Local hose quality?

[*Floater*]

Has anyway bought a long hose from diver's point and how was the quality? Where do they buy the hoses?

(motivation: there was a thread earlier about dive shops in Manila, so I checked out Diver's Point and they had some good deals. One thing I need is a long (2m) primary hose, which was about $32 there. At TechAsia a long hose cost $45. I asked David Ross if there were big differences in hose qualities, and he said yes. He said their previous hoses had come from some Taiwan or some Asian supplier and that they had POS hose fittings with all sorts of problems, low quality o-rings and so forth. He said they get them from some US or Euro source now, united manufacturer or something, not sure exactly and that's why they cost more).

 

[Spoon]

Has anyway bought a long hose from diver's point and how was the quality? Where do they buy the hoses?

(motivation: there was a thread earlier about dive shops in Manila, so I checked out Diver's Point and they had some good deals. One thing I need is a long (2m) primary hose, which was about $32 there. At TechAsia a long hose cost $45. I asked David Ross if there were big differences in hose qualities, and he said yes. He said their previous hoses had come from some Taiwan or some Asian supplier and that they had POS hose fittings with all sorts of problems, low quality o-rings and so forth. He said they get them from some US or Euro source now, united manufacturer or something, not sure exactly and that's why they cost more).

the taiwanese stuff is getting better and better and honestly not far behind its US counterparts. anyway i can get you the apkes/halcyon longhouses for under $35. i also know the peeps who supply Dave ross

 

[chip104]

another dive shop you can check out is scubastop. Gordon will be able to help you out with the questions as he's a tech diver himself. Give them a call for their address.

 

[shugar]

gordon's got his shop's address in his sig... just search for twomixdiver (sorry, don't know the code to link direct to the user)

Jag

 

[Halthron]

Actually, his sig just says it's in Makati. I agree that the address in the sig would be useful.

 

[jonix]

if it's tech stuff better seek scuba stop (gordon) than diver's point

 

[Spoon]

Philtech also has all sizes of hoses available, you can check them out as well. www.philtech.net

 

[Twomixdiver]

Actually, his sig just says it's in Makati. I agree that the address in the sig would be useful.

Done...!


I had a 60$ dollar hose, made in Germany, but I sold the last one. It's supposed to have a bigger bore or internal volume.

I do believe I have an original OMS 7 foot hose for PHP 2,275.00

 

[shugar]

i seriously thought all these (scuba) hoses were the same...

the things you learn on scubaboard... sigh

Jag

 

[clgsamson]

garden hose gusto mo?