All-Good Chinese Aluminum 80 cf vs Catalina USA 80 cf

[Umuntu]

For me personally, I try to avoid any product made in china. I do not care if it is the best made product in the world. I just do not want my money supporting china. It can be made anywhere else.

You would be naive to think that when you buy from US retailers or western brands that the products and/or their components are not made in China.

A few years ago I was restoring a western “classic” car about 35 years old. It needed a new piston and the “official” parts channel no longer stocked the part. I found it on Alibaba from a Chinese manufacturer. They had ridiculous minimum order quantities (500 or 1000, I can’t recollect exactly) and I only needed one. After some negotiation with the sales rep he was willing to send me a “sample” order of 2 sets (8 pistons). The total price including shipping and taxes was less than the retail price of one piston, had the dealer had it in stock. And, to my surprise, they also included 2 sets of piston rings. I took them to my mechanic and it was the exact part I needed. I no longer think that just because I’m buying a western brand I’m not supporting China.

 

[Scared Silly]

You would be naive to think that when you buy from US retailers or western brands that the products and/or their components are not made in China.

Getting off-topic but you misread and misinterpreted my post. I try to avoid any product made in china. That does not mean I never buy such products because as your experiences shows sometimes one has no choice. But like the OP I am trying to make an educated purchase about the product origins and quality.

 

[broncobowsher]

After all this, there should be a link to these tanks by now.
It's either a smoking deal (probably not in the long term), Maybe not that much of a deal (still don't know if the $50 savings is "per tank" or "for the whole order of 6".
Or unusable, if not technically illegal, stuff that you can't even get a dive shop to fill.

Either way, I would like to see a link to this stuff.

 

[rjack321]

Unless you're buying them for a new full time business, I'd just pick up used ones. They go for $0-25. New pro valves are $35 from Dive Gear Express and hydros are around $15 at fire extinguisher service shops. You can strip off old paint pretty easily too.

New pro valves are way more than that now $55 to $75 today

DGX Nitrox Ready Valves

www.divegearexpress.com

 

[greeniguana]

New pro valves are way more than that now $55 to $75 today

DGX Nitrox Ready Valves

www.divegearexpress.com

Thermo Pro DIN/K 3000 Standalone Valves (Typical Side) - Pair

Value priced as a pair! This version of the the Thermo Standalone Valve has a 5000 psi burst disk suitable for use with cylinders up to 3000 psi service pressure.

www.divegearexpress.com

$70 for a pair