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What is meant by "Cascade" - want to make sure I am getting this 100%. It sounds like a bank is not the way go - certainly no one here is jumping up and down saying banks are great go for it. Banks sound like an interesting solution to a problem I may not have. An issue I do have is sending a...

They seem to be economical compared to Bauer. Are the newer Bauer THAT much better?

Honest question..is Coltri any good? Until I started reading this forum the other day I had never heard of Coltri. I have been on the web reading and looked at thier website and that of some of thier dealers. Seems they have a decent product from what I can tell and what I have read here...

@Marsh Thanks...appreciate the sentiment. Now I say this in jest....you do realise that Bauer South Africa will be trying to sell me a new Mercedes of compressor lol. But I hear you. @angelo Again, appreciate the thoughts and help. I guess I just find it hard to believe that a machine can...

Hi Marsh, Really value your input. No - my heart is not set on an air bank at all. I am just trying to understand the options and how they work. I am interested in putting together a well designed system that is going to serve me well years into the future. While I do have a budget it is not...

@bakodiver - yes I hear you on this. I will be using containers with side opening doors so the whole of one side of he container can be opened - so that helps with air flow and cooling. It seems the only way to go about it is to fill at night and early morning as you say. Still not sure about a...

Thanks for the input Angelo. Food for thought.

Lots of great feed back on this - thanks to you all ! @Marsh - my budget is about 30-40K tops for a new machine. Dont want to go much beyond that. It seems that the compressor is going to have to go back to a workshop to have valves changed out every 500 hours so it probably does not make...

Thanks for the update.

Yes I can get a compressor sent in from South Africa. Prefer to buy a used one if I can but will buy new if I have too. It would come up by truck transport to Lusaka and I would take it from there to my place in the bush. Budget is whatever it takes. For a new compressor I would like to keep it...

I will get some photos when I go back up to the lake. Its raining hard here everyday now so I tend to spend Dec to end of Feb in the capital (Lusaka). However I am going up there in the next few weeks so will get some photos of all the gear.

Hi Marsh, Thanks for your reply. It was getting a bit lonely in this thread. I bought those tanks in Sydney 21 years ago (new) and exported them to Africa in 1999. I am not sure if they would be any good now or not? I agree with start small and keep it simple and will do that to kick off. But...

Hi, thank you for the reply. I stopped diving in 2003 so its been a while. I got certified in 1984 and dived quite alot up till the early 2000's then stopped. I estimated my dives...cant honestly say how many other then a lot. I never counted them and stopped using a log book in the 80's. In...

OK so more reading through threads here and I have learnt a small thing..... its called transfilling, not decanting. Got to get the lingo right or no one will know what I am on about. I have 5 x 15 liter bottles that I have been getting filled at 300 bar. The tanks have a threaded screw in...

Hi Forum, I would like to understand how SCBA compressor systems are setup. I am in a remote area and would like to log some serious hours doing underwater video. So that means figuring out how to set up an air supply. I would like to buy a Bauer compressor (or one of the other brands out...

milty, are you around?