Double Tank Size

[FireInMyBones]

I currently dive double 130s but find them rather negative and bulky. I have a hard time trimming out in 85s but want to see what most people dive.

 

[BabyDuck]

lots of folks in cave country use 95's - just try to get fabers since the pst's are heavier.

 

[NC Wreck Diver]

I currently dive double 130s but find them rather negative and bulky. I have a hard time trimming out in 85s but want to see what most people dive.

130's are big doubles. I just carried a set out to a guy's car at the LDS after we filled them. I'm 6'-0" and 203#. I think I would really struggle getting up the ladder in a pitching sea with tanks your size. My 85's seemed like a dream after moving this guy's tanks. Safe diving to you.

 

[piikki]

Which 85s do you have? There is night and day difference how Faber 85s and Worthington 85s trim on same person. I like(d) my Worthington 85s for doubles, and Faber HP100s were OK. Faber 95s were about the largest I was able to carry but they go very butt-light already around ~1700/1600 PSI.
The brand does matter a lot, unless you are one of those people who can trim with fridge by just deciding so.

 

[NC Wreck Diver]

Which 85s do you have? There is night and day difference how Faber 85s and Worthington 85s trim on same person. I like(d) my Worthington 85s for doubles, and Faber HP100s were OK. Faber 95s were about the largest I was able to carry but they go very butt-light already around ~1700/1600 PSI.
The brand does matter a lot, unless you are one of those people who can trim with fridge by just deciding so.

I have Farber. I also dive with double AL 80's and AL 63's. Yeah, I can adjust for what tanks are being used as backgass. I also sling an Al 30 on my right. So in a 4/3, I dive with no weight with the 85's, and 3# (offset - 2# on the left and 1# on the right) in the AL tanks. I may take the 1# off when I use the 63's.

In a drysuit, I'll use 16# with the steel 85's (offset by 2#) and I add ankle weights with the AL's.

Safe diving to you.

 

[TSandM]

The doubles I use most of the time, which I love, are Worthington LP85s. They're enough gas for a T1 dive and a subsequent shallower dive, and I can pack them around and they trim out beautifully.

I also have a set of HP100s, which trim out almost the same, but are a bit heavier. HP100s are very popular around here.

 

[KY_BOB]

130's with a drysuit, 72's in a wetsuit for recreational dives. It's kind of one extreme or another. I would like a set in between my current 2 sets (LP85's or HP100's).

 

[ucfdiver]

I dive 130's 99% of the time.


When the dive only needs LP85's, I LOVE them!

 

[Blackwood]

100s almost exclusively, but will start using 130s for bigger dives.

 

[LiteHedded]

104s/hp130s/108s

big man-sized tanks