You cannot breathe directly out of a scuba tank because of the high pressure. A regulator reduces pressure to safe a level that can be inhaled by the diver. A diving regulator has two parts: the First Stage reduces the tank pressure and connects it to the Second Stage which contains the mouthpiece for breathing
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The Black Sapphire is a piece of Apeks diving history, a limited-edition anniversary regulator celebrating 40 years of technical excellence and precision-engineering. With new styling across both the first and second stages, the Black Sapphire features a precision-machined, aircraft grade anodised metal front cover, which retains the crafted machining marks created during its production. The first stage has a super-tough and luxurious Physical Vapour Deposition (PVD) coating and features five ports as standard to allow for flexible hose routing.
• | Precision-machined and anodised metal front cover. |
• | Luxury hard-wearing PVD finish on the first stage. |
• | 5 ports with heat exchanger as standard |
• | Reversible second stage can be converted from a right-handed hose configuration to a left-handed hose configuration and can mount to either side of the first stage. |
• | The carbon-coloured hose features a swivel joint on both the first and second stage for maximum comfort and range of movement. |
• | Comes as standard with an environmental dry seal kit which keeps water and contaminants out as well as making the model more resistant to freezing. |
• | Features the innovative Diver Changeable Exhaust (DCE) system allowing the diver to change from a large air exhaust to a smaller air exhaust |
• | A two-stage progressive dual purge to allow the diver to choose the flow rate of the purge. |
• | The pneumatically balanced second stage has diver-adjustable controls that allow the diver to individually tailor the breathe of the regulator to meet his or her needs. |
• | Suitable for cold water use (below 10c / 50F). |
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