ChrisM
Contributor
Got back two days ago from a Southern Red Sea itinerary on Blue O Two's Blue Adventurer. We had the whole boat, and we all dive yoke regs. Upon boarding, all the tanks were DIN so they inserted DIN to yoke adapters. Some out of an alleged brand new batch, some old. Then the fun started. On the surface, my first stage blew two o rings on charging. A few others did too. Replaced the o rings.... over the first 2 or 3 days, we had no less than 6 first stage o ring failures at depth - from 30 fsw to 75 fsw . Mine was at 53 fsw. Others continued on the surface. It was a very sketchy situation and as can be imagined a minor revolt erupted. There was no easy answer but I resigned to diving no deeper than 30 fsw.
We had to scrounge amongst the save a dive kits to get new o rings to put in the adapters. This ultimately solved the issue, but not without a few very conservative dives for a few dives, and sticking to buddies like glue.
Because they cater mostly to European divers they don't usually use yoke adapters. Several theories but long and short is if traveling to the Red Sea make sure you bring plenty of tank o rings and, maybe better, your own DIN to yoke adapter.
We had to scrounge amongst the save a dive kits to get new o rings to put in the adapters. This ultimately solved the issue, but not without a few very conservative dives for a few dives, and sticking to buddies like glue.
Because they cater mostly to European divers they don't usually use yoke adapters. Several theories but long and short is if traveling to the Red Sea make sure you bring plenty of tank o rings and, maybe better, your own DIN to yoke adapter.