Consideration for first set of doubles regs?

[Celt]

I've never heard anyone defend yoke as much as you have. You do your own thing but stop pretending like they are superior.

I am a machinist by trade and I will take a threaded connection over a clamp ANY day of the week. It's a superior connection...period.

I’ve not said either are superior they both have advantages and disadvantages is what I’ve said, din for 300bar because most yoke are only 230bar although my Poseidons have a 300 bar yoke adapter. If you wish to use din that’s fine.

 

[Celt]

If your tank has a 3/4in NPS thread which nearly ALL scuba tanks do, it will take either a Yoke valve or DIN valve just fine. If it is 7/8in UNF threaded (old HP PST tanks for example), you can still get DIN valves but will only find 300 bar DIN valves instead of the more popular 200 bar.

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Yeah I use Poseidon din and scubapro yoke on my doubles, either work fine but neither are essential on low pressure tanks. Working pressure below 230bar

 

[PfcAJ]

You only think that. I think yoke is much better for low pressure tanks.

I’ve not said either are superior they both have advantages and disadvantages is what I’ve said, din for 300bar because most yoke are only 230bar although my Poseidons have a 300 bar yoke adapter. If you wish to use din that’s fine.

Wut.

 

[lostsheep]

You only think that. I think yoke is much better for low pressure tanks.

I’ve not said either are superior they both have advantages and disadvantages is what I’ve said….

“ Much better” is close enough to “superior” for me.


ETA: damn it you beat me to it

 

[rddvet]

Wut.

Dude says a lot of dumba-- sh--. I try my hardest to ignore him but sometimes it's hard cause the statements are just so ridiculous. Old dude set in his ways and thinks his way is still valid because he hasn't died yet.
I'll make sure to check frequently for the hate mail I'll be receiving.

 

[rongoodman]

Well I haven't yet - looking around at new stuff online as well as my LDS (from XS Scuba), I'm seeing 1,200 - 1,500 for HP steel doubles. I'll keep shopping around and also see if there are any used sets on the market.

Did you look at LeisurePro? HP 15L Faber steels are $400 each, LP 85s are $280. Manifold sets are $200-$250.

 

[Celt]

Wut.

For me, maybe they don’t suit you.

 

[Celt]

“ Much better” is close enough to “superior” for me.


ETA: damn it you beat me to it

Much better for me and my tanks, I have non din tanks also. It’s a personal choice to use din or yoke. Whatever suits the diver. Din is definitely not superior to yoke for low pressure tanks.

 

[grantctobin]

Muck better for me and my tanks, I have non din tanks also. It’s a personal choice to use din or yoke. Whatever suits the diver. Din is definitely not superior to yoke for low pressure tanks.

The worry is that a relatively new diver is going to across some of your posts (and you having survived your high number of listed dives), and think that anything you postulate reflects the past thirty years of tech diving development, and not instead the downsides of one person having taken too many deep air breaths to the head.

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[UCFKnightDiver]

Muck better for me and my tanks, I have non din tanks also. It’s a personal choice to use din or yoke. Whatever suits the diver. Din is definitely not superior to yoke for low pressure tanks.

Objectively, for reasons stated by AJ and others, DIN is superior to Yoke regardless of the service pressure of the scuba tank. Is Yoke good enough for most recreational diving? Sure, I could concede that, you don't see massive amounts of deaths due to yoke regulator failures (though you do frequently see failed and leaking orings). However, is it the best option? That's an emphatic no. It's definitely not appropriate for technical diving.