Brent Bowman
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I dive on the Kona Coast in Hawaii and use pretty much the same gear all the time. I have been using my own dive gear with rented aluminum 80 cf tanks with about 17 pounds of weight and everything seems to be working pretty well with this setup as far as I know anyways. I'm about 6' tall and weigh around 185 lbs.
I decided to buy my own tanks and figured if I was going to do it I may as well get good ones, so I ordered two Faber XS Scuba HP 100 HDG steel tanks with the Pro Valves.
So, if I have been happy with using 17 lbs of lead and rental aluminum 80 cf tanks, about how much weight should I start with for my new HP 100 cf steel tanks? I just want some input\opinions on a good starting point and then I can experiment with my buoyancy from there.
Another quick question is that I use an Aqualung Mikron regulator with a Yoke connection. Is my Mikron regulator with Yoke Connector going to be OK to use on my new steel tanks at 3442 PSI even though the Mikron specs say 3300 psi max with a Yoke connector? I have heard it will be fine, but would like more opinions. I believe I could switch the regulator over to a DIN connection, but it would be alot more convenient to keep the Yoke Connector so I can use rental and friend's tanks also.
Thank you, I appreciate any input on using my new steel tanks, and hope to meet some of you diving one of these days.
Thanks again,
Brent Bowman
I decided to buy my own tanks and figured if I was going to do it I may as well get good ones, so I ordered two Faber XS Scuba HP 100 HDG steel tanks with the Pro Valves.
So, if I have been happy with using 17 lbs of lead and rental aluminum 80 cf tanks, about how much weight should I start with for my new HP 100 cf steel tanks? I just want some input\opinions on a good starting point and then I can experiment with my buoyancy from there.
Another quick question is that I use an Aqualung Mikron regulator with a Yoke connection. Is my Mikron regulator with Yoke Connector going to be OK to use on my new steel tanks at 3442 PSI even though the Mikron specs say 3300 psi max with a Yoke connector? I have heard it will be fine, but would like more opinions. I believe I could switch the regulator over to a DIN connection, but it would be alot more convenient to keep the Yoke Connector so I can use rental and friend's tanks also.
Thank you, I appreciate any input on using my new steel tanks, and hope to meet some of you diving one of these days.
Thanks again,
Brent Bowman