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Everywhere I know of - which includes the US and Caribbean - Aqualung distributes Apeks so an Aqualung dealer can get parts/service them. I suspect it's probably world-wide but do not know for certain. Also the OP lives in the UK and most reg. service is done locally - at least in my experience.You could end up somewhere where no local shop is an Apeks dealer, right?
While you may be able to order the regs online and have them shipped to the UK , you cannot wall into a local shop and buy them. Which then could lead to a servicing issue as many places will not service regs they do not sell. I ran into that very issue with my hog regs, and eventually moved over to apeks for ease (I now service my own but that's a different story).you must know something I don't
@stuartv - you need to live in Syracuse, NY or in Tennessee......
I bought myself a cheap set of aqualung calypso regs when I qualified. I am now looking to do my advanced open water in phuket and want a balanced set for deep dives. So decision crisis ensued.
1st stage mk17 or mk21 at a push mk25
2nd stage g260 or s600
No cold water diving done that not fun.
I am leaning to mk21 and g260
holy crap I am about to agree with @BurhanMuntasser .... His comments are the reason that I recommend people that are travelling to buy a doubles set of regulators and carry the first stage with them.
OMG, This felt like somebody dropped a concrete block on my head when I read this, thank God I am sitting down.
One gets older and see/reads incredibly amazing stuff...
right?