Jonathan Amato
New
My wife and I are at around 80 dives over the last 7-8 years. We’ve started doing more regular local diving in San Diego, and it’s time for us to get our own regs. We plan to do the GUE Fundamentals course in the next few months.
I know with proper care and maintenance, regulators can last 20-30 years, so I’m willing to go in at the higher price point knowing that it’s something we are going to use for a long time. We plan to do a lot of Southern California diving, and we generally try to do at least one longer yearly trip to somewhere tropical like Hawaii, Tahiti, Quintana Roo, or Indonesia. We are interested in diving somewhere colder like Iceland, Canada, or Alaska, but any diving like that would just be one-off trips. We don’t really plan on going the tech route right now, but that wouldn’t be completely out of the question either.
After doing my own initial research it seems like the following two regulators are available and serviceable to me locally. And these are the ones that caught my eye the most because of their quality and features.
Does anyone have a strong case for either of these regulators that make the most sense for our situation if money isn’t a big factor?
I know with proper care and maintenance, regulators can last 20-30 years, so I’m willing to go in at the higher price point knowing that it’s something we are going to use for a long time. We plan to do a lot of Southern California diving, and we generally try to do at least one longer yearly trip to somewhere tropical like Hawaii, Tahiti, Quintana Roo, or Indonesia. We are interested in diving somewhere colder like Iceland, Canada, or Alaska, but any diving like that would just be one-off trips. We don’t really plan on going the tech route right now, but that wouldn’t be completely out of the question either.
After doing my own initial research it seems like the following two regulators are available and serviceable to me locally. And these are the ones that caught my eye the most because of their quality and features.
- Apeks MTX-RC
- Scubapro Mk25 Evo + (G260, S600, or S620ti)
Does anyone have a strong case for either of these regulators that make the most sense for our situation if money isn’t a big factor?