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Scuba Forum / UK Scuba / August 2004Apeks regulators abroad
Anyone know if Apeks regulators have different brand / model names abroad? Like for instance is the ATX50 known in the US as, I don't know, "ATX-Super" or "Swordfish Pro" or some other peculiar local name, just like films have different titles, cameras have different model numbers, and so on?  SignatureIf everyone adopted my practice of deleting all but the relevant part of messages to which they are replying then these newsgroups would be twice as easy (and four times as interesting) to read > Anyone know if Apeks regulators have different brand / model names abroad? > Like for instance is the ATX50 known in the US as, I don't know, "ATX-Super" > or "Swordfish Pro" or some other peculiar local name, just like films have > different titles, cameras have different model numbers, and so on? I don't own an Apeks, but I hear reference to the ATX50 from people here in the States pretty regularly. To the best of my knowledge, the model numbers here are the same as there. > If everyone adopted my practice of deleting all but the relevant part of > messages to which they are replying then these newsgroups would be twice as > easy (and four times as interesting) to read Perhaps easier, but just think, I'd not have a chance to responde to this portion of your message. No fun. No fun at all. Lee AFAIK Apex use the same model numbers worldwide. Certainly across all of Europe and Australasia. The only exception was, that until Apeks were bought-out by Aqualung a couple of years ago, the TX50 and TX40 were re-badged by Zeagle in the US as their own regulators (I.E. the TX50 was called the D50). I know this because I bought a D50 second-hand a couple of years ago and it's identical to my TX50s. The only difference was the stick-on badge on the purge button on the 2nd stage. One point of confusion is that many american divers use the slang term 'flathead' to describe the design of the TX100 and ATX100/200 1st stages, but that is not their proper identification. > Anyone know if Apeks regulators have different brand / model names abroad? > Like for instance is the ATX50 known in the US as, I don't know, "ATX-Super" > or "Swordfish Pro" or some other peculiar local name, just like films have > different titles, cameras have different model numbers, and so on? > AFAIK Apex use the same model numbers worldwide. Certainly across all of > Europe and Australasia. Oh OK. I've been looking on eBay hoping to get one from the US which, by virtue of the exchange rate, would work out at just over half price. There's hardly any that ever show up, and those that do are just either first or second stage and you've got to mess around screwing the lot together. > > AFAIK Apex use the same model numbers worldwide. Certainly across all of > > Europe and Australasia. [quoted text clipped - 4 lines] > first or second stage and you've got to mess around screwing the lot > together. Probably not particularly clever. Bear in mind that regs are heavy and will cost a lot to post - and that they're going to get thrown around, and you could get charged duty/VAT. Urgh. Probably cheaper and easier to buy from the UK. Alun Harford > Probably not particularly clever. > Bear in mind that regs are heavy and will cost a lot to post - and that [quoted text clipped - 3 lines] > > Alun Harford I agree, especially if you can get Apeks regs second-hand like I have done several times. If they are in acceptable external (minor scratches & scufingof chrome is normal for general use) condition and breathe OK, teking the cost of a service intio account, then I'd pay up to ?125 for a TX100 1st & 2nd stage, or a little more if there was a TX40/50/100 as a secon 'octopus' 2nd stage and a SPG attached. >> Probably not particularly clever. >> Bear in mind that regs are heavy and will cost a lot to post - and that [quoted text clipped - 12 lines] >or a little more if there was a TX40/50/100 as a secon 'octopus' 2nd stage >and a SPG attached. FYI The Diver's Warehouse is, or at least was very recently, doing some good deals on Apeks Regs ATX50 1st and 2nd stage; ATX40 Octo; Triple Console = £349 ( I got them to throw in LP inflator hoses as well. Try them at: http://www.diverswarehouse.co.uk/ I found them v helpful. HTH SignatureS T E and L Kay "nospam" => "simonkay" to e-mail > Oh OK. I've been looking on eBay hoping to get one from the US which, by > virtue of the exchange rate, would work out at just over half price. > There's hardly any that ever show up, and those that do are just either > first or second stage and you've got to mess around screwing the lot > together. If you can't swap a few hoses around maybe your should consider a easier sport, such as armchair athletics. The reason why you won't see many Apeks for sale in the US is that the popular regs there are mainly Scubapro (which I would not buy because of their fiddly piston-ported 1st stage), Dacor (now owned by Mares), most are of the old Dacor range which are becoming harder to get serviced and Sherwood, which for many years had no UK distributor (although believe thet one was appointed last year). If you get a Zeagle T50D than thats the same as the Apeks TX50. |
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