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In a message dated 3/26/00 4:35:42 AM, paul@ca*.co*.uk* writes: << With the current UK/USA/Europe slight antagonism taking place it would be interesting to hear the views of the list members on the merits of DIN against A Clamp (US Fitting for pillar valve/regulator attachment. I assume the serious cave boys are all DIN fitting but it would be good to see the real trend. >> Hi Paul, I am personally not aware of any "slight antagonism" within the UK/USA/Europe. A good percentage of my students and my diving friends are from over the water. They even have these delightful accents. And I particularly like the Scottish dry sense of humor e.g. "Lived here all your life? Ummm, not yet." I use only DIN valves on my doubles. I believe they are more rugged. I often use K valves on stage tanks because that is all that is usually available. We call them "K" valves rather than "A" clamps (which when I think about it makes a whole lot more sense) because historically they were item "K" in the old US Diver's catalog. However, all of my good regulators are DIN, so I use an adapter screwed onto the DIN connection on the regulator to put them on a K valve. The adapters are like the ones that come with the Beuchat and (no flames please) Poseidon DIN regulators. This way I can switch regulators during a dive or deco should I have a problem. On the other hand when I travel in the US or Caribbean to do some recreational diving, there usually isn't a DIN tank in sight. So I'm forced to use a K valve single. Take care and safe diving, Scott -- Send mail for the `techdiver' mailing list to `techdiver@aquanaut.com'. Send subscribe/unsubscribe requests to `techdiver-request@aquanaut.com'.
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