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Agree with you there, david. The swivel would be nice on the stage. I get by with the 40" lp hose, but it's a bit tight. Sometimes I get irritated, and turn the thing off and swivel it myself. :-) At 09:16 AM 9/8/1999 -0700, you wrote: >Richard > > >What are people's opinions on the swivel turret? > >This is only an opinion as I own the US4's (same as DS-4's but no >environmental seal). The swivel is useful on a stage to facilitate better >hose routing when stowed and later in use. A failed o-ring on a stage is >less severer as the cylinder valve can be operated or the reg switched out >for another stage. On the back gas it serves no use and is a failure point. > >I use the US4's for inter changeability and less failure points. I get >better stage routing comfort with a 42" hose. > >David Shimell >Project Manager, Sequent Computer Systems Ltd., Weybridge, UK. >Email: shimell@se*.co* <mailto:shimell@se*.co*> > > >-----Original Message----- >From: Richard Lister [SMTP:ric@gi*.ge*.ed*] >Sent: Tuesday, September 07, 1999 5:51 PM >To: kevin@nw*.co* >Cc: JDibbs@ma*.co*.au*; techdiver@aquanaut.com >Subject: RE: need some input > >On Tue, 07 Sep 1999 06:24:06 -0700 >Kevin Connell <kevin@nw*.co*> >wrote concerning 'RE: need some input': > > The T50D has some added convolution compared to the DS-4 first stage. The > > DS-4 is basically a T50D first stage with all the faults ironed out of it >:-) > >As I understand it the DS-4 is the same as the 50D but without the >swivel turret and with 4x3/8" LP ports instead of 3x3/8 + 1x1/2". >Please put me right if I got this wrong. > >What are people's opinions on the swivel turret? > >Has anyone got any experience with the new Apeks TX100 (Zeagle Flathead 6)? >Also, are the Beuchats the same as the Apeks? The Apeks web page only >lists Zeagle as an official distributor. > >Thanks >Ric > >Richard J Lister, Georgetown Institute for Cognitive and Computational >Sciences >Georgetown University Medical Center, Washington, DC 20007, USA >Phone: +1 202-687 2878 >Email: ric@gi*.ge*.ed* >Web: http://www.giccs.georgetown.edu/~ric/ >-- >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*> NW Labor Systems, Inc http://www.nwls.com Who is John Galt? ---------------------------------- -- Send mail for the `techdiver' mailing list to `techdiver@aquanaut.com'. Send subscribe/unsubscribe requests to `techdiver-request@aquanaut.com'.
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