VIP Cost for Nitrox Tanks

[Compressor]

How much does it cost to VIP Nitrox tanks? Does your place oxygen clean it every time?

~$50 where I do my tanks as it requires Oxygen cleaning.
They use partial pressure blending.

Same tank in Force E: $14.

I bring this up because some of us have 10-30 tanks in our inventory. Some of us inspect our own tanks after getting appropriate training.
Thanks.

 

[Yancey M]

It cost me $35 at my LDS for the VIP, O2 clean with the fill included. Not sure if they require you to have it cleaned every time or not.

 

[pconsidine]

you only need O2 cleaning after hydro testing or if water gets into tanks to create rust,so O2 cleaning is basically good for 5 years. VIP must be done yearly.

 

[guruboy]

Shops here require annual O2 with VIP

 

[WarrenZ]

O2 cleaning and VIP for a set of doubles was quoted at $150 not including a $50 nitrox 32-36 fill in El Paso.

I wanted a bag of whatever he was smoking and do my own O2 cleaning and VIP now

 

[pconsidine]

Shops here require annual O2 with VIP

that is just a ripoff-bad enough shops will hit you after hydro- usually $30-40 for tank o2 cleaning and same amount for valves- but to charge that amount yearly is robbery. This was the reason
that I took training to become and tank vis. inspector & a Padi tech gas blender/O2 cleaner inspector. O2 cleaning is a tedious job but well worth doing it yourself in you have a uge collection of tanks and I have..

 

[guruboy]

lucky for me the only thing I would ever need to O2 clean is a deco bottle.

I can get my nitrox banked.

 

[elgoog]

you only need O2 cleaning after hydro testing or if water gets into tanks to create rust,so O2 cleaning is basically good for 5 years

I've never heard of the O2 clean after hydro rule - I hydro'd 4 of my HP steels last year and they didn't require an O2 clean then. I've actually never got any of my tanks O2 cleaned as my LDS banks EAN32. Today I paid $12 for a VIP on one of those HP steels with $8 for an EAN32 fill (air fill would have been free).

 

[NAM001]

I've never heard of the O2 clean after hydro rule - I hydro'd 4 of my HP steels last year and they didn't require an O2 clean then. I've actually never got any of my tanks O2 cleaned as my LDS banks EAN32. Today I paid $12 for a VIP on one of those HP steels with $8 for an EAN32 fill (air fill would have been free).

its not a rule.... its a domino effect. you hydro and then inspect for rust when dry for the O2 vis. If rust is there you tumble and clean. If no rust or other indicators of hydrocarbons you do nothing.

 

[LariatAdvance]

Thank god my shop banks their nitrox.
I can switch back and forth between air and nitrox without all the hassle.
(Except for the scuba police sticker they insist has to be there for nitrox)

I finally had to invent me a nitrox sticker that I could slide on and off the tank like those mesh protector things.