1. That Apeks pays its employees a living wage in the UK and that impacts costs does nothing to directly impact quality. It does, however, do something to impact price. I'm not British, and I don't care what Apeks does for the UK economy.
2. That there is no impartial third party testing data to go on makes a discussion of quality somewhat impotent.
3. That a product is manufactured in [country x] is merely statistical and has no baring on quality as there are good and bad in any industrial nation.
It seems that this is a discussion of preferences. I prefer that Chris will answer direct questions about his products on this forum. I prefer that I can buy service kits and work on my gear (which, honestly is less frequently than I ever had to work on my AL regs) and I prefer that I can do so and have enough money left over to actually go diving. I prefer to do business with a manufacturer who addresses my issues quickly and satisfactorily without referring me back to the shop where I procured the product.
My D1 regs have held up to four-to-five dive days/week since I bought them two years ago, they've been to 300+ feet, they've supplemented one of my friends' dive boats' rental fleet, they've been slammed around in wrecks and caves and they're still going strong. Your Apeks, Scubapro, Poseidon, Atomics have done the same, I'll wager. You just spent more for the privilege.
2. That there is no impartial third party testing data to go on makes a discussion of quality somewhat impotent.
3. That a product is manufactured in [country x] is merely statistical and has no baring on quality as there are good and bad in any industrial nation.
It seems that this is a discussion of preferences. I prefer that Chris will answer direct questions about his products on this forum. I prefer that I can buy service kits and work on my gear (which, honestly is less frequently than I ever had to work on my AL regs) and I prefer that I can do so and have enough money left over to actually go diving. I prefer to do business with a manufacturer who addresses my issues quickly and satisfactorily without referring me back to the shop where I procured the product.
My D1 regs have held up to four-to-five dive days/week since I bought them two years ago, they've been to 300+ feet, they've supplemented one of my friends' dive boats' rental fleet, they've been slammed around in wrecks and caves and they're still going strong. Your Apeks, Scubapro, Poseidon, Atomics have done the same, I'll wager. You just spent more for the privilege.
