Status of Apeks Regulators

[Robinlee]

Hi. As we all know Apeks has been brought out. But surprisingly they are still churning out new products like the limited edition 50yrs regulator and the Apeks RK4 Fins

so... Are we suppose to let go of our regulators? what about their overhaul kits?

Anyone can poilnt out where to get their overhaul kits incase apeks wont supply them anymore.? i have several sets of single tank diving, doubles and stage regulators. approx totals to about 8 sets. too hassle to replace all of them.

Love my Apeks Ocea Reg. Hope it stays strong!

 

[FreqFlier]

Barings took over Aqualung's debt from Montagu/Alize. The latter (private equity joint) put AL in a huge financial trouble while draining it of cash to the point of (just a guess...) no return. Lots of assets were sold, $$$ disappeared... I believe the only reason for Barings to take over was that the initial Montagu financing was provided by Barings.
From VC standpoint AL is done. They lost ridiculous amount of staff and R&D people. Unless Barings comes up with some fantastic and magical ideas soon - I would be very careful choosing AL products, especially new ones.

 

[Divin'Papaw]

Barings took over Aqualung's debt from Montagu/Alize. The latter (private equity joint) put AL in a huge financial trouble while draining it of cash to the point of (just a guess...) no return. Lots of assets were sold, $$$ disappeared... I believe the only reason for Barings to take over was that the initial Montagu financing was provided by Barings.
From VC standpoint AL is done. They lost ridiculous amount of staff and R&D people. Unless Barings comes up with some fantastic and magical ideas soon - I would be very careful choosing AL products, especially new ones.

I don't disagree. I love my AL Legends and hope to be able to keep using them for years to come. However, I would not buy anything new from AL or Apeks.

I've also starting adding Dive Rite XT1/XT4 regs to my inventory to ensure I always have regs I can dive. I have a full singles set that I've started diving in rotation with my Legend Elite setup, and I plan to buy a another XT1/XT4 combo for my pony bottle as well.

 

[John C. Ratliff]

I'm getting tired of being out of the water with regulators that need a servicing kit ordered about a month ago. They may make great regulators. But who wants a regulator that they can't use. They are killing a brand.

Now, I’m curious; are you not using the regulators because they haven’t been serviced yearly, or because they have a problem? I simply use my regulators until there is a problem, then service them myself. But I have a lot of vintage regulators, that have no servicing kits available. My Mistral regulator, a vintage double hose regulator, has only five moving parts.

SeaRat