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For AL tanks there is Luxfer an Catalina? For steel tanks is there only Faber? Do they have a monopoly on steel tanks?
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There are other manufacturers of steel tanks in Europe but the quality is so bad that it only serves to underscore the point that Faber is the only manufacturer of tanks whose tanks you should actually BUY.
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This is the first time I hear that the German and Czech manufacturers of steel tanks in Europe have bad quality standards. Perhaps this is why they are bigger than Faber??
How is their quality bad, do they rupture and blow up or bulge up or what? Please elaborate.
I fill, test, clean, and sell hundreds of tanks per year. ECS and Vitkovice steels are, in my experience, no more prone to rust than Faber. They also offer the significant advantage of being far easier to trim than relatively short and neck-heavy Fabers.
For AL tanks there is Luxfer an Catalina? For steel tanks is there only Faber? Do they have a monopoly on steel tanks?
Thankfully Faber has started producing galvanized steel bottles for the US market that I've heard are quite nice.