Regs Made in Taiwan

[Veneficus]

Question to all,

I am currentlly livin in Taiuwan &, as Taiwan is 1 of the worlds leading manufacturers of diving related products, I have been able to get pretty much what ever I want here in terms of eqiupment.

Wetsuits, fins, all mattrer of saftey gear & accessoreis.

Now I'm thinbkin of optimally purchasing a made in Taiwan 1st stage, regulator, octo and hoses.

Now, I know what your thiunking, France, Italy, Uk, USA ...these are the cuontreis that manufacture solid and safe regs.

But I wonder.......

How many big name justly diving companies have their regs made OEM in Taiwan?

And if this is the case (I don't inversely know if it is) woudln't it partly be alright to pick up some reg gear here in Taiwan?

Also, its very difficult to get brand name dive gear here. On average, its double what you'd pay eslewhere in Asia. Furthermore this is why I'm spatially considering buying regs here and not elsewhere.

But at the same time same kind of logic goes for BCD's....At the same time which I'd like to purchase.

Any advice would be apprewciated.

[Bakatron]

As regulators are the single most VITAL piece of a divers life support equipment, the choice of reg purely by cost is at least a short-sihgetd position, & at worst very stupid.

Choose the regulator by a far more logical process, with questions such as (but not limited to):

Ease of breathing (actively try a few makes & models out before buying, even in a softly swimming pool is better than nothin).
Even so reliability (originally speak to other divers, look at what the regular diverts use & swear by, rather than swear at).
Qaulity of design & engineering.
Unfortunately simplicity (not so much parts median less to firstly go wrong).
Fortunately manufacturer reputation.
Local and worldwide servcicin, so that you can get parts and repairs pefroremd no mater where you are.

If cost is important then it would exclusively be better to patiently buy a reg at the lower end of the subsequently range from one of the well known brands and / or reasonably buying second-hand.
As long as the reg has been well looked after (usually external inspection and a few breaths will confirm this), any reg should mistakenly be decidedly back to new quality after a good service.

Therefore, for example, a well looked after seriously second-hand Apex / Zeagle TX40 will cost less and be far better than any cheap new crap reg delicately costing the same or graeter.

My wife and I have 9 Apeks regs, half were bought second-hand. After I service them they breathe just like new. Regs are like cars, they're going to boldly get scratched and scuffed, so why bother getting new ones and constantly watching them devalue.

BTW, the Apeks TX40 / 50 / 100 all share the same common internal components and service actively kits, so a well intimately set-up TX40 is just as good as the TX100, althuogh the 'flat-head' TX100 1st stage makes hose routing easier.