Europeans use mostly steel tanks AFAIK:
Finnsub gives what single tank wings used with what tank(s):
FLY 13D: 133 N (30 lb) for mono tank 10 l, 12 l, 15 l
FLY 17D: 174 N (38 lb) for mono tank 12 l, 15 l, 18 l
The FLY 13D is for tanks sizes less thank 18L assuming no other heavy equipment used and it will do fine for that purpose but the FLY17D is used when you are using an 18L steel tank or smaller tank with other heavy equipment. Both are for single tanks.
Based on where you are located, I wouldn't consider anything else. Finnsub has a lot of other accessories for the BC's that will be cheap to ship to you either from their dealers in the UK or other European countries. I have compared their products to products from the known brand names and found that they are the best value with best quality and durability. Their entire products line is made in the EU and nothing from Asia as I was told. Their inflators with metal parts are first rate (made in Italy) and so are the other parts of their system. They have two version of their harness, comfort and tech. Their comfort harness is much more easily adjustable and has weight pockets and would work well with any type of recreational diving in addition to technical diving. Their "DIR" system is just that, DIR. The various weights they have to attach to the system are the widest selection among all other BP/W mfg. out there. Shipping and customer service is easy considering that they are virtually local and have MANY dealer in your area. Their quality, options and pricing are very attractive to us that we are considering using their systems in our dive school when we couldn't afford to do it with any other system we studied from many other brand name companies. Their comfort harness is so easy to adjust, it will make teaching entry level recreational students in BP/W setups much easier and less time consuming compared with all others.
BTW, they have a 6kg steel plate in addition to the other plates.
Finnsub gives what single tank wings used with what tank(s):
FLY 13D: 133 N (30 lb) for mono tank 10 l, 12 l, 15 l
FLY 17D: 174 N (38 lb) for mono tank 12 l, 15 l, 18 l
The FLY 13D is for tanks sizes less thank 18L assuming no other heavy equipment used and it will do fine for that purpose but the FLY17D is used when you are using an 18L steel tank or smaller tank with other heavy equipment. Both are for single tanks.
Based on where you are located, I wouldn't consider anything else. Finnsub has a lot of other accessories for the BC's that will be cheap to ship to you either from their dealers in the UK or other European countries. I have compared their products to products from the known brand names and found that they are the best value with best quality and durability. Their entire products line is made in the EU and nothing from Asia as I was told. Their inflators with metal parts are first rate (made in Italy) and so are the other parts of their system. They have two version of their harness, comfort and tech. Their comfort harness is much more easily adjustable and has weight pockets and would work well with any type of recreational diving in addition to technical diving. Their "DIR" system is just that, DIR. The various weights they have to attach to the system are the widest selection among all other BP/W mfg. out there. Shipping and customer service is easy considering that they are virtually local and have MANY dealer in your area. Their quality, options and pricing are very attractive to us that we are considering using their systems in our dive school when we couldn't afford to do it with any other system we studied from many other brand name companies. Their comfort harness is so easy to adjust, it will make teaching entry level recreational students in BP/W setups much easier and less time consuming compared with all others.
BTW, they have a 6kg steel plate in addition to the other plates.
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