Which of these regs for deep double tech setup??

[hudson]

Nevermind.

 

[Colliam7]

I have Mares service shops everywhere around here. I can also get two Abyss MR22's for less than $600 brand new for both of them and from what everyone tells me, they are rock solid as well.

We are a Mares dealer, and we service them. The issue is not so much availability of shops, as the somewhat inconsistent availability of parts to the shops. The regs are very good, so no problem there. I have just become disenchanted with Mares because of parts availability.

I heard about intermediate pressure problems with Apeks. Is that with all their regs???

There are a few threads on SB, and elsewhere, about IP creep with Apeks regs, usually occurring near the end the the usual service cycle. I developed this in one of my ATX200s at 2.5 years, and serviced it without residual problem. It is not a 'failure' issue, but may lead to very slight second stage freeflow. I also have two AT20s. Never had a problem with them, except for cold water freeflow with one of the 20s, which is not intended for cold water use anyway.

 

[gumbo717]

Another vote for APEX XTX200s.

I dive with the slightly older version the APEX ATX200s and they are put to the cold water test almost every weekend where we dive an average bottom temp of 36 - 38 F. This weekend again under the ice and I have not had problems with regulator freeze.

I do get my regs service usually at 1 to 1.5 years.

Also some of my buddies have used some SP models and they were prone to freeflow - don't know for sure which models but I do know that they have switched out to different regs.