Quote: (Originally Posted by
tecdivertraining)
dont do it!!! those guys are all using them as they were quite cheep for a while in the uk 199 quid for either cyclone or jetstreem. you cannot remove the front easily to clear any shit during the dive, and the servo on the end of the jets is a bugger if you bash it, they break easily. If you go for the Xtreems you would not like them to free flow,
If your dead set I have over a dozen sets and would be happy to swap you for your Apeks.
See ya soon
I've been using cyclones for years and have never at an issue with them.. I have had some minor problems with jetstreams but even at that they still breathe alot better than any apeks.. BTW my oldest jetstreams and cyclons (they were called odin and thors in the US at that time) are nearly 20 years old.. I say thats pretty durable.. and I can say I have really beat the Sh*t out of them.. For a while I switched all my stage regs to apeks becuase the parts were easy to get and easy to service in the field, but have mostly switched back to poseidons as they dont need service as often and don't get IP creep as easily.. Not a big problem if your on oc but really sucks if they are on stage bottles..
The only problem I have ever seen with debris on any reg is on the exhaust valve.. on an xtreme you just have to pop the exhaust cover off (I usually dive without the cover installed).. SO you dont even have to take the reg apart to clear it..
I love the xtreme regs.. breathe wonderfully and fairly easy to service/adjust (unlike ths shitty triton a few years ago).. on my Divematics BOV I have an xtreme and there is no way I would swap it out.. it breaths as good as any dedicated oc reg.. I tried it with both an APeks and an xtreme.. no comparison.. For a Bov I do put a gas cutoff on it mainly because of the way the loop usually sits on the surface.. Its off on the surface always.. not just to stop potential free flows but also to make sure I don't accidentally breath a hypoxic dil on the surface.. Turned on as soon as I get past 10m...