Frozen_Flipper
New
Hi,
I've been browsing the board for awhile, there's a wealth of info here! I'm from Canada, dive mostly in cold water (Great Lakes, St-Lawrence waterway, St-Lawrence Gulf) and recently got interested in more technical dives. I'm already familiar with low temperatures and shallow wreck sites with little penetration (if any at all) and I'm now looking at deep diving and cave diving.
I've been using a Sherwood Blizzard reg so far (5 years now), never had a trouble with it, but I want (and now can afford!) a more rugged primary reg for more "technical" dives. I'll take the DIR Deep Dive course this summer, so I'm looking mostly for cold-water and silt resistance, reliability, great depths performance and if possible Nitrox (up to EAN40). Field maintenance is also a plus, although I'm not too tech-savvy yet, so I'd still trust a skilled technician twice a year with my reg, not myself!
I take it the Apeks regs are very popular here, but I don't have any experience with them, neither with SP and Poseidon. Outside my own reg, the only other one I tried is the USD Legend Supreme. I've been looking at Apeks, only I'm not really familiar with their line, Aqualung Titan Glacia (anyone tried it?) or Legend Supreme (I liked it, don't know how it performs deep down, though) and finally Beuchat VX10 Iceberg (again, anyone familiar with it?).
From what I've read so far there seems to be alot of arguments in favor of the Apeks, but I'd like to know what combinations are the best for what I intend to do. I take it the ATX series is okay with oxygen, up to 40% and the 1st stage is well-protected, but how is the breathing effort deep down? What is up with the large gauge HP port? Is it hard to find adapters? Is the 2nd stage big?
All inputs are welcome, thanks for your time!
Cheers!
I've been browsing the board for awhile, there's a wealth of info here! I'm from Canada, dive mostly in cold water (Great Lakes, St-Lawrence waterway, St-Lawrence Gulf) and recently got interested in more technical dives. I'm already familiar with low temperatures and shallow wreck sites with little penetration (if any at all) and I'm now looking at deep diving and cave diving.
I've been using a Sherwood Blizzard reg so far (5 years now), never had a trouble with it, but I want (and now can afford!) a more rugged primary reg for more "technical" dives. I'll take the DIR Deep Dive course this summer, so I'm looking mostly for cold-water and silt resistance, reliability, great depths performance and if possible Nitrox (up to EAN40). Field maintenance is also a plus, although I'm not too tech-savvy yet, so I'd still trust a skilled technician twice a year with my reg, not myself!
I take it the Apeks regs are very popular here, but I don't have any experience with them, neither with SP and Poseidon. Outside my own reg, the only other one I tried is the USD Legend Supreme. I've been looking at Apeks, only I'm not really familiar with their line, Aqualung Titan Glacia (anyone tried it?) or Legend Supreme (I liked it, don't know how it performs deep down, though) and finally Beuchat VX10 Iceberg (again, anyone familiar with it?).
From what I've read so far there seems to be alot of arguments in favor of the Apeks, but I'd like to know what combinations are the best for what I intend to do. I take it the ATX series is okay with oxygen, up to 40% and the 1st stage is well-protected, but how is the breathing effort deep down? What is up with the large gauge HP port? Is it hard to find adapters? Is the 2nd stage big?
All inputs are welcome, thanks for your time!
Cheers!