A Little Help Please

[Tortuga68]

I like Apeks and have XTX50s, an XTX100 (which I bought 2nd hand here on SB for a reasonable price) and an XTX200. Most of my dive buddies have them and the shop where I dive most is an Apeks dealer so they suit me (YMMV depending on where you plan to dive)

Having said that, SP are common and therefore cheaper/easier to find 2nd hand, and pretty easy to find service/parts for, so I would agree with the other posters, mk17/mk25 with S600+ second stage & octo

Alternatively the HOG regs have been geting some good reviews (I also have a D1 cold set although I'm about to sell it to a buddy, but not because I don't like it) and are competitively priced

$400, including first stage, second, octo, hoses and SPG, should cover new HOGs (if you get a good deal) or 2nd hand Apeks or SP

 

[NE_Diver]

thanks for the responses.

I went to another dive shop and they recommend that I look at the Aeris A1 and Aqualung Titan.

Any thoughts on those?

 

[coralcruiser]

If you go with the titan, you should get the titan supreme which is their cold water one. However it only has 1 HP port so you need to keep that in mind for adding on wireless with backup spg later on.

For the money, I also recommend the xtx50.... just bought one as a back up myself.