130 high pressure

[TSandM]

I like 130s for long dives or deep dives. They give you tons of reserve gas. The downside is that they weigh about 50 lbs and are only about a pound negative when empty, so you are carting around quite a bit of weight on land, and they are a pain to get in and out of the truck, or to swap out on a dive boat.

 

[Chugwhump]

Go alll in! I have a Faber 149.
Chug
Is kind of a show off at times.

 

[Tug]

I have two of them and love them for the longer deeper boat dives where I don't want to bother with a set of doubles. I usually only use them when I'm doing a scallop dive where it's usually a solo dive and I want to stay down as long as I can. If you don't mind the weight and need a ton of gas they are great tanks.

 

[OHIO DIVERS]

Just checking to see if I am correct or not,Worthington's 130 HP and Worthington's 108 LP are about the same size and weight. So, if I can handle the 108 LP without any trouble, the 130 hp shouldn't be any trouble?

 

[MRTdiver]

Just checking to see if I am correct or not,Worthington's 130 HP and Worthington's 108 LP are about the same size and weight. So, if I can handle the 108 LP without any trouble, the 130 hp shouldn't be any trouble?

yes, that's correct. They are almost identical at their service pressures.

I calculated the filled weights of each by the Worthington Steel Cyl. Specs:

LP 108 @ rated + capacity, a pressure of 2640 psi: 54.7 Ibs
HP 130 @ service pressure 3442 psi: 53.6 Ibs
(This is assuming that 1 ft³ of air weighs 0.0807 Ibs. I mention this cause this figure is approximate and some may calculate using a more accurate number.)

Why do you mention LP108s? Is that what you have now and want more capacity at rated pressure?

 

[Shftrdog]

What kind of diving are you going to be doing

 

[OHIO DIVERS]

In the past I used 108 Lp without any issues with weight or height of the cylinder. Yes, I do want more air capacity for deeper boat dives without going to doubles.
I will use the 130 HP for deeper boat dives in the Great Lakes and maybe for ice diving, so i will not have to switch out cylinder in the cold. My reasoning for going to 130 HP are two fold--I have a higher breathing rate on deeper clod water and when I am diving with my wife( very low SAC rate) like most women.

 

[OHIO DIVERS]

Thanks guys for all the good feed back.