Description
The Apeks 5th Port Turret Upgrade/Conversion Kit offers a new position for hose routing for technical and recreational divers using the Apeks DST (XTX 20/50) First Stage regulator.
Apeks regulators always offered good options with hose routing and have recently stepped it up a notch with the release of the Tech 3 designed explicitly for double tank setups. Many divers already have one reg setup for single cylinder diving and upon upgrading to twins realise that they need another first stage as opposed to two entire new sets of regs. Some divers will opt for a completely new setup as it allows easy changeability between singles and doubles or upgrades your existing XTX50 Regulator setup.
Apeks have announced a 5th Port Upgrade Kit for the DST type XTX50/XTX40 first stages that allow both twin and single tank divers to re-configure the hose routing for a more user-friendly and streamlined rigging.
The 5th port replaces the HP (high pressure) balance chamber on the 1st stage with a new one which redirects LP (low pressure) gas to a new LP port for a regulator, without compromising the overall performance of the 1st stage. The new LP port is located on the lower end of the reg making it easier to use an underarm hose routing for a second stage, e.g. a two-metre hose on a singles tank system. It also allows doubles configuration the chance to rout the backup regulator and BCD inflator neatly behind the neck.
