DIN vs YOKE (USA)?

[RIHappyDiver]

I can't speak to the rest of the Caribbean, but DIN was not an issue on our last 2 trips to Bonaire. And, that was with Dive Friends, so I think the ops that haven't add them will soon.

Erik

 

[LFMarm]

DIN + yoke adapter is the way

 

[elvenhome21]

Din, but always carry adapter. Cancun had mix of both. Roatan you'd be lucky to find a din tank on the entire island

 

[12345sg]

considering a new regulator. Din vs Yoke?

I had converted to DIN before getting out of diving. Far superior and so it pains me to think about buying a yoke reg
but I'm US based
and almost certainly will be renting tanks most for the time
and as far as I know things on that front have not changed since I was active...pretty much all rental tanks then were yoke

I do have a few tanks that need to be hydro'd...but more often than not I'll be diving with at least one of my kids and I don't have enough tanks that....
and we won't be diving that often but when we do I'd probably not want to deal with hauling them anyway

and using a yoke adapter sets the regulator out further from the valve
and adds another failure point so while not horrible it prob isn't ideal

...but then again, DIN with an adapter offers options

DIN Regs with adapter is the way to go imo.

 

[Nemrod]

DIN Regs with adapter is the way to go imo.

The adapter is trouble/leak prone combining the worst of both and none of the good of either.

 

[LFMarm]

The adapter is trouble/leak prone combining the worst of both and none of the good of either.

Don’t agree. I am diving DIN tanks 99% of the time and have an adapter for the 1% when DIN tanks are not available. Never had a problem when using the adapter except that the regulator is hanging out 1/2 inch more than usual. But again this is 1% of the dives.

 

[Nemrod]

Don’t agree. I am diving DIN tanks 99% of the time and have an adapter for the 1% when DIN tanks are not available. Never had a problem when using the adapter except that the regulator is hanging out 1/2 more than usual. But again this is 1% of the dives.

I would use a DIN regulator or a yoke regulator or I take the parts with me to make the conversion in the field (or bring a second regulator) so as to avoid what I have found in my experience to be the DIN to yoke adapters unreliability. Of the ones I have tried, I find the XS stainless steel adapter to be decent and to work fine for air rifles, I would not use it or any such thing for scuba, especially at depth, with deco or penetration potential. If yoke is so bad why do a yoke connection via an even worse adapter -- . But I guess it can be good enough for who and what it is for. The simplest solution is almost always the best solution which is to use the correct parts, a yoke adapter provides additional failure points and complexity to a critical connection compared to the purpose specific parts.

 

[Scared Silly]

One comment about carrying a hex wrench so to take out the insert. I would ask the dive shop to remove the insert. I have often found the insert stuck such that the hex wrench stripped the insert. i would rather the dive shop do that just so I do not get blamed for it.

As for the OP when traveling we have both a DIN and yoke reg. Solves lots of problems.

 

[hilljo88]

Problem is that many rental tanks are 20 years old and the threads aren’t necessarily in great shape. I have had more trouble seating my DIN valve than I have had with oring issues with the yoke adapter. The next first stage I buy will be yoke.

 

[lexvil]

When possible I buy yoke and then convert to din for use with my own tanks but convert back to yoke when traveling. Yoke is just easier when you are using other places’s tanks. Adaptors are a solution but it less than ideal.