runsongas
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were both adjusted to the same ip and cracking pressure? i only feel a small difference between my hog/dr/zeagle/apeks regs after adjusting them to the same ip and cracking.
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That's what I think I'm going to do - get another XTX50. I would end up getting another reg set for pony as I want to have that for when I dive single tank BM. Still will work out cheaper.
regs absolutely have to be tuned to a specific person and there is a lot of thought that goes into how a manufacturer will tune their regulators. You may want them to be tuned light, but that puts them at high risk of freeflow. Many divers can accept that, many more won't. If you bought your XTX's locally and they tuned it before sale, that is not necessarily a fair comparison when evaluating performance of the two regulators.