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You are certainly entitled to your opinion. I'm just commenting on what I see at the local lakes and German Ebay. 300 bar Steel tanks and divers don't often stay married to each other for a long time.

Michael
 
And clownfish might have one of the best personal websites going
and know more about the Watson case than the families and gabe.

Also organised himself an active and admirable, quite enviable life

but filling the same handful of tanks with his own compressor for a
couple of decades has left him lacking in what is stamped on others

So in Australia we have al 80 200 or 207bar and steel 100 232 bar
these are the most commonly used also 100 twins and al 40 stages

Of course if you choose to carry 80cf stages or twin up some 120s
at 232bar very good or carry 120 232bar singles or carry 27 ponies

Sure there are many other decades of tanks kicking around just not
300s when divers realise the pitfalls

and
You are only entitled to your opinion if it is pertinent to the region
and I'm just commenting on what I see in most of the oceans here.

300 bar Steel tanks and divers don't often stay married to each other for a long time.Michael

if you see any at all, when the divers realise they've tricked themselves and too embarassed for ebay


Years ago for almost 1 minute we thought fibre wrapped tanks were also the next thing
and 300bar valves M25x2 metric threads, and the M26x2 like The Knack and My Sharona

and anything else like that that's there but doesn't bring practicality





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Sorry all..I have not been on site for a bit. Thank you ever so much for your replies. I went with the fabre steel 12 litre tank
 
I like my steel 300bar 12l as a single, yes it’s a 20kg cylinder, but I just have to carry that weight on my belt with my 232bar 12l cylinder.

The Faber 12l seem to be ok, I’ve got a pair of those too. I may have a problem.

To be fair the guy I got it off said it was too heavy for him.
 
And clownfish might have one of the best personal websites going
and know more about the Watson case than the families and gabe.

Also organised himself an active and admirable, quite enviable life

.....Definately a man to watch :) k
 
Do you dive wet or dry?

In drysuit country, I prefer something around what the 'murricans call a 100. 10x300, 12x232 or 15x200. With my gas consumption, they are a nice balance between min gas and NDL (I usually hit min gas around the time I have to head up to shallower waters). Some folks are hoovers, using a lot of gas (not that there's anything wrong with that, you use the gas you use), and they might prefer something with a higher capacity like a 12x300, a D7x300 or a D8.5x232.

When I'm diving wet on vacation (typically a 5 mil one-piece), I'm usually good with a 12x200.


Hi mate.. Na just a wet suit diver but thanks for your reply. I must admit that my bodies strength and what I want to do are far more clear now. cheers
 
Usually the 300 Bar tanks in sizes larger than 3L don't stay with their buyers very long.
The weight of a 300Bar tank is just unreasonable, even if diving dry in cold water a double 12 300 bar is a lot heavier than you need. A lighter weight double 12L 232Bar is still something that can be dived with minimal lead weight and a drysuit.
232 Bar tanks are normally filled to the point where the compressor OP Valve releases which for 232Bar fills is 260Bar. Carrying an extra 10 kilos of tanks for 40bar more gas is not good for your back.

Michael


Thank you very much... I now totally agree
 
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