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Catalogue : Hardware : Regulators
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XTX200
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The NEW 2006 XTX200 model uses the proven ?FSR? type first stage as found on the ATX200. This XTX200 first stage features a new bright chrome finish. The second stage, although shipped in a standard right-hand configuration, can be reversed into a left-hand configuration by your authorized technician.
- Available in either DIN or Yoke configurations
- Compatible to EAN 40 right out of the box
- Optional DIN to Yoke converter and Free Flow Control device, which can isolate a free-flowing 2nd stage
Stage 1 Features
 | Nitrox Compatible |
 | Overbalanced First Stage |
 | Environmental Dry Seal |
Stage 2 Features
 | Air Turbo System |
 | Balanced Second Stage |
 | Venturi Adjustment Switch |
 | Cracking Resistance Control |
 | Heat Exchanger |
 | Adjustable cracking control |
| Integrated venturi control |
| Pneumatically balanced valve design |
| Micro Adjuster |
| Suitable for cold water use |
| Bright Chrome Finish |
| Right or Left hand hose configuration |
| Metal Inserted front cover |
| New Optional Extra Hose Swivel connection |
| Changeable Exhaust Tees (DCE, Diver Changeable Exhaust) (Both sets supplied) |
| Identical to the XTX100 except for model number decal |
| Nitrox versions available |
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Apeks Tungsten ATX200 - It’s HARD
Apeks is a world leader in high performance quality diving equipment. The Tungsten, our latest regulator, uses the high spec of our ATX200 and protects the unit with a hard, resilient, durable PVD coating – high tec grades of titanium, zirconium and chromium as used on the highly successful limited edition Apeks Black Pearl. Apeks believe when you buy the best, it should last, and PVD gives your Tungsten the protection it deserves.
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Trial by Cold
The first test was to completely freeze it. This was to simulate coming to the surface with the regulator full of water with a wind chill of minus 18oC. The first stage was sealed but the second stage was completely flooded. Once thawed, they reassembled it and took it for a quick dive. The regulator was still working properly.
Pass
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Trial by Abrasion
When stacked in a cylinder rack, other equipment or indeed the sides of the rack itself can rub against your regulator. So they gave the valve a good scraping against some scaffolding poles. There were some small marks left on the side, but the coating remained intact.
Pass
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Trial by Salt Water
At some stage, small damaging droplets of water will enter your regulator. Not content with a few droplets, they remove all the port plugs and submerge the Tungsten at the bottom of the Penzance harbour for 12 hours. They then thoroughly washed it in fresh water, dried it and then took it for a dive. It breathed as sweetly as the first dive.
Pass
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Trial by Heat
Behind a glass port hole on a Sudanese live-aboard, the temperature can reach as high as 60oC. So they baked the regulator in an oven for eight hours at 65oC. They allowed the Tungsten ATX200 to return to ambient temperature attached it to a cylinder and took it for a quick dive. It worked.
Pass
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Trial by Crushing
It happens to all of us. You get all your gear ready beside the RIB then get distracted. The next thing you hear is the sound of the trailer wheels bouncing over your regulator. So they ran over it with a 5.3m RIB sitting on a trailer. The result was a few minor scratches but other wise it was okay.
Pass
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Trial by Depth
After they had subjected the Tungsten ATX200 to all of the above tests, they finally took it out on a deep dive to 50m to see how it performed. Did they require the back up regulator? No, the Tungsten ATX200 performed flawlessly.
Pass
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