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On Fri, Aug 31, 2001 at 09:32:06AM +0100, Paul Carre spake thus: > > As far as I can determine in water the TX40 and TX100 breathe exactly the > same, the only advantage with the TX100 is that you can adjust it so that > it emulates the cracking resistance of the Posidion, ( thats useful, now we > just need to figure how to get em to free flow randomly ). Not quite right - tx40 is the same as tx50 minus adjuster knob. tx100 has some cosmetic and ergonomic differences, I think it's lighter or something. Not enough difference in the first stage to matter between the 100 and the 50. The tx100 has a different first stage, though, smaller and with no swivel. I'd like to see the tx100 first and the tx40 second packed together, or a mix-and-match available - I assume you can do this mail-order, but my local shop has to special-order these for now. As to the adjuster knob - this is the first reg I've ever owned with one (the tx50), and I find I spend a lot of time twiddling the thing underwater. I'm not sure it's actually of any value, though, and I know it sometimes hooks on my inflator hose when I turn my head to the left. I think I'd but the tx40 next time. > >Apeks Tx100: Nicer. Has small first stage and is sealed but the high flow > >LP port is not an "off the shelf size" so rigging for DIR needs other bits. > > Apeks sell a plug - then just use the other standard port for the long > hose, this hi flow stuff is for the birds. Yeah, I put in the adaptors and the long hose, and notice no difference in performance. You might be able to measure a difference on a machine, but hell, we're nowhere near that sensitive. > End result - don't think about it buy an Apeks. Have to agree. There are a lot of other good regs out there, but given the rep and my experience, I'd but another apeks in a minute. -Karl -- Karl Elvis MacRae VLSI CAD Apple Computer kmac@ap*.co* 408-974-0847 (voice) 408-832-5238 (cell) -- Send mail for the `techdiver' mailing list to `techdiver@aquanaut.com'. Send subscribe/unsubscribe requests to `techdiver-request@aquanaut.com'.
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