Anyone know a source for 7l Luxfer aluminium cylinders?

[Richie]

Originally Posted by David Pye

I suppose a 5.7 might just about do. What does everyone use as a medium-sized stage these days?

David

7l STEEL

[DanE]

A Friend recently bought one from Deep Blue in Plymouth. At least, I think that's what it was called. The one near the Mountbatten Centre.

Cheers,
dan

[warmwaterdiver]

Originally Posted by DanE

A Friend recently bought one from Deep Blue in Plymouth. At least, I think that's what it was called. The one near the Mountbatten Centre.

Cheers,
dan

Deep Blue Diving - Home

[GaryC]

Originally Posted by john

divers warehouse getting 100 in end of month £119 o2 clean on web site plus postage

john

Just be aware that £119 is the WEB price and according to someone on the phone at Divers Warehouse, they will NOT be doing them for that price in the shop. (They usually match the WEB price in the shop) Shop price is £145
£131 on WEB with delivery.

SDS quote £155 is there anywhere else these be obtained?

[Okeanos]

Originally Posted by David Pye

Not sure if the 5.7litre ones are big enough for my purposes though...

David

I hope that you are including a decent amount in reserve, if a 5.7L isn't big enough, yet a 7L is!

[IanRMartin]

There is one on ebay ending tomorrow.
Ian

[David Pye]

Fair point, Okeanos!

One thing about the 5.7's, in addition to the fact that they're smaller, is that they're also only 207 bar, which means I'd rather go for the 7.

My plan for the dive for which I'm trying to get the stage for is nothing particularly ambitious - I'm just after something to extend my bottom time a little further than the 12litre single I carry. So, I'll stop breathing the 12l when it's down to about 60ish bar (save a little for surface buoyancy etc), and go over to the stage. Once I've got about 160-180ish bar left in that, I'll send up the DSMB and head on up. I shouldn't have more than a couple of minutes deco on top of the safety stop to do, so that should be plenty.

I gave up in the end and bought a 7l steel stage, which is what most people in my club seem to use. The buoyancy figures aren't actually as different from an ally cylinder as I was led to expect.

David