SP A700 vs APEKS XTX200

[Valyngar]

Having dived multiple dives with atx200 and xtx 50 under ice, there is no need to worry about apeks 50-200 performance under ice.

 

[Still Kicking]

If you plan on doing any beach diving i would recommend against the A700 - grit gets into the fine threads of the adjustment knob and jams it up. S600/S620 are less prone to that.

Also you need a torx screwdriver to remove micro screws to clear 2nd stage if it gets sand inside. Enginerering by lawyers i guess.

 

[jaseUK666]

ATX also have the 1/2" LP ports which ARE absolutely useless and inconvenient to boot

That hasn't been true for year. And whilst I've heard rumours, don't think they're discontinued yet. They're still widely for sale and on the Apeks website.

 

[jaseUK666]

That hasn't been true for year. And whilst I've heard rumours, don't think they're discontinued yet. They're still widely for sale and on the Apeks website.

Years, I meant to type years.

 

[Ojai Diver]

If you plan on doing any beach diving i would recommend against the A700 - grit gets into the fine threads of the adjustment knob and jams it up. S600/S620 are less prone to that.

I've dove mine for a couple years now off the beach, and that has never happened to me.

 

[UFOrb]

Guys, you realise this is an 8 year thread?

 

[TheSweatyClam]

I own both the Apeks XTX 200 with XTX 200 Status and the Scubapro A700 with MK 20... Apeks all day. Breathes easier, smoother. It is a noticeable difference. I will put both 2nd stages on the same tank and go back and forth between the A700 and XTX 200, the Apeks is boss. I also own the Scubapro G250V and the Scubapro S600. The only thing that separates the A700 is being hand made and metal, The S600 breathes the best of all the Scubapro's, the G250V extremely close second and then the A700. Possibly due to the smaller diaphragm. But above all the Apeks XTX 200... I also have the Apeks TX50, breathes exactly like the G250v, almost sound identical even... lol.

 

[BlueTrin]

That hasn't been true for year. And whilst I've heard rumours, don't think they're discontinued yet. They're still widely for sale and on the Apeks website.

You know that he said that in 2011 as @UFOrb said? So unless it wasn’t true for 9 years, he was right