Is my tank full before I start the dive?

[DiverBizz]

Good point about the tanks just sitting to be picked up and taken to the beach for a dive. I would hate to pick up a tank get ready and have a 1/2 tank to begin the dive.

 

[itsenuf]

Too funny! Thanks for the video and the great sense of humor

 

[Walter]

I've been at a shop in Cayman where they had a bunch of tanks sitting with caps... you grab one, walk down to the shore and gear up. This trick has saved me a lot of walking back and forth with a tank.

I can usually tell a low tank just by picking it up. A low tank is noticeably lighter than a full one. The most effective method is still to gauge it. You don't need to put a BC on a tank to check the pressure with your reg.

 

[TSandM]

Great tip to have up one's sleeve, and a very entertaining video to boot!

 

[Jim Lapenta]

Somebody buy something! These guys have waaaay too much time on their hands! But it was entertaining. How about getting the girl in the video to do a striptease with dive gear? She's cute.

 

[captain]

Get a $15 dollar digital fish scale at Wal Mart. Weight the tank empty and mark the weigh on it with a permanent marker then weight it full and write the weight on it. Knowing the difference in pounds will give a pretty good idea how full it is.

 

[1_T_Submariner]

TSandM can you do that with your Doubles?

Great tip to have up one's sleeve, and a very entertaining video to boot!

 

[Scared Silly]

How about getting the girl in the video to do a striptease with dive gear?

It would be more entertaining to see Larry or Joe do that.

 

[tfsails]

You can bet your bippy that I'll test this theory out Monday when I go to work--we should have about fifty partially full tanks left over from this weekend.