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Just joined the "no-suck" club... 3D printed box and mouthpiece adapter, rather happy with the result.

Apeks Black Ice, back inflate and very comfy.

Judgemental much? :popcorn: Its getting like FB, can't have an opinion without someone jumping on the bandwagon and slagging you off for it. In future I'll just keep my opinions to myself :p

Look! Did I say anywhere that it was wrong??? No I didn't, I said it was my opinion, I don't use acid based products, I use Biox, it ain't cheap but it does a very very good job. Welcome to Biox Ltd Website - The future of Environmental Cleaning

I am fully aware of what and how it is used, I am a service tech, I said it was my opinion that acid should not be used. There's other non-acidic solutions that will do the job.

Just my personal opinion, but no acid of whatever type belongs anywhere near scuba equipment. The only liquid I use that contains anything that could be called acidic, is a weak citrus based degreaser.

Doesn't make it any less true. I bought 2 cheap chinese cleaners - from different sources so not a batch issue, they both failed after a couple of months of fairly light use. Even paid shipping for a replacement electronics board on one and that failed too! I've had similar experience with...

You get what you pay for, buy cheap...buy twice!

What a great idea, files downloaded and my 3D printer is running the first one off now :thumb2:

I never transport cylinders in the passenger compartment of a car, always in the boot, strapped down side to side, not forwards or backwards. In a van I would put them in standing upright. If a valve was to come out of a pressurised cylinder, its like a bullet from a gun, I'd sooner it went...

They didn't go bust, back in 2017 Oceanic and Hollis were acquired by Huish Outdoors and part of the change was to move distribution to Germany, previously everything used to come through Oceanic SW (now called Fathom Outdoors). This was all supposed to be sorted by mid 2018 but it seems that...

Some service kits come with the o rings for hoses/plugs others do not. Apeks & Aqualung kits do supply them in the kits The 3 standard sizes used are: BS010 CS - 1.78mm ID - 6.07mm OD - 9.63mm - usually for hose to 2nd stage BS011 CS - 1.78mm ID - 7.65mm OD - 11.21mm - usually for 3/8...

Fair point, I always carry out a thorough inspection after cleaning to a. make sure it is clean and b. to check in case anything has been missed because it was covered with grease/dirt, so for me it is a specific step in the process, same as you could also say testing is a part of the processes...

With all due respect, you missed out a word between cleaning and reassembly...inspection. May seem obvious but you should always check for damage/wear and tear/corrosion when servicing regs.

If it is not the wrong size or duro it is also possible it is getting damaged by over tightening - I am not saying that is the case here, sounds like wrong duro to me. But, many people seem to think you need to use "Arnie" arms to tighten, whereas in reality you can get a perfect seal with just...

We discussed this when I did my cylinder testers course and the consensus of opinion was apart from being potentially more dangerous, that it is 'old hat' and a complete waste of time putting a cylinder in water to be filled. Unless it is being cooled (which I have never seen), the water is...

The site is back up now :)

I have been unable to open this link for over a week now http://www.airspeedpress.com S.

Not here in the UK, they will get a quick check when the valve is fitted. Then 2.5 years from date stamp it will be due a visual inspection.

If they were manufactured recently they shouldn't need either. They should have had a quick visual check before the valves were fitted to make there's no obvious corrosion or faults.