DIN vs YOKE (USA)?

[Nemrod]

Must be quite the strong robot. Or you don't weigh much. All the ones I know of can be held in one place by merely grasping the hose with a few fingers.

You understand I was exaggerating? The point was that the hose was wrapped about the yoke knob and I could not immediately release it with camera in hand. I was agreeing with prior posts that the yoke knob can present a potential entanglement hazard.

The robot was capable of climbing the walls of the pool. It had climbed up and when it descended the hose grabbed my yoke knob and the weight of the unit and hose and it's descending momentum as much as anything is what pulled me along as it descended. In the second photo you can see the hose loop formed as the robot climbs the sides, to the far left. That is what grabbed me.

You know, it is really not needed to be 100% on fire all the time .

 

[NauticalNick]

All you poor schmucks with DIN. Fiddling with your first stage while with my TFX 4x Yoke I'm already in the water

 

[RIHappyDiver]

All you poor schmucks with DIN. Fiddling with your first stage while with my TFX 4x Yoke I'm already in the water

Not sure who you’ve been diving with, but my DIN goes on about the same speed as my yoke. Also, less like to have an o-ring problem when using a rental tank.

Erik

 

[Divin'Papaw]

All you poor schmucks with DIN. Fiddling with your first stage while with my TFX 4x Yoke I'm already in the water

All you poor schmucks with Yoke. Fiddling with a leak because of a wonkey o-ring while with my DIN reg I'm already in the water!

 

[NauticalNick]

Not sure who you’ve been diving with, but my DIN goes on about the same speed as my yoke. Also, less like to have an o-ring problem when using a rental tank.

Erik

4x Yoke! 1 turn and I am done!

 

[RIHappyDiver]

4x Yoke! 1 turn and I am done!

Ok, just looked it up and, for that kind of money, it should put itself on the tank, as well as open its own valve. Not to mention analyze your gas for you.

But, to each their own.

Erik

 

[RIHappyDiver]

4x Yoke! 1 turn and I am done!

By the way, that means it has nothing to do with DIN v yoke, since your buddies with yokes are still fiddling with their first stage, as well.

 

[NauticalNick]

By the way, that means it has nothing to do with DIN v yoke, since your buddies with yokes are still fiddling with their first stage, as well.

Haha I know... just having fun

 

[broncobowsher]

It is more than just removing the plugs.

Modern yoke fill whip connectors attach almost instantly. DIN takes a l o n g time. If you have a number of tanks to do, the time difference between yoke and DIN is huge.

They have quick connect for DIN as well. I remember seeing them at least 5 years ago.

 

[qpdbgp]

First, I'll say I'm not in the US, HOWEVER, a US-based development is why I bought DIN. Second, I just got back from Vanuatu, and quickly realized I didn't need to bring the somewhat heavy adapter with me -- as far as I could tell, all their tanks were DIN with inserts, and both places I dove had allen wrenches to quickly pop out the insert - like they do it all the time.

I'm in Sydney AUS, and the shop where I took my refresher keeps their tanks set up as yoke - they said because they bang their tanks around a lot in the truck and the DIN tops get damaged. So I guess some of their inserts are corroded in - and I use the adapter. Back to my first however - they also started carrying Avelo tanks - which are higher pressure and DIN. I got certified Avelo. I like Avelo, but it's mostly available in the US; so far only one shop in Australia, and I guess they're now setting up in the Philippines. So I bought DIN to potentially be able to use Avelo, with an adapter for everywhere that doesn't have it. Except if I go back to Vanuatu, I know I won't need my adapter there.

Sidenote: when I was shopping around in Sydney, it seemed a lot of places had yoke on sale; clearing out old models? Not so many had DIN in stock. But I wanted DIN to be able to potentially use it for Avelo, so... I didn't get something that was on sale.