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I personally am not an OMS fan. I find their prices to be a tad steep and try to avoid them. On the issue of tanks, you must get have a rig that allows you to stay at 10 feet with 1 psi in your tanks. Depending on a huge number of factors, this could be anything from an AL80 to a set of PST 120's. When we needed big, less negative outboard bottles for the Halcyon rebreather, we looked at OMS125's. PST's were not practical. Other than that, I prefer PST's because I need the weight when wearing a TLS350 with C4 in fresh water with Al backplate. If I did not need the weight, I would find a rig that would do the job, but would hate to buy OMS because once you scratch the paint, they are ruined. Now, it may just be my imagination, but I think the paint on Faber tanks holds up better than OMS. Is it the same paint job? Anybody know? So, I guess I did not answer your question, but no I would not prefer OMS with an Al plate. I use PST with AL backplate. Trout > So, would the best choice be the PST to begin with? Or the OMS with an > aluminum backplate? I'm a little confused. > > JP > > > > From: "Jess Armantrout" <armantrout@wo*.at*.ne*> > Subject: Re: Newbie buying Doubles (OMS vs. PST) > Date: Thu, 16 Mar 2000 04:13:56 -0600 > > why would you pay a premium to get a ss backplate, then pay a premium for > OMS tanks, which as you mentioned suck as soon as you scatch them, when you > could just get the cheaper PST's in the first place? That is the exact > opposite of DIR. > > Jess > ______________________________________________________ > Get Your Private, Free Email at http://www.hotmail.com > -- Send mail for the `techdiver' mailing list to `techdiver@aquanaut.com'. Send subscribe/unsubscribe requests to `techdiver-request@aquanaut.com'.
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