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I want to put some words in GIs mouth. When he says Al 80s for ocean diving he is switching to a wet suit in 80F FLA water. I am sure the water temps very in Se like in Ca and you would need to stack 30Lbs of weight on with the big underwear and pump a lot of air into the suit. This also goes for fresh water as well. So i have switched to steal 95 and 104s just like the cave rig. I believe switching back and forth between rigs is in fact counter DIR and unless you did it often it's like learning to dive a new rig all over again. Most of the guys yapping on here have never really experienced cold water diving. Dual 80s do not cut it unless you are play diving. If you are diving FLA waters in the 140 Ft zone it could be said that hauling Steal 104s are over kill and maybe dual Al 80 are fine, This is where my experience runs out. But in cold clear water fresh or ocean deep tech diving use Steal cave tanks. Max ----- Original Message ----- From: "Aldo P. Solari [APS]" <aldo.solari@ho*.se*> To: <techdiver@aquanaut.com> Sent: Wednesday, February 21, 2001 12:49 PM Subject: the Al vs Steel issue ... > I will not argue with George Irvine who happens to know what > he is talking about. However, in Europe, we get > contradictory information on the tanks issue (Al vs steel, > etc.): > > (1). It is considered that steel tanks (chrome-molybdenum > steel) are safer, last longer and require less weights; > > (2). Aluminum tanks are not widely available in Europe ... > they never hit this market and, as far as I know, they are > not produced in the union, are they ? > > If they really weigh 1/5th of a steel tank and cost 1/3rd, > being EQUALLY safe (are they ?) I would certainly welcome > them ... > > But, again, if they are so much better for ocean diving, > light and much cheaper: why didnt they ever hit the euro > market ? Could any one explain this ? > > Or ... are we being fooled by the "market-forces" in Europe, > too ? As far as I know (hehe, no flame intended), we still > have a less of a circus in the euro market ... dont we ? > > cheers, > > aldo.solari@ho*.se* > www.ccbb.ulpgc.es/fish-ecology/solaris > ___ > > > -- > 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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