How delicate are manifolds?

[StreetDoctor]

You must be doing some pretty serious off-roading lol. I cart my double 130's around everywhere with them, even up and down stairs.

My isolator nuts are loose, I don't move the isolator but if I were to bump it on something it would move rather than break. As Scubainchicago said, my forehead should hit before the isolator does.

 

[DA Aquamaster]

I have two of those carts - around $25 at Home Depot. I have even dropped one with doubles on it and other than a minor bend in the frame that made it a little stiff to retract, it survived very well. But I suppose you can break anything if you work at it.

 

[Sas]

You must be doing some pretty serious off-roading lol. I cart my double 130's around everywhere with them, even up and down stairs.

Not really. It doesn't work well in sand. And I do a lot of shore dives. I mean I can drag it through the sand if I want, but I just think that ends up being more tiring.

See, things like walking down to this site

Or down a bunch of ladders to this site

I can't really take my trolley And then there is the lifting in and out of my boot. My next car will be a ute (not sure what the US is equivalent to that, but it looks like this.)

My isolator nuts are loose, I don't move the isolator but if I were to bump it on something it would move rather than break. As Scubainchicago said, my forehead should hit before the isolator does.

That sounds like how mine is setup.

 

[StreetDoctor]

Sas, that post was directed at Liuk3 who said he's broken quite a few. The does look like a pretty tough walk though. I've seen people carry their tanks in sleds (like for winter snow sledding) that might be your best bet through sand. Otherwise as far as lifting I'd recommend wearing them, that seems to be the easiest way. BTW I'm jealous those look like some pretty cool dive spots.

 

[Gombessa]

Not really. It doesn't work well in sand. And I do a lot of shore dives. I mean I can drag it through the sand if I want, but I just think that ends up being more tiring.

Sand is tough. I have one of those cheap, collapsible carts, and the wheels work fine on hard surfaces, but you really need something with larger, inflatable tires for loose sand.

One of my buddies has had an isolator bar bend after a land-on-tank-spill at a dive site. We didn't actually notice the bend until a few days afterwards, and on examination we realized that the tank shifted up the bands a couple of millimeters. Another example of having very tight bands, regardless of how freely you let your iso bar swivel.

 

[Sas]

Sas, that post was directed at Liuk3 who said he's broken quite a few.

Oh woops sorry. Haha I have broken mine though But I repaired it well enough.

The does look like a pretty tough walk though. I've seen people carry their tanks in sleds (like for winter snow sledding) that might be your best bet through sand.

Actually I've never seen anyone use a sled, but it is a great suggestion! Something I will look into.

Otherwise as far as lifting I'd recommend wearing them, that seems to be the easiest way. BTW I'm jealous those look like some pretty cool dive spots.

Yes I wear them for short trips. They are both good sites! The first one is rarely diveable as it is a surf beach usually. It's a long walk too! The second one is a cave in a paddock on someone's farm, and has 50m+ visibility and beautiful shafts of light coming through the opening. Here's a pic to kind of show what I mean (though camera is not so good). And another. Anyway, yea not to rub it in or anything

 

[fppf]

Not really. It doesn't work well in sand. And I do a lot of shore dives. I mean I can drag it through the sand if I want, but I just think that ends up being more tiring.

See, things like walking down to this site

Or down a bunch of ladders to this site

I can't really take my trolley And then there is the lifting in and out of my boot. My next car will be a ute (not sure what the US is equivalent to that, but it looks like this.)



That sounds like how mine is setup.

Those have side mount written all over them

 

[Sas]

Those have side mount written all over them

Maybe the cave! For shore dives though sidemounts would be tough. Well I did a dive with them under a pier and getting out was hard! I should have unclipped them and handed them up. Actually I got wedged in a ladder by one of the cylinders and my instructor had to rescue me by unclipping one

 

[ScubaInChicago]

Oh woops sorry. Haha I have broken mine though But I repaired it well enough.



Actually I've never seen anyone use a sled, but it is a great suggestion! Something I will look into.



Yes I wear them for short trips. They are both good sites! The first one is rarely diveable as it is a surf beach usually. It's a long walk too! The second one is a cave in a paddock on someone's farm, and has 50m+ visibility and beautiful shafts of light coming through the opening. Here's a pic to kind of show what I mean (though camera is not so good). And another. Anyway, yea not to rub it in or anything

Sas, I'm jealous and might need to catch a flight near you soon....

 

[kanonfodr]

I can't really take my trolley And then there is the lifting in and out of my boot. My next car will be a ute (not sure what the US is equivalent to that, but it looks like this.)

FYI, in the States we call that a...thing . A proper ute would be something like this:

Which I am slowly but surely turning into a most awesome scuba rig. It would be able to drop you off right at the water of just about any beach you went to (but not the cave you pictured...not enough room )

Peace,
Greg