Aqualung Mikron 2nd stage with Apeks Flight?

[QatarDiver]

Does anyone have experience of mixing Mikron 2nd stages with other 1st stages, specifically the Apeks Flight?

The reason/logic is to have a light weight 1st stage with 2 HP ports for a transmitter and an SPG as I'm fed up with my transmitter failing mid dive, and I already have 3 Mikron 2nd stages, which I like.

(and I'm not keen on a HP splitter, messy and another point of failure)

(the transmitter is a Vyper Air, great setup, but has failed to transmit the pressure at about 70 bar, just when you need it at the end of a dive!)

Many thanks, Rob

 

[buddhasummer]

Does anyone have experience of mixing Mikron 2nd stages with other 1st stages, specifically the Apeks Flight?

The reason/logic is to have a light weight 1st stage with 2 HP ports for a transmitter and an SPG as I'm fed up with my transmitter failing mid dive, and I already have 3 Mikron 2nd stages, which I like.

(and I'm not keen on a HP splitter, messy and another point of failure)

(the transmitter is a Vyper Air, great setup, but has failed to transmit the pressure at about 70 bar, just when you need it at the end of a dive!)

Many thanks, Rob

I have no experience in mixing these two brands although see no reason why you could not do so, I would have thought the bigger problem would be purchasing either as separates? I like the idea though I too prefer the Mikron seconds, no proprietary hoses, with the lightness of the Flight 1st.

 

[herman]

It will work fine, both use the same IP.

 

[QatarDiver]

Thanks Herman, that's what my dive shop confirmed, I'm just waiting for delivery........

 

[Aaron528]

(the transmitter is a Vyper Air, great setup, but has failed to transmit the pressure at about 70 bar, just when you need it at the end of a dive!)
Many thanks, Rob

It's comments like yours that have kept me away from buying a transmitter computer. I've heard this kind of comment repeated several times on dive boats. They're great, convenient and streamlined when they work, but it's a potential disaster when they don't. I can't remember ever hearing about someone having a near miss because their spg failed. It may be "clunky" but it's reliable.