Aqualung Legend Plastic dry-seal Cap Problems?

[henk_graaf]

I was looking at the new Aqualung Legend-series regulators, and I noticed that the cap, that dry-seals the regulator is made of hard plastic. The LDS told me that these caps are very tough and that they will never break off.

Are there any cons against the uses of these caps? (if you dont know what I mean, check out the website, the cap is screwed on the top of the regulator).
I can imagine that plastic caps can break during the dive, when you hit something.

I can buy such regulator for $300. Should I buy it, or should I invest a little more in an atx100?

 

[neil]

henk,
I don't know how much more the TX100 is, but I prefer the metal parts. However, consider that even if you did smash the environmental cap to bits and lose the hydrostatic transmitter underneath it, the reg would still function. You just wouldn't get the IP increase as you went deeper.

Neil