Apeks

What Oyster stocks from Apeks

Apeks is a British manufacturer, and this page is the whole of what we hold from them: regulators, buoyancy systems, exposure protection, fins, masks, torches, reels and the small hardware that keeps a set of kit working. It is one of the few brands where you can build a complete dive setup from a single manufacturer and have all of it serviced in one place.

Regulators

Regulators are the deepest part of the range. The XTX50 is the long-standing all-rounder and also comes as a sidemount set. The XL4+ is the compact option, with the XL4 Ocea alongside it, built from recycled materials and bio-plastics in a solar-powered factory and using lead-free brass. The MTX-RC and MTX-R Sidemount are the cold-water and technical choices, and the MTX-RC is also sold as a made-up single cylinder set. The EVX200 and EVX Tungsten are the newest additions, and the TEK3 rounds out the technical end. Across the cold-water models the pattern is the same: an environmentally sealed first stage, a heat-exchange body, and controls big enough to find with dry gloves on.

Buoyancy and harness

The Exotec is the BCD people ask about. Its backplate is articulated so it pivots at the waist and moves with you rather than against you, and it pairs the Wrapture harness with the SureLock II mechanical weight release. The Exotec-S is the other Exotec option here. If you dive a modular setup, the WTX Harness and the WTX D30 Complete Wing let you pick plate, harness and wing separately instead of buying one fixed unit.

Exposure protection, fins and hardware

ThermiQ is the thermal line: semi-dry and neoprene wetsuits in men's and women's cuts, dive boots, a carbon core top, and the ThermiQ Dry drysuit, which uses a flexible neck ring and user-replaceable wrist seals so routine maintenance does not mean sending the suit away. Fins run RK3, RK3 HD and RK4. The rest is working hardware you will actually reach for: VX1 and VX2 masks, Luna torches, Lifeline reels and spools, surface marker buoys, the TEK Gauge, Tech Shorts, a roller bag and Comfo-bite mouthpieces.

Why divers keep buying Apeks

Two reasons come up again and again in the shop. The first is cold water. Sealing the first stage and building heat exchange into the body is not a marketing flourish in British diving. It is the difference between a regulator that behaves in February and one that does not.

The second is that Apeks is repairable kit. These regulators are designed to be stripped, serviced and brought back to spec, and we do that work in-house. A set bought years ago is usually worth servicing rather than replacing.

Matching Apeks kit to your diving

Warm water and travel

The XL4+ is the compact, lighter first stage and packs down well for a flight. The XL4 Ocea takes the same compact approach with the environmental credentials attached, and Apeks describes it as suitable for warm and cold water alike, so it is not a warm-water-only choice.

UK water, all year

This is where the MTX-RC earns its keep, along with the EVX200 and EVX Tungsten. Environmentally sealed first stages, heat-exchange bodies and an oversized breathing effort adjuster you can operate wearing thick gloves. If you shore dive through the winter, start here.

Technical and sidemount

The MTX-R Sidemount and the XTX50 Sidemount Set arrive configured for sidemount rather than needing converting. Run either with the WTX Harness and a wing rather than a jacket BCD, and add Lifeline spools and reels, a surface marker buoy and the TEK Gauge as the setup grows.

Buying Apeks from Oyster Diving

We are an authorised Apeks dealer, so everything on this page carries full manufacturer warranty and we can support it afterwards rather than pointing you elsewhere. If you are not certain which regulator or BCD suits you, tell us where you dive, how often, and what you are diving in now. We will narrow it down, including telling you when the simpler option is the right one. Servicing is done in-house by our technicians.