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Hi guys
Totally new on the list. If the question has been asked before, I'd accept a routing to the answers, but here goes:
Over here in Southern Africa/Namibia and in the States the general answer when 300bar is mentioned is: "Unreliable, causes rapid wear on equipment, stay away". From what I can surmise, you UK based divers and also quite a few German divers have had no problems. Since most, if not all regs (at least the ones I saw) are rated for 300bar, why should using 300bar cylinders accelerate wear? Any substance to the statement? (Ignore the issues of gas mixing and whether the station can fill the cylinders for the moment.)
Up to now I have only used rented cylinders from 200-300bar but I am seriously looking at buying my own set. (Am using Apeks TX50 DIN regs)
Any advice will be appreciated.
Thanks
Coenraad
Hi guys
Totally new on the list. If the question has been asked before, I'd accept a routing to the answers, but here goes:
Over here in Southern Africa/Namibia and in the States the general answer when 300bar is mentioned is: "Unreliable, causes rapid wear on equipment, stay away". From what I can surmise, you UK based divers and also quite a few German divers have had no problems. Since most, if not all regs (at least the ones I saw) are rated for 300bar, why should using 300bar cylinders accelerate wear? Any substance to the statement? (Ignore the issues of gas mixing and whether the station can fill the cylinders for the moment.)
Up to now I have only used rented cylinders from 200-300bar but I am seriously looking at buying my own set. (Am using Apeks TX50 DIN regs)
Any advice will be appreciated.
Thanks
Coenraad