Inside ScubaLab: 2013 Regulator Test Preview
The ScubaLab team is deep into the 2013 testing season. Our latest category: Regulators. In early April, the Test Team tackled 16 new models at a site called Airplane Barge in the Gulf of Mexico off Clearwater Beach, Florida, with Tanks-A-Lot Dive Charters (tanksalotdivecharters.com). We dived the latest from Apeks, Apollo Sports, Aqua Lung, Atomic Aquatics, Dive Rite, Edge, SCUBAPRO, Seac, Sherwood and Zeagle. From high-end models crafted from the finest materials to budget-friendly breathers offering top shelf performance, our test group covers the spectrum.
Here’s a photo gallery of all the new 2013 models we tested, plus a few behind-the-scenes shots from the field.
Look for the complete ScubaLab reviews in the July 2013 issue, plus a complete digital package with features charts, test protocols and more, right here in early July.
Elly WrayThe regulator test is the high point of ScubaLab's annual gear test program. Here Test Team member Keith Nichols engages a purge buttom.
Elly WrayScubaLab ventured to Clearwater, Florida, to test the ergonomics of 16 regulators.
Elly WrayJohn Brumm performs ergonomics tests and records the findings on waterproof paper for this year's ScubaLab Reg Review.
Elly WrayWaterproof paper is used by ScubaLab members to record the results of the Reg Review while testing each regulator.
Elly WrayReg Test Preview: Apeks XTX50
Elly WrayReg Test Preview: Apeks XTX200
Elly WrayReg Test Preview: Apollo Sports BAS/A-320 NRX
Elly WrayReg Test Preview: Aqua Lung Legend LX Twilight
Elly WrayReg Test Preview: Atomic Aquatics T3
Elly WrayReg Test Preview: Atomic Aquatics Z3
Elly WrayReg Test Preview: Dive Rite RG5300XT
Elly WrayReg Test Preview: Edge Epic 2012
Elly WrayReg Test Preview: Edge EXP
Elly WrayReg Test Preview: SCUBAPRO MK11/R195
Elly WrayReg Test Preview: SCUBAPRO MK17/G260
Elly WrayReg Test Preview: SCUBAPRO MK25/S600
Elly WrayReg Test Preview: Seac Sub X-10 Pro
Elly WrayReg Test Preview: Sherwood Scuba Oasis
Elly WrayReg Test Preview: Sherwood Scuba SR2
Elly WrayReg Test Preview: Zeagle Onyx CW
The ScubaLab team is deep into the 2013 testing season. Our latest category: Regulators. In early April, the Test Team tackled 16 new models at a site called Airplane Barge in the Gulf of Mexico off Clearwater Beach, Florida, with Tanks-A-Lot Dive Charters (tanksalotdivecharters.com). We dived the latest from Apeks, Apollo Sports, Aqua Lung, Atomic Aquatics, Dive Rite, Edge, SCUBAPRO, Seac, Sherwood and Zeagle. From high-end models crafted from the finest materials to budget-friendly breathers offering top shelf performance, our test group covers the spectrum.
Here’s a photo gallery of all the new 2013 models we tested, plus a few behind-the-scenes shots from the field.
Look for the complete ScubaLab reviews in the July 2013 issue, plus a complete digital package with features charts, test protocols and more, right here in early July.
