When to upgrade regulators?

[mbs]

Which Mares and how much do you want for them?

Good question . I'll check later. I also have my old mares kit as well. Will let you know what both are.

 

[Bob DBF]

My question to some of the long-term divers in this forum is, Is it considered good practice to upgrade regulators every 10 years or so? Could that be considered overkill? Or is this more of a personal preference kind of thing?

The time to "upgrade" is when you can't get parts, it's broken beyond reasonable repair, or you just want another reg, and can afford it.

I mainly use a first from 2010, and seconds I like, mostly older, and not a match to the first. A lot of dives are on vintage, or at least old, regs I've picked up and repaired, '80's and earlier. If I was younger, I might try some of the new regs, or just go to Poseidon, as the old '60's model I have is still better than anything new I've tried.

 

[Pearlman]

Already mentioned in earlier posts about ALs financial troubles - just want to add my 2 pence here.

I only own a single XTX50 - the rest of my gear is all Scubapro. Before the purchase just around the end of the Covid lockdown, I spent many months debating whether to get a complete Apeks set from a dealer that runs a shop in my city and I also physically window shopped a few kits at the store and tolerated their sales pitch. Good thing I didn’t (I only got the XTX50 for its wide exhaust tee and size/fit of the mouthpiece) - many months ago I visited the same shop to buy a service kit for the XTX50 and the technician told me prices for all Apeks service kits have increased drastically across the board due to non-availability and the financial situation of AL (looking for a buyout I think).

Why would you want to buy a product from a company that has essentially ceased manufacturing and spare parts for which are going to be difficult to obtain?

 

[halocline]

Sounds like the tech is trying to make a sale.

 

[Still Kicking]

Already mentioned in earlier posts about ALs financial troubles - just want to add my 2 pence here.

I only own a single XTX50 - the rest of my gear is all Scubapro. Before the purchase just around the end of the Covid lockdown, I spent many months debating whether to get a complete Apeks set from a dealer that runs a shop in my city and I also physically window shopped a few kits at the store and tolerated their sales pitch. Good thing I didn’t (I only got the XTX50 for its wide exhaust tee and size/fit of the mouthpiece) - many months ago I visited the same shop to buy a service kit for the XTX50 and the technician told me prices for all Apeks service kits have increased drastically across the board due to non-availability and the financial situation of AL (looking for a buyout I think).

Why would you want to buy a product from a company that has essentially ceased manufacturing and spare parts for which are going to be difficult to obtain?

Just got a shipment with 200+ pats kits for AL/Apeks. There is no shortage in the US at this point at least.