How much should an airfill be?

[tplyons]

I pay $8 at my LDS but consistently get 3K PSI.

At the quarry I dive at, I pay $6 but constantly get between 2700-2800 PSI.

 

[crosshairs]

At the quarry I dive at, I pay $6 but constantly get between 2700-2800 PSI.

let me guess..Dutch Springs?

 

[tplyons]

Yep... filling 30+ tanks at a time, they're about quantity, not quality. But I can't complain, two dives before lunch, drop them off, and by the time I'm done eating they're full.

 

[jbomb001]

my buddy has a membrain system and i get ean-x for between 0 and 5 bucks and i have a hard time getting him to take the five but i push it on him just so i dont feel like im a total dive bum lol .....change anyone have any change ...i just need some change thankyou kind sir

 

[KD8NPB]

Our shop:
$4 per tank up to 3000 psi
$6 per tank up to 3500 psi

$6.50 VTI
$25 hydro

 

[triplecove]

Our shop:
$4 per tank up to 3000 psi
$6 per tank up to 3500 psi

$6.50 VTI
$25 hydro

Man I wish I lived in the midwest! Do you guys tax air out there?

 

[mike_s]

"Air is for tires...."


Here a Nitrox fill costs I think about $10 or $12.

yeah... it's "cheaper at the beach", but that $10 or $12 locally gets me "good clean air" (no compressor oils) and no "LDS attitude".

to me good quality air and service is worth a few bucks.

 

[triplecove]

"Air is for tires...."


Here a Nitrox fill costs I think about $10 or $12.

yeah... it's "cheaper at the beach", but that $10 or $12 locally gets me "good clean air" (no compressor oils) and no "LDS attitude".

to me good quality air and service is worth a few bucks.

And to me good quality air can be provided at a good price with room for the LDS to make a "few bucks" but profit of $6 or more per fill is not reasonable its robbery. I have been talking to 1 of my dive buddies and he may be interested in going in 1/2 for a comppressor which will cut the costs almost in 1/2 (except the filters and electricity) Now looking at $2.50 fills kinda makes it worth a 2nd look

 

[mike_s]

And to me good quality air can be provided at a good price with room for the LDS to make a "few bucks" but profit of $6 or more per fill is not reasonable its robbery.

A thing to remember, not all LDS's make a profit off air fills. ( I bet few do).

I live 300 miles "inland". A lot of divers that drive to the beach to dive for a weekend get their fills "at the beacH" or rent tanks there.

So there isn't a lot of local filling going on. THe part that is is prob half students for classes or dive masters/instructors. (zero profit and a loss if you consider it still cost time/labor/filters/electricity/overhead/etc.

Add to it the fact that here no one dives in the winter (for the most part), then the LDS has a compressor and bank system that is barely used except for 4 or so "warmer months". Yet that compressor and Storage Bank costs the same as for someone who uses it 365 days a year, like the Keys. So tank fills get itemized out at a higher cost. I don't get fussy over this because I don't have other good local choices and I'm thankful he's there doing fills.

I have been talking to 1 of my dive buddies and he may be interested in going in 1/2 for a comppressor which will cut the costs almost in 1/2 (except the filters and electricity) Now looking at $2.50 fills kinda makes it worth a 2nd look

Take a good look at your liability and coverage once you start doing fills for or with someone else.

 

[Herb-alaska]

CFM and PSI are to totally separate scales that have very little in common... the Max-air limit is 3000 PSI, Thats it.... No more and to overrate the pressure switch is asking to blow a head gasket or rap out a rod and/or worst case broken crankshaft.... can you say BOOM...:bomb: I think I'm ready to call this dive...
Jim....

The max- air 35 is not limited to 3000 psi. It is adjustable to over 4,000 and I know this because I was just filling my HP tanks last night and I got distracted and the safety shut off did not work and it pumped one of my 3450 HP tanks to 4000 psi before the safety pressure on the pump tripped. The max air 35 is a good compressor for home use and can take care of all HP needs, when I ordered my compressor I told them I need HP fills and the electric safety shut off was factory set at 3450 psi which I then adjusted to 3700 to allow for cooling.