What else to buy when buying a regulator?

[sparragus]

I'm planning on buying DGX's Apeks XTX50 package. DGX Custom - Apeks DST/XTX50 Single Tank Reg Package It comes with:

• One Apeks DST First Stage and two Apeks XTX50 Second Stages
• Reg Hose for the primary
• Reg Hose for the secondary
• One "Brass and Glass" SPG with HP Hose
• DIN-to-Yoke Spin-On Adapter, Necklace, S/S Bolt Snap, DIN Cap
• A BC Inflator Hose

I was thinking to also buy O rings.

What else do you recommend buying when buying your first regulator?

 

[MidOH]

Don't like the hose routing on those. Prefer the DR custom Xt4 kit instead, with the long hose on port 5.

Get a 7' long house and the tec reg bag.

 

[MidOH]

DGX Custom - Dive Rite XT1/XT4 Streamlined OW Reg Package

The Dive Rite XT4/XT1 Streamlined OW Reg Package offers the ultra performance XT4 second stage together with the high performance XT1 first stage from Dive Rite, providing a low work of breathing and top shelf performance in demanding conditions.

www.divegearexpress.com

This one. Pic is wrong I think. Mine came with the long hose on the 5th port. But moving it is easy enough.

 

[happy-diver]

a Tank dude

 

[lowwall]

Nothing wrong with a 5' hose for open water.

 

[MidOH]

5' was too short for me. Wouldn't wrap around without being too tight. (Yeah ladies)

7' just barely hooks over my dir knife. To fold and tuck the hose into my belt like ya'll do, I'd have to get a 10 footer.

I tried a 5' on a 90 like the "streamlined setup", but that was a bit sloppy. Stuck out, forward a bit.

 

[Litefoot]

Bolt snaps to tie on the hose ends of your primary and SPG. Bungee necklace for secondary? Tube of silicon. Perhaps a IP pressure gauge to keep tabs of first stage pressure. Not regulator related, but they have good (and inexpensive) compasses.​

 

[lowwall]

5' was too short for me. Wouldn't wrap around without being too tight. (Yeah ladies)

7' just barely hooks over my dir knife. To fold and tuck the hose into my belt like ya'll do, I'd have to get a 10 footer.

I tried a 5' on a 90 like the "streamlined setup", but that was a bit sloppy. Stuck out, forward a bit.

5' is a bit too short for me too, but I'm pretty wide.

4' is better for the streamlined setup.

 

[FreqFlier]

I'm planning on buying DGX's Apeks XTX50 package. DGX Custom - Apeks DST/XTX50 Single Tank Reg Package It comes with:

SPG - I assume you already have a decent computer?
BC hose - I assume you don't have your own BCD? Hose usually comes with.
Hose routing depends on your comfort zone with "streamlined setup". New divers have issues with that.
Get braided hoses instead of rubber.

Honestly, with a few dozen dives like yours, I would potentially consider something like this instead of Apeks DGX Custom - DGX Gears Singles Harness / Backplate / Wing + DGX Gears XTRA Reg Package

 

[MidOH]

I despise braided hoses. Scratchy. And the HP braided hoses are stiffer than rubber. (At least mine were)

They failed too soon as well.