Tassie_Rohan
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I'm planning on getting several faber 100 cuft tanks. Im debating between the standard 232 bar and the smaller higher pressure 300 bar tanks. Anyone have practical experience using the higher pressure tanks? The 300 bar tanks are smaller, heavier and would take a lot more weight off my belt and put it on my back (BTW: I don't think these 300 bar 100 ft Fabers are for sale in the US). However they may be a bit too negative for some peoples liking. Any practical experiences and preferences out there?
Aussie -> US Translation:
Australian standard 232 bar are 3360 psi HP high pressure tanks
Australian high pressure 300 bar tanks are filled at an unheard-off 4340 psi.
Aussie-> Pom Translation:
100 ft 232 bar: 12 L
100 ft 300 bar: around 9.4 L
(Yep I use imperial for contained gas, metric for pressure, and converting between imperial and metric tank specifications makes my brain hurt )
Most of the LDS in my area can do 300 bar fills (probably 290 in reality, 280 allowing for non ideal gas behaviour at that pressure?), and my 1st stages are rated to 300 bar, so should be no issues with fills or wear n tear. Just interested in hearing peoples preferences and any buoyancy/trim issues between the two tank types...
The tanks will be dived as singles for now, but I can see myself converting them to doubles when I get around to doing my cave diver training down the track
Cheers,
Rohan.
Aussie -> US Translation:
Australian standard 232 bar are 3360 psi HP high pressure tanks
Australian high pressure 300 bar tanks are filled at an unheard-off 4340 psi.
Aussie-> Pom Translation:
100 ft 232 bar: 12 L
100 ft 300 bar: around 9.4 L
(Yep I use imperial for contained gas, metric for pressure, and converting between imperial and metric tank specifications makes my brain hurt )
Most of the LDS in my area can do 300 bar fills (probably 290 in reality, 280 allowing for non ideal gas behaviour at that pressure?), and my 1st stages are rated to 300 bar, so should be no issues with fills or wear n tear. Just interested in hearing peoples preferences and any buoyancy/trim issues between the two tank types...
The tanks will be dived as singles for now, but I can see myself converting them to doubles when I get around to doing my cave diver training down the track
Cheers,
Rohan.