LP95 worth it?

[Still Kicking]

The $250 was a total of $175 for the cylinder and another $75 for everything else. I was trying to dodge the comments regarding ($xxx is way too expensive or way too cheap for that tank). The shop here does hydro, vip, and fill in one lump sum. I've seen cheaper but I've also seen grossly more so I feel like this shop is average.

That is a bummer if the tank capacity is shown pressurized to the + rating. My understanding was that service pressure is 2400 just like a HP tank service pressure is 3442 giving both their size rating. Apparently Faber lists the LP tanks as their stated capacity of 95cf at 2640psi (service pressure + 10%). To me that means the LP95 is an 85.5cf tank at 2400psi. Meanwhile the HP80 lists the capacity of 81.7cf at 3442psi (service pressure and another 10% could be added giving almost 90cf if inflated to 3800psi). Hopefully I'm wrong here but that seems like what's going on.

For my early years of diving i would mostly beach dive and i had a fleet of 72s, which were perfect. For occasional boat dives I picked up one or two 95s without plus ratings and that seemed like an incredible amount of gas compared to what I was used to. Then along came the HP tanks and I ended up with a bunch of those. Everything is relative.

Whether the tank is sufficient depends on your air consumption and your dive profiles. I would bet it will provide plenty of gas for 95 percent of circumstances for average divers. (Is that why it's called a 95? LOL)

If you find yourself running short on a regular basis, sell it and look into larger capacity tank(s) or wait until your SAC rate drops as you dive more and gain experience.

Don't sweat the 10% .... it's still a pretty huge tank.

 

[Eric Sedletzky]

If they won't plus rate it,
Just ask the shop if they can please let it cool down then top it up to the 2640 so you can get a full 95 cf? please? Tell them you can leave it and come back.
See what they say.

What makes you think the shop will do a 10% overfill a 3442 tank?
If they won't overfill an LP tank they sure as hell won't overfill an HP tank.

 

[Scared Silly]

For a single I dive a lp108 my spouse a lp95. Works great for both.

 

[NothingClever]

@jfw432

I’ve got two HP80s I bought for my wife a couple of years ago. She dived them maybe four times but diving’s not her thing.

Pretty sure they’re still in hydro but I’ll confirm. Regardless, I just don’t see them rotating into duty with my profiles. They’re just sitting in the garage.

Happy to let them go for a song.

I’ll be passing through Savannah at the end of July.

 

[jfw432]

HP cylinders don't get + ratings. They are rated capacity at the rated 3442 pressure. The common wisdom seems to be that there's less margin for overfill on HP cylinders. That said, the fills I got in Florida (WPB, not Cave country) were a solid 3600 after cooling.

I suspect if you put that LP95 into service for $250 total you won't lose any money if you decide to rehome it. If the REE is stamped on the crown there shouldn't be any reason it can't be +'d.

That makes sense. Thank you. This LP95 does have what looks like REE 74 and has a + stamped next to the manufacturer date. You can probably see from these pictures why it's difficult to read some of the stamping. There is so much paint on this one.

 

[jfw432]

Double post....

 

[jfw432]

@jfw432

I’ve got two HP80s I bought for my wife a couple of years ago. She dived them maybe four times but diving’s not her thing.

Pretty sure they’re still in hydro but I’ll confirm. Regardless, I just don’t see them rotating into duty with my profiles. They’re just sitting in the garage.

Happy to let them go for a song.

I’ll be passing through Savannah at the end of July.

I'm very interested if I'm going to be in town... Can you send me a PM with dates and what you'd want for the tanks? It doesn't look like I can PM you but may be because I don't post much.