Apeks DS4 vs. DST for twins

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Permalink Reply by Richard on March 2, 2011 at 10:54pm

Wireless transmitter?????

Both fixed and swivel turrets are fine.  If you get swivels get the bottom facing port for sure.  There are hose routing pages here which explain both.

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Permalink Reply by Paul on March 3, 2011 at 2:12pm

I have 14 dives on a set of doubles with Hog DS1's that I use with xtx50 2nd stages. Like Richard said, the bottom facing port is very nice for routing. Swivel is a non issue for me either way. It will be a nice feature if I ever end up using them for stage or deco bottles. I'm not sure how the oveall size of the DST compares to my DS1's but the DS1's that I have do protrude more than the DS4 would, just because they are slightly larger; someone could make a case for that being a liability in a cave, but IMO that would be splitting hairs. ( I'm not a cave diver tho, so I wouldn't know) If a transmitter doesn't bother you, then I suppose you probably wouldn't be concerned about this either. FWIW I suspect that the transmitter is a bigger liability than a turret too, but I only have anecdotal experience to lead me to that conclusion.

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Permalink Reply by Maciej Arkuszewski on April 2, 2011 at 10:38pm

Both DS4 and DST will do the job just fine. Where turret really makes a difference is a stage reg. You will probably need to fine tune necklace hose length depending on how you route it and what kind of wing you have. Wireless transmitter is not exactly a best weapon of choice. It provides little benefit at price of much bigger risk of it failing.

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