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Max, would like to know what you consider cold, living in FLA < florida?>. My guess is you never dive anything below 50 degree water. I dive up off ny/nj on a regular basis, i am diving tls350, al80 dubs, 12 lb belt, aul 14 and c4 uwear. it is not only possible, it is awesome. I have dove in Feb in a wet suit up here, i know cold water. G has mentioned in prior posts he has dove dub 80s w/ dry suit year round in florida water, as he is accustomed to the thermoclines in 200-250 range being in the 20s year round i believe. oh and btw, the word is steel, not steal. Marv Max wrote: > 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'. > > -- Send mail for the `techdiver' mailing list to `techdiver@aquanaut.com'. Send subscribe/unsubscribe requests to `techdiver-request@aquanaut.com'.
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