Flying with Tanks
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Meaning I don't have back problems and prefer a single tank. And I don't prefer dragging 2 tanks around everywhere or dealing with a sidemount setup on a crowded boat.
Your call but seems to me you're doing about 20x more dragging around tanks to fly in with your own steel tanks rather than carry a couple cam bands with bolt snaps to slide onto the ubiquitous AL80's that are already there. Not seeing the point about a crowded boat, if anything the loose AL80 tanks are easier to stash. Maybe it's just fear of the unknown.
Another idea is backmount an AL80 as usual and sling another one as reserve. Someone mentioned an AL40 but you can't swing a dead cat in Mexico without hitting an AL80. Breathe your back gas to 500 and switch. You'll probably only pull 500-1000 off the slung 80 (if more, the steel 100 wasn't going to cut it) so use it again as a reserve on the remaining dives that day. Or breathe the slung 80 first and take it down below 500. So much effort saved not even having to change out your back gas.
Another idea is backmount an AL80 as usual and sling another one as reserve. Someone mentioned an AL40 but you can't swing a dead cat in Mexico without hitting an AL80. Breathe your back gas to 500 and switch. You'll probably only pull 500-1000 off the slung 80 (if more, the steel 100 wasn't going to cut it) so use it again as a reserve on the remaining dives that day. Or breathe the slung 80 first and take it down below 500. So much effort saved not even having to change out your back gas.
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What he said makes the most sense.
Set up a first stage with a mini button pressure guage screwed into a HP port and a single second stage. Use that tank first and save your back gas til needed. You still have two other second stages you don't need a fourth. You also don't need a sidemount bc if you have a few d rings on your bc.
Set up a first stage with a mini button pressure guage screwed into a HP port and a single second stage. Use that tank first and save your back gas til needed. You still have two other second stages you don't need a fourth. You also don't need a sidemount bc if you have a few d rings on your bc.
I flew my pony on SW with the valve out and packing tape on the hole in my carry on. They didnt even look at it.
As to the fills, Meridiano fills their rental AL100s to 3000, so you are getting short fills. I think they do the same on private steel tanks.
Now if you could talk Dave at Aldora to filling them FULL at his operation by Casa Mission you might get a full tank.
As to the fills, Meridiano fills their rental AL100s to 3000, so you are getting short fills. I think they do the same on private steel tanks.
Now if you could talk Dave at Aldora to filling them FULL at his operation by Casa Mission you might get a full tank.
Someone mentioned earlier that tanks were no longer allowed on the ferry from Coz to the mainland. Is this true? If so and he is flying into Cozumel this could pose an insurmountable problem. If flying into Cancun and taking the ferry over to Coz he would have to store the tanks on the mainland.
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This is a great idea
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