Jackie Treehorn
Contributor
What I don’t get is why they still sell yoke valves. Convertible valve will work on anything, so they can sell to yoke divers. They’d be especially useful for shop rentals. I’m definitely seeing more and more convertibles, but yokes are still around.
Least common demoninator. Unless i'm mistaken, you can adapt from DIN to Yoke but have to convert the other way around right?
The donuts are a pain, take a few moments to pull, and i'm sure get lost.
For the dive ops that cater to airline travellers, there is no real reason to go to DIN. In my travels around south florida and the carribean, I don't see too many people with DIN kits that use the house tanks.
When I think of DIN, I think of people that own their own tanks. Owning tanks means you're a committed diver and are most likely doing a decent amount of drivable diving. So when they travel they can bring along a $100 adapter, or a serviced $300 first stage. Not a big deal in the grand scheme of things.
I own four DIN first stages, and two Yoke first stages. I own zero tanks. The 90 of my 100 dives I usually do a year are with the Yokes. (the DIN firsts I only use for deco diving -- those outfitters always have DIN).