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Sean, I disagree here. He said, specifically, "ocean diving, drysuit." IMHO, 104's are the correct choice for drysuit diving. No weight belt necessary. At 08:01 PM 2/22/1999 -0800, you wrote: >>3. Ocean diving, drysuit. Double my alum 80's or my steel 72's >>(2650psi)? > >For open water diving, AL 80's are very streamlined and provide more >than enough gas for the bottom times you are likely to be doing in OW, >and are buoyant when empty. For overheads, high volume low pressure >steels are the better choice, because the low pressure reduces the risk >of first stage failures, and the steels are negatively buoyant when >empty. This is good because, in the event of a catastrophic complete >loss of gas, extricating yourself will not be further complicated by >being pinned to the ceiling. > >>Thanks, >>BDG > >-Sean > > >-- >Send mail for the `techdiver' mailing list to `techdiver@aquanaut.com'. >Send subscribe/unsubscribe requests to `techdiver-request@aquanaut.com'. > -------------------------------------------------- Kevin Connell <kevin@nw*.co*> Northwest Labor Systems http://www.nwls.com Lake Stevens, WA "I suppose you want a user interface with that..." -------------------------------------------------- -- Send mail for the `techdiver' mailing list to `techdiver@aquanaut.com'. Send subscribe/unsubscribe requests to `techdiver-request@aquanaut.com'.
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