advise needed on dive regs

[reefer guy]

im intending to get my own dive regs soon as it is the last piece of necessary gear ( i hope ) that i still dont have... Ive been eyeing on Apeks ATX200 as ive heard it is good. Downside is ive heard maintenance is a hassle as there are not much parts locally available for servicing...

Anybody can advise me?

thanks!

[Achilles Tang]

First time I hear of it... I think there are many users of Apeks around... go to the local dive forums to see how they go about doing it... or maybe the local agents?

[Reefaholic]

Dive forum? which one is the most popular dive forum in singapore?

[reefer guy]

ive heard its the latest model apeks launched.... yeah, what's the local dive website?

[kelstorm]

u can try www.finsonline.com

www.finsonline.com

The last i heard, U can also try Pertama in Tan Boon Liat Building, if i recall the shop's name correctly... they do carry it..

[hammerhd]

divemaster pratama.

315 Outram Road, #09-07 Tan Boon Liat Building Singapore

Tel: 6226-0991

Btw why u want to buy ATX 200 just becos ppl say good???

Actually buy 1 that is within your range. tx50 is also good

My $0.02 cents

[kelstorm]

ah yes, Pratama... hahaha... u can always trust Hammerhd to give u the right names and addy.. hahaha.. die.. hammerhd must be and cursing me coz next time, ppl will arrow him.. hahaha...

if possible, try out the regs first.. take it for a dive.. u might not like it then.. Mares Abyss also not too bad... but if u compare among TX series.. i think TX50 is quite good on its own..

[hammerhd]

@##@%#$^%^*&

There is always a thing call GOOGLE

[kelstorm]

@##@%#$^%^*&

There is always a thing call GOOGLE

questions on scuba, go to SRC's google centre....

PM Hammerhd... hahahahaha

[daimy068]

Wah looks good!

How about Poseidon?

[reefer guy]

ATX 200 was recommended to me by an instructor i dived with, then asked around shops how they find it they say its good... and since im kuku with such things, i have to get opinion of the rest.

ive seen in www.yellowpages.com.sg that pratama, and its nearby my place actually, but dont really know if they sell coz i think they are just the dealer not retailer (correct me if im wrong) also, what im trying to find out ismaintenance and parts availability.... almost bought x-650 but luckily was advised not to as parts are rather expensive and maintenance is quite high....

daimy, ive heard posiedon is good, but too expensive for my budget

[kelstorm]

Jon,

one man's meat is another poison. First, find out more abt the regs. Set a budget, find out the ranges within the budget.

For instance, some may say that SP MK25/S600 are good, may may say that Mares Abyss is good... both regs are different in performance..

Poseidon uses piston while most regs uses diaphragm... Are u looking for balanced or unbalanced regs? Mostly, the regs in the market are balanced.

I also like poseidon, especially Jetstreme and especially X-treme but like u mentioned, budget constraint..

also, poseidon tends to be wet breathing which some divers are not used to it..

[hammerhd]

xtreme chio leh

can maintain underwater.

It depends on your budget bro.

No point u buy a top range reg if you are going to dive to 20m right?

[kelstorm]

xtreme chio leh

can maintain underwater.

It depends on your budget bro.

No point u buy a top range reg if you are going to dive to 20m right?

if like wat Hammerhd had mentioned, 20M.. if on budget, u can also use a very long hose.. just kidding...

yah.. consider ur depth too.. on a serious note, u can use ur depth as a gauge to decide on the regs...

[reefer guy]

thats a good point hammy, i never took depth and usage as consideration for my regs..... will take ur advise...

but anyway, since uve mentioned about tx50, how would u rate its performance, maintenance and price?

thanks

[kelstorm]

Again, TX50 have this knob at the side of the reg which adjust the flowrate of breathing.

More often than not, most divers can adapt themselves to factory settings in the regs.

The knob can adjust the flowrate depending on the workrate of ur activities below.. then ask urself, do u really need such a function? Because of such a function, different users have different opinions on it.. i find it a bit heavy even though it is a pretty good reg.. from wat i know, most Tech divers uses it as well.

[hammerhd]

it is a good average level reg.

It is easy to use but the downside is it is heavy

The maintance is cheap cos there are a lot of ppl who can service it.

But 1 stupid thing about knob is that it will jam if you dun used so often loh.

My stupid reg....

[kelstorm]

yah.. i tried it once and after the dive, i get jaw fatigue... felt like lifting weights underwater...

[hammerhd]

thats whats gives u strong jaws to bite errrr..................

too much info

[kelstorm]

u see lah, hammerhd, told u to change ur mouthpiece already.. who ask u to have that mouthpiece being shaped like a particular anatomy??? hahahaha..

[hammerhd]

it gives a bett feeling wat...

Hey hey family forum leh

[kelstorm]

it gives a bett feeling wat...

Hey hey family forum leh

dun noe wat u thinking????

[hammerhd]

oi highjacking other ppl thread lah.

Anyway u have fun on the forum urself until i come back from my BP trip.