Bad luck with fill’s

[Scared Silly]

Late to the thread but if one seeing an issue at the time of purchase one really should speak up. It can be done in such a manner that it should bring no offense. I did a price match after the fact yesterday, the day after making the purchase. I told the person if it was $2 I would not have cared but it was $20.

If there are other customers waiting so be it. If the person says the job cannot be completed right then and there, and one does not want to return then ask for a discount. Depending on the attitude go from there.

 

[happy-diver]

A reserve should be chosen based on what is required to bring yourself and buddy to the nearest source of gas, independent of initial cylinder pressure.

And what would happen if the Ball Fish grabbed you by the balls and held you captive until minus 150psi

You'd be quoting from the book of revelations then hey

 

[rob.mwpropane]

ALWAYS speak up. You're paying for it. The missing 200 or 300 psi could be the missing air that would've saved your or a buddy's life.

Why would you answer a question to a thread from September out of the blue?

The "missing" air will not save your buddy, proper gas planning with whatever is in your tanks will. You either have enough for the dive or you don't.

 

[CT-Rich]

Leaving with a bad fill is on you. I am never unpleasant, but the shop knows me, they know I look and that i will ask for a top off. You should have at least offered to come back, if you thought they were too busy.

Poop happens. If it is a trend, yeah, dump them. It sounds more like a newbie mistake. After I asked for top-offs a few times it stopped being an issue. I also drop off tanks overnight to avoid hot fills.

 

[justinthedeeps]

Sounds like a nice opportunity to take it kindly and work with the shoppie about how to interpret and fill the cylinders to mutual satisfaction. 'Good is better than perfect'

 

[Pavao]

And what would happen if the Ball Fish grabbed you by the balls and held you captive until minus 150psi

You'd be quoting from the book of revelations then hey

Wanna rethink that one over?

 

[happy-diver]

The missing 200 or 300 psi could be the missing air that would've saved your or a buddy's life.

A reserve should be chosen based on what is required to bring yourself and buddy to the nearest source of gas, independent of initial cylinder pressure.

Wanna rethink that one over?

Coitainly!

If you get stuck somewhere or not stuck somewhere, more is better than less as it will give you the
extra time to free yourself or correct your navigation issues or avoid chamber rides, gas plan or not

Despite short fills not being part of any plan, and mess with your head, when you modify your plan

as you may have to do a completely unprepared dive

 

[Pavao]

Coitainly!

If you get stuck somewhere or not stuck somewhere, more is better than less as it will give you the
extra time to free yourself or correct your navigation issues or avoid chamber rides, gas plan or not

Except your hypothetical problems could happen anytime during the dive. Your imagination is limiting you to think they’d only happen when you have maximum amount of gas. If a problem happens when you’re down to 2000 psi, that’s how much gas you’d have to solve a problem, what you started with is irrelevant.

So when I said think it over, I meant it, think!

Despite short fills not being part of any plan, and mess with your head, when you modify your plan

as you may have to do a completely unprepared dive

This has to be trolling.

 

[KenE]

I have had low pressure fills. I just ask for a boost and generally don't have any issues. Sometimes they fill and don't go back and boost after cooling. This tends to be an issue with the larger tanks, at least what I am told. I was also suggested to highlight the working pressure and size on the tank markings. Mine are galvanized so I used a black sharpie to highlight those markings. If it were a painted tank another color may be better. This helps the operator rapidly determine size and pressure of tank and aids with their process. I have taken the tanks to other shops and got a response that they wished everyone did that. I accept any percentage within 1 percent of requested Nitrox. Anything else I ask, they need to know if they are getting the mixture wrong, it is the only way they can improve. If they don't know, they won't adjust.

 

[TuckerM80]

Just to add some context to this post. The location where I got the tanks filled is a dive shop in Lakeland that I saw a YouTube video on someone doing trimix training at that store. Based off of how the video portray’s the shop as a spot for tech diver’s, my dad and I decided to make the trip out there and check it out, and brought my tanks to get fills while there, ya know get 2 birds stoned. Goes to show you can’t believe everything you see on the internet. So it wasn’t my regular dive shop or I would have absolutely asked for a top, and wouldn’t have felt compelled to make a post about it. In the spirit of not being the jerk cave divers from Tampa, I decided to just take the L and move on. I proceeded to make a dive with those fills, and just planned my dive off of the 3000 psi or what ever it was, and then continued on with my life.