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From: William Hulik <whulik@ya*.co*> > If this was referred to me then please don't take what > I wrote as favoring or leaning toward aluminum tanks. This started on another list (GUE I think) and the nature of the thread changed just before it got to techdiver. We all got caught in the crossfire. > What I was railing against was using PST 104's for > ocean boat diving. These tanks are seriously too > heavy to consider. I'm sure some people dive them and > swear by them. JT has 104s and seems to like them. He isn't the sort that does things for the heck of it, so I'm going to pick his brain on the subject the next time I see him. Those things weigh over 100 pounds full and there must be a reason he uses them. I suspect I would be pretty heavy with 104s and a steel backplate. There are guys who come around here and dive double 125s and I don't do that either. Most can't get back on the boat by themselves. :) > I'd rather take a set of PST HP100. > Same dry weight as al80's and 1.0 neg empty > (comparable to the Faber 95's but a touch lighter dry > weight) I'm looking at 112s. Quite a bit more gas and just a little more weight on the boat. The folks around here don't like HP tanks. I don't know why, but will before I lay down the plastic. > As for tank charts, yes I've seen a few and none have > exactly the same numbers. However they all (at least > the one's I've seen) are within a pound or 2 of each > other (probably one lists the weight without the valve > vs with the valve) It wouldn't surprise me to find some included a boot. Probably the phase of the moon gets into it as well. :) Thanks for the exchange. Don Shop online without a credit card http://www.rocketcash.com RocketCash, a NetZero subsidiary -- Send mail for the `techdiver' mailing list to `techdiver@aquanaut.com'. Send subscribe/unsubscribe requests to `techdiver-request@aquanaut.com'.
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