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Thanks, I will see them again this weekend when I go diving. They are good guys. Thanks for the Apeks info. The Germans are worried that the American company will ruin Apeks, and this is a legitimate concern seeing as how the scuba industry here is populated with morons, and I stocked up on old Apek accordingly, but hopefully we will get lucky and the idiots at USD will not ruin a good thing. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Matej Simonic / Testing LTD" <mail@te*.si*> To: "George Irvine" <kirvine@sa*.ne*> Sent: Tuesday, January 30, 2001 2:03 AM Subject: Re: Apeks, the Canadian experience? > George, > > Here in Slovenia we also got one shipment where in all ports of first stages > the chrome plating peeled of. It was not a problem, if you opened all of > them, removed peeled off particles and put the plugs back in. That was the > prb. with one shipment only. > They also had another prb., which was 2 years ago when they wanted to > decrease WOB by putting in the exhaust membrane that was too soft, and for > this reason some regs from that shipment breathed wet. After I contacted > them and asked them if that was the problem (because we noticed the > difference in stiffness between old and new ones), they just told me to > change the membrane and to put in the gray one which is stiffer. And it > worked. > Otherwise I love this regs. > Say hello to Paolo and Achim... > > Best > Matej > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "George Irvine" <kirvine@sa*.ne*> > To: <terry-1@ly*.co*>; "Paul Osmond" <paul@no*.co*>; > <techdiver@aquanaut.com> > Sent: Sunday, January 28, 2001 11:24 PM > Subject: Re: Apeks, the Canadian experience? > > > > I just had a friend from Italy and one from Germany over at the house > today, > > and they said that they were concerned about some of the chrome jobs since > > USD took over, and I think flaking chrome was the subject of that recall > of > > a batch that was flaking chrome into the first stage seat, but obviously > > they got that one figured out. > > > > As I said, I took no chances and have bought up as many of the old ones as > > possible. I was putting some together today as stage regs when my friends > > came over, and that is how the conversation got started. I showed them my > > one spare set of seats and parts, new in the bag for years, untouched, > > unneeded. > > > > > > Original Message ----- > > From: "Terry Michael" <terry-1@ly*.co*> > > To: "Paul Osmond" <paul@no*.co*>; <techdiver@aquanaut.com>; > > "George Irvine" <kirvine@sa*.ne*> > > Sent: Sunday, January 28, 2001 11:55 AM > > Subject: Re: Apeks, the Canadian experience? > > > > > > > Apeks has just one service kit available and it's for all Apeks > regulators > > because they are all the same! Just variations on the same parts, the > turret > > models for deco/stage, and the non-turret model's for back-gas. If the > water > > is less then 10C then use the sealed versions. The parts are all > > inner-changeable between all the regulators (first and second stages) > > regardless. These regulators are like Bulldogs. > > > I had a nightmare that the Apeks line would start to change as a result > of > > the merger with Aqualung Corp. Does anybody know anything about this? > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > -- > > > > > > On Thu, 25 Jan 2001 19:33:34 > > > George Irvine wrote: > > > >You have to be kidding? First, if you ever NEED a warranty on an Apeks, > I > > > >would be very surprised. I've never had to fix any of mine. Secondly, > the > > > >old Scuba Pro G 250 is a great deco reg, if you have the money to have > > it > > > >fixed after ever dive. > > > > > > > >----- Original Message ----- > > > >From: "Paul Osmond" <paul@no*.co*> > > > >To: <techdiver@aquanaut.com> > > > >Sent: Thursday, January 25, 2001 1:56 PM > > > >Subject: Apeks, the Canadian experience? > > > > > > > > > > > >> I am planning on investing in two new regulators > > > >> and based on info from this list, the archives and > > > >> other sources it seems that Apeks is the product > > > >> of choice. Suposedly it provides high reliability, > > > >> simplistic design, ease of servicing, standardized > > > >> components, high performance and all at an economical > > > >> price. > > > >> > > > >> Unfortunately I live near Ottawa (Canada) and only > > > >> have a few local dives local dives shops to consult, all > > > >> my other sources are US based. At the moment the Apeks > > > >> DS4/TX40 combo seems to be a very good choice for Canadian > > > >> conditions. > > > >> > > > >> Ultimately I want to find out if the Canadian experience > > > >> with Apeks is as good as the US one? Things like > > > >> cost of servicing, availability of parts, honouring warrenty, > > > >> should I buy through a dive shop or go mail order, etc? > > > >> > > > >> I doubt that Canadian experience isn't as good > > > >> as the US's, but if anybody has had any problems could > > > >> you let me know as well as any alternatives that may be > > > >> considered. I already know that the tech-list highly respects > > > >> ScubaPro regs, but is there anything wlse that is deemed as a > > > >> good buy from a Canadian perspective. > > > >> > > > >> Thanx muchly, > > > >> > > > >> > > > >> Paul > > > >> > > > >> > > > >> > > > >> -- > > > >> Send mail for the `techdiver' mailing list to > `techdiver@aquanaut.com'. > > > >> Send subscribe/unsubscribe requests to > > `techdiver-request@aquanaut.com'. > > > >> > > > > > > > >-- > > > >Send mail for the `techdiver' mailing list to `techdiver@aquanaut.com'. > > > >Send subscribe/unsubscribe requests to > `techdiver-request@aquanaut.com'. > > > > > > > > > > > > > Get your small business started at Lycos Small Business at > > http://www.lycos.com/business/mail.html > > > > > > > -- > > Send mail for the `techdiver' mailing list to `techdiver@aquanaut.com'. > > Send subscribe/unsubscribe requests to `techdiver-request@aquanaut.com'. > > > -- Send mail for the `techdiver' mailing list to `techdiver@aquanaut.com'. 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