Glow

[texdiveguy]

https://www.diverightinscuba.com/catalog/product_info.php?cPath=141_145&products_id=2340

 

[joeSteve1006]

hmmm, i wonder if you could just paint a regular tank with glow paint, would certainly cut the price down

 

[pescador775]

Let me guess, Jean Michel's team will be using them.

 

[ronbeau]

https://www.diverightinscuba.com/catalog/product_info.php?cPath=141_145&products_id=2340

They would have to do a lot more than add "Glow in the Dark" paint to make an aluminum 80 worth $400.00.

You can buy a brand new HP 100 (Worthington X8-100) for $350.00 delivered.

Why would someone want to pay $400 + shipping for an aluminum 80 that glows in the dark when you can buy a tank that holds 29% more gas, weighs less, has much better buoyancy characteristics, allows you to wear less lead and will last longer for at least $75 less?

 

[Coelacanth]

Why would someone want to pay $400 + shipping for an aluminum 80 that glows in the dark when you can buy a tank that holds 29% more gas, weighs less, has much better buoyancy characteristics, allows you to wear less lead and will last longer for at least $75 less?

That wouldn't look nearly as "cool"! I wonder if, for even less air, you could get an internal battery pack powering custom neon lights that spell out your name? When everyone owns one of these, you don't want them to get mixed up.

It'd be awesome to see it on someone else though... :cool2:

 

[pescador775]

I expect a giant cuttle fish will want a close look. They bite, don't they?

 

[SparticleBrane]

Why would someone want to pay $400 + shipping for an aluminum 80 that glows in the dark when you can buy a tank that holds 29% more gas, weighs less, has much better buoyancy characteristics, allows you to wear less lead and will last longer for at least $75 less?

Worthington X7-100s weigh 2lbs more than Al80s when empty, just FYI.

 

[ronbeau]

Worthington X7-100s weigh 2lbs more than Al80s when empty, just FYI.

You are correct I was mistaken on the empty weight.

The Luxfer aluminum 80 is 31.4 pounds vs. 33 pounds for the X7-100.

Thanks for the correction.

 

[SparticleBrane]

It's all good -- I'd rather have the 100s, too.

 

[sporket]

Interesting concept nonetheless.