Expatwannabe
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Has anyone found a good place to purchase Apeks regulator parts or service kits?
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grey market only. You either have to "know a guy" which will never be published because they do watch for stuff like that and will pull dealerships if they catch you or use non-factory parts kits *which are perfectly fine, but they aren't "factory". It is largely the reason you don't see them used all that often in the tech diving community any more in this country, that and they priced themselves way too high.Has anyone found a good place to purchase Apeks regulator parts or service kits?
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Shipping those kits outside of their region is a direct violation of their dealership agreements. Several shops have lost their Apeks dealerships when caught sending parts to the US. Pre-COVID simplyscuba used to actually have geographic filters so if you were coming from the US Apeks didn't even show up on their website for you but none of them are technically allowed to send anything to the US. Some may, but they aren't supposed to and if they do I wouldn't publish it for their sake.I understand some European nations have "right to repair" laws where manufacturers cannot force you to go to a dealer for service and repairs. You bought it, you should be able to get parts for it.
I've seen authentic Apeks kits from places in Finland for example. I've seen parts from the UK. Shipping is not too bad either. There is also an American online dive shop that sells 3rd party kits. After all, the only parts that aren't standard are the diaphragm and seats. The rest are either non-critical or standard o-rings.
Thank goodness for VPNs.Shipping those kits outside of their region is a direct violation of their dealership agreements. Several shops have lost their Apeks dealerships when caught sending parts to the US. Pre-COVID simplyscuba used to actually have geographic filters so if you were coming from the US Apeks didn't even show up on their website for you but none of them are technically allowed to send anything to the US. Some may, but they aren't supposed to and if they do I wouldn't publish it for their sake.
VPN will allow you to see it but they still won't ship it to you.Thank goodness for VPNs.
BTW SimplyScuba went bust ~3 years ago and were sold to another company who took on the website.