Apex Egress

[TerryH]

Originally Posted by Kalahari Diver

Down to 30M mine's fine.

David.

Err how do you know?

It's an occi and so not for you, but your buddy.

I kinda think that anybody who doesnt have as good a reg ready to
present as there primary, is not the sort of diver you want as a buddy.

I mean come on, how much larger is an ATX40 over an egress?

[Kalahari Diver]

Just tried it out, dived using the octopus as a primary, just to see how it went. It was fine. The big advantages as I see it are that it is a completely different shape and as it is a side exhaust the person grabbing it doesn't have to put it in the right way up.

David.

[TerryH]

Originally Posted by Kalahari Diver

Just tried it out, dived using the octopus as a primary, just to see how it went. It was fine. The big advantages as I see it are that it is a completely different shape and as it is a side exhaust the person grabbing it doesn't have to put it in the right way up.

David.

Now try an OOA with you on the primary and your mate sucking down
on the egress with a SAC of 30+, oh and try that at say 35m.

Now tell me it's fine.

[JasonP]

Originally Posted by TerryH

Simple question.

Would you use an egress as a primary?

Why wouldn't you? Apeks sell it as a reg suitable to be used as a primary in left or right handed config. It's CE cold water approved and if you believe Simply Scuba, the RRP is £122 just for the 2nd stage, though they're selling it for £88, so it's hardly a piece of cheap junk.

Jason

[Treerat]

Thanks for your thoughts all. Still not sure if I'll change over, as I said I like the idea, I'll have a look into the make up / service requirements and move on from there.

Many thanks
And

[NJT]

Originally Posted by JasonP

Why wouldn't you? Apeks sell it as a reg suitable to be used as a primary in left or right handed config. It's CE cold water approved and if you believe Simply Scuba, the RRP is £122 just for the 2nd stage, though they're selling it for £88, so it's hardly a piece of cheap junk.

Jason

I use it on my single tank rig, Small and can be breathed either way up.
Although that has caused fun on training sessions.

I have used it on a stage at 40m in Dotty and it was OK, Except for the exhaust bubbles in front of you.

So yes I would say they a good buy. But not for a Primary cos of the exhaust and it is not adjustable, unlike say a TX40/50 that I do use as a primary. And also NOT if you already have a good 2nd stage to use as an Octopus. I swapped my second TX50 which was my original octopus to put on my twins rig left hand post, the pony reg became my right hand post and my singles reg became my stage reg.....Although I now have another so the singles reg stays as just that......unless I use 2 stages. And that is how I came to be trying it out at 40m (lean mix to the left)

Contrast this with the APEX sentinal also part of the Octo + I had one off an old pool BCD and tried it at 25m on an ascent........I don't own it any more.

Regards
Nick