DaleC
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Forget it. In regards to this thread you are a waste of time.
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What will happen to the SCUBA industry when a cheap, reliable compressor comes onto the market? Will those who say "go get your fills somewhere else" change their tune when the customer says "OK". I'm thinking of the effect that internet sales has had on LDS's. Will shops change and give customers what they want (and forget about putting themselves in the position of judge and jury) or will they stick to their guns and simply fail.
I get my fills from a home based compressor. Not so much because it's half the price (though that doesn't hurt) but more because the owner lets me dive the way I want to dive and doesn't have a cow over soloing or vintage gear. I want air, not someones opinion on diving.
But shop perpetuate the idea that compressing air is a techinical and expensive procedure.
What type of compressor do you personally own and run?
Originally made by Luchard in France and sold by US Divers (aka AquaLung) as the Cyclone, 3.5 cfm @3000psi.
While a little off the tread topic, I wonder what the economic price point would be on an scuba tank exchange vending similiar to propane exchanges at various hardware and lumber outlets would be?
Check out a tank #454 from bin #12 with your credit card, return tank #454 to bin 12. Don't return the same tank, you get billed for a tank replacement.
Sounds like a solution since the LDS's say they're subjected to a lot of liability and they don't make any money from fills anyway.
You could have say 5 operators serving all south Florida. Seems to be working ok for propane.
Actually the only liability that a shop has is with respect to the quality of the air. They are though, by checking C-cards, actually increasing their liability. If liability were the real issue they should never, ever, check C-cards.The problem is liability (unfortunately). The OP posted a question that assumed that liability wasn't an issue. In the real world, it is.