor for a fifth port and you have the same routing for a mk25 scubapro or a h75-p halcyon plus they're enviromentally sealed. :eyebrow:

Tortuga68 · Feb 23, 2011

+1 for Apeks, if you can get spares/service for them where you are/where you dive

Explorer is a horseshoe and Evolve is a donut (like your Eclipse). Air shift is smoother with the Evolve which can be both a good thing (regular diving) and a bad thing (punctured wing)

mikeguerrero · Feb 23, 2011

When I first got certified back in 07, our OW instructor was a female tech diver. At that time I knew very little about equipment, but I do remember her boasting about how she trust Apeks regulators because of proven diving records.

Among the story I remember her telling me was a diver name John Bennett who took a world class record, the first I believe, down to 1,000 feet. His regulator of choice was an Apeks.

If this reg is good for that depth, then I was sold for it's quality for simple dives I do in Monterey. I have a pair of Apeks XTX200 for doubles and love them.

Here is the link on Apeks performance record:

Apeks Testimonials

Tortuga68 · Feb 23, 2011

That's correct - some of John's regs & gear are still in use today at Capt'n Gregg's in Sabang, Puerto Galera. I did most of my tech training on one of his old rigs

goliath2840 · Feb 23, 2011

thanks to every ones for your time and comment.
so that means that they are both excellent regs

rjack321 · Feb 23, 2011

TSandM:
People sometimes raise concerns about the MK25 in very cold water. It's a piston regulator and not environmentally sealed, and there have been reports of it freeflowing from freezing up. I have them on my doubles, and have had no freeflows, but I don't dive in water below 40 degrees, and rarely with air temperatures lower than 30.

And history suggests the diaphram (sealed or not) is much more likely to have IP creep and free flow from that than the piston.

People make ALOT about being sealed. Its no guarantee of anything.

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