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Love my Faber Steel tanks! Sooner or later you'll proably have to tumble those PST tanks so you might as well figure that into the price. ( Faber makes the tanks for OMS )

Luxfer Alum 80's are 77.4 cu ft.

OMS problems where a result of a poor draining boot which was resolved.

ScubaLux: Coconut Creek, Fla. 1-800-281-5131 Simi Valley , California 1-800-635-5815 Their website is not up yet.

There is a substaial layer of zinc between the steel of the tank and the outer coating not to mention the epoxy coating. A while back OMS had some boots that did not drain well and that caused some water problems. That issue has been resloved. Once again the real issue is which tank is prone to...

Why Mike ?

Large... Where can I get a DIR manual ?

OMS tanks are actually made by Faber.

Any shop that sell's Luxfer tanks cans order you custom printed tanks fron their distributor ScubaLux , in a bunch of different colors. They use some system that makes the graphics bond to the tanks coating, real strong stuff. Nothing like stickers or stencils that are always peeling. Love my...

The only alum. cylinders that had a problem where cylinders manufactured with alloy # 6351 from dates; 1972-1988 Luxfer now uses alloy 6061 as their proprietary alloy. No sustained load cracks have been reported since. Alloy is not the only reason a cylinder may fail hydro. Continuous over...

From almost always sunny Fort Lauderdale, Florida, USA !

Except for one little itsy bitsy, teeney weeinie detail; Luxfer alum. 100 is 100 cu ft @ 3300 psi.

I cook my king in steaks breaded with flour & egg wash, then some Bass Pro shops brand spicey breading. Cooked in 475 deg. pure peanut oil in the turkey/fish cooker til just right. Mix up a bunch a Bass Pro brand hush puppie mix with some whole kernnel corn in them. Whew eeee I gauron T !

Alum. cylinders manufactured from 1972 - 1988 made with the 6351 alloy where the cylinders that where susceptable sustained-load cracks. Since then a new alloy has been used ( 6061 ) and no sustained-load cracks have been reported since as per. the Luxfer seminar at DEMA. Also Eddy Current...

Most LDS make much lower than 33% on Alum. tanks. Allot sell so low because it's hard to scuba dive without a tank. It's a customer service to provide them. Ask any shop owner and they will be happy to explain that tanks for most of them has been a " lost Leader" for years. Very few shops have...

I've worked on a charter boat for the last 5 years and finally said I'm getting my own boat again. So I did. I wanted at least 25' so we could fit " all the gear " . I wanted a small cabin to hide when the weather turned. I got tired of the open boats getting rained on etc. I figured a " V "...

Feeding sharks thatt tend to stay in the area that they are feed in cause's an increase of shark attacks ? I don't think so. It's proably more likley that the increase of sharks is due the ban of long line fishing which was responsible for the deaths of thousands of sharks. Also there are bans...

PADI has been sending alert E - Mails for concerned divers who want to keep feeding dives. The state of Florida is currently trying to ban this activity. They are having a pre- rally Halloween bash on Oct. 31 st in Key Largo. Then on November 1 st there will be a rally to the Florida Fish and...

I use the Cocran Nitrox Commander. Large easy to read screen. Dual gas settings. Change the long lasting battery yourself. Logs 100 dives. Wrist worn so if you violate parameters or battery went dead you can still dive without shutting down you tank pressure reading. Automatic starting. Surface...

I've dove these at least 5 times each except the Chris Cory which was a 187' jump to tie up on the mast and the two in Bimini; Miller Lite R.B. Johnson Capt. Dan Jim Atria Mercedes Sea Empress Ancient...