Stephen, Up until this point I was going to get the Dive Rite Manifold but, I was told that the DIN adapters did not screw all the way in on a Dive Rite. Since I have no personal experience with either I though I should solicit some other opinions. Have you experienced this? Thanks, Bob Wright rwright@is*.ne* http://www.iserv.net:80/~rwright > I had the same choice last year. I went with the Dive-Rite for the > following reasons: > > The Dive-Rite uses O-ring seals, the Sherwood has seals that are > more like a gasket. Some people have had trouble with the > Sherwood leaking if the tanks are lifted by the manifold. > > The Dive-Rite points the regs perpendicular to the tank, the > the Sherwood points them up at about 45 degrees. The Dive-Rite > gives me a more compact setup. > > The Dive-Rite is a modular system. If you want you can get caps > and H-valve adapters to use your tanks as singles. (this is not > a feature I use but it struck me as a good idea) > > I've got about 40 dives on my Dive-Rite with no problems. I would (will) > buy another one. > > Stephen Galperin > > > > >Looking for some input on a which type of manifold. > >>I have the ability to purchase either a Dive-Rite manifold of a >>Sherwood mainofold at a very good price. I have been getting a lot >>of advice from people who really don't use them so Iam would >>appreciate some specific pro's and con's of each from those of you >>who have actual experience with them. > > -- > Send mail for the `techdiver' mailing list to `techdiver@terra.net'. > Send subscription/archive requests to `techdiver-request@terra.net'. > >
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