Apeks

Apeks EVX200 (Yoke)

An over-balanced diaphragm reg with the same cold-water engineering as Apeks's technical line, packaged for divers who need a yoke connection.

Environmentally sealed, cold-water rated

Sealed first stage keeps water and ice crystals out of the internal mechanism, the standard for diving below 50°F/10°C.

Apeks EVX200 (Yoke)
3.7Comparison Score
$1229
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Released2025
First stagediaphragm
BalancedYes
Environmentally sealedYes
Cold-water ratedYes
Connectionyoke
Max pressure232 bar
HP / LP ports2 / 5
Adjustable 2nd stageYes
Weight—
Nitrox-ready (EAN40)Yes
Octo includedNo

"HP / LP ports" is the number of high-pressure and low-pressure ports on the first stage, which caps how many accessories (transmitter, SPG, inflator, second second-stage) you can run at once.

Pros
  • Over-balanced diaphragm design with ACD environmental seal and heat exchanger genuinely built for extreme cold, not just warm-water diving with a cold-water label
  • Diver Changeable Exhaust system includes both small and large exhaust tees in the box
  • Second stage is convertible for left- or right-hand hose routing with a pneumatically balanced, adjustable design
Cons
  • Priced close to the DIN-focused MTX-RC despite sitting a tier below it in Apeks's lineup, so compare specs carefully before choosing
  • No octopus included, this is first and second stage only
  • Manufacturer spec sheet doesn't publish a weight figure, so exact heft is hard to compare against competitors on paper
Diver community sentiment
Mixed opinions

When Apeks unveiled the EVX line on Scubaboard, reaction split along familiar lines. Some longtime users were skeptical of the launch itself, arguing Apeks should have kept refining its established DST/XTX platform rather than introduce an entirely new model. A retired instructor in the thread was unimpressed by the first stage, calling the changes there "incremental," but was more positive about the second stage, pointing to a redesigned poppet that smooths gas flow and a more secure hose-barrel capture than earlier Apeks second stages. Another experienced poster called it the only genuinely new regulator design shown that year at the DEMA trade show, in contrast to competitors' incremental updates. Because the EVX200 only reached retailers in spring 2025, most available discussion is pre-release speculation and early impressions rather than long-term ownership reports, and questions like hose routing for doubles/technical configurations were still unresolved at the time.

Scubaboard: EVX/Tungsten launch discussion

Summarized from public forum discussion (Scubaboard, Reddit, and similar), not a survey we ran ourselves. See the linked threads for the original conversations.

The EVX200 brings Apeks’s over-balanced diaphragm first stage and cold-water heat exchanger tech into a yoke-connection package, making it a fit for divers who need yoke compatibility but still want the brand’s technical-grade cold-water engineering. It shares most of its core first-stage design with the MTX-RC, just without that model’s extra second-stage adjustability.