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I had an OMS manifold years ago. Threw it out. Too badly designed to sell. OMS is not welcome in my shop. Tim Diverse-Tek ----- Original Message ----- From: Trey <trey@ne*.co*> To: Jeffrey Swann <swanncruz@ta*.ne*.au*> Cc: techdiver <techdiver@aquanaut.com> Sent: Friday, June 30, 2000 9:19 AM Subject: WKPP stories and why the OMS manifold is not used by us > Jeff, the stories are on the wkpp.org site. The recent dive at 16,905 was > actually more interesting then the 18 or the 19, since it is going tunnel > and we actually videoed the dive. > > You can guess that we have come a long way in our sophistication with this > since JJ and I now are able to do more distance two man and video it at the > same time with HID and Digital. We also have a High Definition video of A > Tunnel, which involved taking a $600,000 camera to 300 feet - that was a > real milestone in our gear confidence. > > The OMS manifold is a piece of shit in my opinion. I do not allow it in the > WKPP. Where do we start? The thing is fixed center, as opposed to the > spinning capability of the Sea Elite ( aka Scuba Pro, Dive Rite, Halcyon, > etc ) - if you hit something the others will spin the center, and all that > happens is either both sides tighten or loosen, rather than one loosening > and one tightening ( the others are reverse threaded on one side ), if it > could move at all ( rather than just breaking the knob off or worse ). The > OMS fits only one way - no adjustment. It has face seals - a major NO NO. If > you drop the tanks or hit something it is skewed against the "seal" - not > the case with the others - they will tolerate a huge shift. The OMS is the > old style of fittings like the 30 year old manifolds. I looked at one the > other day and got disgusted after I took it apart. It is so suboptimal, that > it is eliminated from an serious consideration before you would even get any > further into it. Why by a suboptimal piece of shit made by people who in my > opinion are clueless about dive gear, when you can get optimal manifolds > from so many other sources, like Dive Rite, or Halcyon, or Sea Elite or > Scuba Pro? You would really have to be an uniformed moron to buy one of > these in my opinion. > > Jeff, I have been over this so many times . > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Jeffrey Swann <swanncruz@ta*.ne*.au*> > To: trey@ne*.co* <trey@ne*.co*> > Date: Friday, June 30, 2000 9:48 AM > Subject: Re: DIR Rig > > > >Any chance of an answer, > >Jeff > >Dear George, > >I missed the second half of 18,000 +, if you still have it on your server. > >Also would you mind giving me a quick wrap up on the problems of OMS > >manifolds. > >I thought it was just the knobs. > >Always appreciate your thoughts. > >Nice photos on the wkpp site by the way. > >regards, > >Jeff of Darwin. > > > > > > -- > Send mail for the `techdiver' mailing list to `techdiver@aquanaut.com'. > Send subscribe/unsubscribe requests to `techdiver-request@aquanaut.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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