The Great Helium Hunt of 2021

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Helium comes in smaller sizes than T's too .....


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Going to cave country around the holidays, so I’ll bring back at least one pair of 85s filled with helium. I’ve got a transfill whip already.
 
Going to cave country around the holidays, so
I’ll bring back at least one pair of 85s filled with helium. I’ve got a transfill whip already.

Apartment or not, you realize you’re 1/2 a step away from a compressor – or at least a booster. @tbone1004 has one that fits in a pelican case. :)
 
Apartment or not, you realize you’re 1/2 a step away from a compressor – or at least a booster. @tbone1004 has one that fits in a pelican case. :)

yup... requires 110vac, scuba inflator, or low pressure shop compressor, doesn't really care which one, it's also for sale now that I bought a Masterline...
 
I remember paying $95 a T and selling it at .50 a cubic foot.
I can remember when gasoline was 29.9 cents a gallon, and a guy put it in your car for you.

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And it is really 300 SCF by molecular weight, not a divers cube of breathing gas. Add cylinder rental and delivery... so figure a dive shop landed cost is about $1.00 a foot, probably a lot more because in my observation of inexperienced trimix blenders is they lose a lot of gas, plus labor costs, and specialized equipment investment, opportunity costs, etc... any dive shop in south florida charging less than $3 a foot is probably losing money on trimix and should be charging $4 a foot if they expect to make a very modest profit.
 
https://www.shearwater.com/products/peregrine/
http://cavediveflorida.com/Rum_House.htm

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