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This message is in MIME format. The first part should be readable text, while the remaining parts are likely unreadable without MIME-aware tools. ------=_NextPart_000_00CA_01BDACF0.F4015B20 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; CHARSET=iso-8859-1 On Sat, 11 Jul 1998, Tony Profera wrote: > We have been hanging 100% from the boat via extra long hoses for some time now. Usually this tank on board is an AL 80 tied/strapped to some non movable object on the boat. I have been going thru traditional gauges and hoses from the on deck abrasion and bumps. Would a mini hp gauge (that screws directly into a hp port on a reg) be warranted for this usage? In particular are they reliable. Are they likely to get bumped,crushed, spindled or mutilated? Certainly the issue of being unable to read them is moot on the boat. Please note the hanging gas is backup or safety deco gas. I believe contingencies are good. Yes I carry deco gas with me. > > So I ask are these mini gauges any good ??? > I've been using them on deco bottles for about a year, on a total of probably 100 or so dives. They *are* hard to read, but do you really need to know whether you have 2000 or 2050 PSI? I've found them to be extremely reliable. I even once had an AL80 rigged with one fall three feet to the deck, landing directly on the guage, which took the weight of the fall. The guage was dented a bit, but still operates flawlessly. So I think they're the absolute balls. The only thing you have to be careful about is to make sure that your bottles are rigged so that the angle of the guage is directly readable while diving, as once you get diffraction angles involved, the read angle is pretty narrow. Regards, -Will ------=_NextPart_000_00CA_01BDACF0.F4015B20 Content-Type: TEXT/HTML; CHARSET=iso-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: QUOTED-PRINTABLE Content-ID: <Pine.3.89.9807140054.E28816@tr*.co*> <!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD W3 HTML//EN"> <HTML> <HEAD> <META content=3Dtext/html;charset=3Diso-8859-1 = http-equiv=3DContent-Type> <META content=3D'"MSHTML 4.72.2106.6"' name=3DGENERATOR> </HEAD> <BODY bgColor=3D#ffffff> <DIV> <DIV><FONT color=3D#000000 size=3D2>We have been hanging 100% from the = boat via=20 extra long hoses for some time now. Usually this tank on board is an AL = 80=20 tied/strapped to some non movable object on the boat. I have been = going=20 thru traditional gauges and hoses from the on deck abrasion and bumps. = Would a=20 mini hp gauge (that screws directly into a hp port on a reg) be = warranted for=20 this usage? In particular are they reliable. Are they likely to = get=20 bumped,crushed, spindled or mutilated? Certainly the issue of being = unable to=20 read them is moot on the boat. Please note the hanging gas = is</FONT><FONT=20 color=3D#000000 size=3D2> backup or safety deco gas. I believe = contingencies are=20 good. Yes I carry deco gas with me.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT color=3D#000000 size=3D2> </FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT color=3D#000000 size=3D2>So I ask are these mini gauges any = good=20 ??? </FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT color=3D#000000 size=3D2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT color=3D#000000 size=3D2>Tony = Profera =20 </FONT></DIV></DIV></BODY></HTML> ------=_NextPart_000_00CA_01BDACF0.F4015B20-- -- Send mail for the `techdiver' mailing list to `techdiver@aquanaut.com'. Send subscribe/unsubscribe requests to `techdiver-request@aquanaut.com'.
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