DIN Valves

[boogeywoogey]

Tamas,

I spent hours of research, with wine, before responding as i did...by which time I was completely correct.

Thanks.

boogey

Boogey....it's actually called Deutsche International Norm but you were close enough.

 

[boogeywoogey]

GO WEST YOUNG MAN....

that's what I would say to NEW DIVERS...BUT....do you know what WE should do...

COME ON INSTRUCTORS AND.,,,HEH...DELINQUENTS THAT KNOW F&CK ALL...

DIN DIN...DIN....

Normally your cylinders come YOKR/A CLAMP....

THIS IS WHAT WE NEED TO STOP...

There are valves that come with INSERTS so you can use both....

THAT IS WHAT DIVE SHOPS NEED TO FIT AS AS STANDARD.

It's not hard.

Dive shop operators please respond.

boogey

Unless specified you are likely to get a yoke first stage. In some cases they are always supplied as yoke and the dealer repleces the connector with the DIN version.

The ThermoK Pro valve shich sounds llike the valve you describe is a nice unit.

If your regulator is DIN you will run your cylinders as DIN. When you travel you will almost certainly need to dive yoke cylinders and for this you will need an adapter. The same is true if you rent extra cylinders for a big weekend. As long as the majority of your diving is on your own cylinders DIN is the better way to go.

Pete

 

[Laughing Swordfish]

DIN valves are better. They are a stronger connection and have a captive O-ring. Having said that, you don't really need them, especially for normal recreational diving.

In the commercial diving industry, the bailout cylinders hooked up to helmets are usually set up with plain old yoke. These things are subjected to tons of banging around in confined spaces and lots of muck, but I've never heard of a failure.

If somebody else has seen otherwise, please speak up.

 

[Marek K]

*sigh*

It's actually Deutsches Institut für Normung (German Institute for Standardization).

http://www2.din.de/

A lot of confusion about the acronym, certainly. Interesting how many possible permutations there are!!

First I heard of it was about 30 years ago, with DIN standards for ski bindings and ski boot soles. You could finally be certain that different brands would be compatible...

--Marek

 

[MoonWrasse]

Unless specified you are likely to get a yoke first stage. In some cases they are always supplied as yoke and the dealer repleces the connector with the DIN version.

The ThermoK Pro valve shich sounds llike the valve you describe is a nice unit.

If your regulator is DIN you will run your cylinders as DIN. When you travel you will almost certainly need to dive yoke cylinders and for this you will need an adapter. The same is true if you rent extra cylinders for a big weekend. As long as the majority of your diving is on your own cylinders DIN is the better way to go.

Pete

I travel to dive, have DIN regs + yoke adaptor, and I see a few more divers like this.

Makes me wonder why dive shops don't rent DIN tanks for a little extra $.

 

[mossym]

i've seen some that do...but i always take my adapter even if they say they do..just in case..

 

[cebudiver]

I have been diving for 10++ years and have done more than 1000 dives. I have been using YOKE all this time. I have never had my first stage knocked off my rig.

Having read what I have on this thread, it seems that the trend seems to be moving towards DIN, however dive operators around the world are still using YOKE. Most regulator providers still sell YOKE.

DIN, is not mainstream as of yet. DIN is for specialists and for people who work in the industry. For us recreational Divers, stick with YOKE. This is offcourse in my humble opinion.

 

[Tamas]

I have been diving for 10++ years and have done more than 1000 dives. I have been using YOKE all this time. I have never had my first stage knocked off my rig.

Having read what I have on this thread, it seems that the trend seems to be moving towards DIN, however dive operators around the world are still using YOKE. Most regulator providers still sell YOKE.

DIN, is not mainstream as of yet. DIN is for specialists and for people who work in the industry. For us recreational Divers, stick with YOKE. This is offcourse in my humble opinion.

Yoke fittings are more common in North America while DINs are the standard for the rest of the world.

Whenever I travel to places where more NA's frequent, I see more yoke fittings, whilst areas frequented by Europeans mostly have DIN and finding a yoke fitting is harder (ie: Egypt)