Heavy AL80 vs hp100 steel

[spectrum]

My guess would be they really aren't a good solution because:

1. AL tanks have flat bottoms and don't really need boots in the first place.

2. I've always been foot-heavy in A80s to begin with (since they're so long), having a permanent weight boot exacerbates this, and also limits options for managing trim by moving weights around.

It could be great for ladies and others with floaty feet. Well maybe not great.....

 

[kanonfodr]

It could be great for ladies and others with floaty feet. Well maybe not great.....

Quite possibly, but that still doesn't change the fact that you are requiring 4 extra lbs of ballast with no gas benefit. If the OP was to get HP100s, he would get not only a 20% increase in available gas, but the tanks weigh the same and he now has a net reduction of 4 lbs total rig weight because the tanks' bouyancy characteristics allow him to do so. The future diving options open up drastically with the HP100s vs AL80s, and if nothing else they are so popular that should he decide to sell them later on he would not lose much, if any, money on them.

Peace,
Greg

 

[spectrum]

Quite possibly, but that still doesn't change the fact that you are requiring 4 extra lbs of ballast with no gas benefit. If the OP was to get HP100s, he would get not only a 20% increase in available gas, but the tanks weigh the same and he now has a net reduction of 4 lbs total rig weight because the tanks' bouyancy characteristics allow him to do so. The future diving options open up drastically with the HP100s vs AL80s, and if nothing else they are so popular that should he decide to sell them later on he would not lose much, if any, money on them.

Peace,
Greg

As I said in an earlier post---- polishing a turd.