How many tanks do I really need?

[Jay Adams]

At this point that’s a hard no lmao. He had his chance when i passed my ie 23 years ago!

My wife is now considering becoming a vacation diver smh... whichever... as long as she's interesteed in diving

 

[Bob DBF]

convince your spouse to dive. problem solved

More like problem changed, now you need twice as many tanks.

 

[Jay Adams]

More like problem changed, now you need twice as many tanks.

I already needed twice as many

 

[rfwoodvt]

where in vermont are you rick? I am on the border in charlestown

Up by burlington

 

[Scuba Client]

So, now that friends, family and other acquaintances have found out I'm diving they've been sending/offering me their old gear.
I must say I've scored some nice stuff and have 3 complete set ups including BCD, Weights, Regulators and two tanks for each.

And that is where this post is centered, I now have 7 tanks but I'm feeling like I'm addicted and want more, LOL! Before we get sidetracked, I've only accepted steel and AL6061 tanks.

Seriously though how many tanks should I keep in service?

One thing to consider is that my closest LDS is a half hour away from my home but is a couple hours away from most of the places I'd like to go dive.

To spend a weekend at my favorite lake and do a couple of dives each day I'm there it seems like 4 tanks would make sense. However, the old safety-officer in me keep screaming for double redundancy so 8 comes to mind.

Anyhow, any thoughts on a good rule of thumb on how many I should keep in the rotation?

Thanks!

Buy yourself a compressor. Would have kept the alloys. Not enough info on the type of dive you're doing.