cool_hardware52
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The PCTFE/Carbon fibre is, I just ordered some
Let me know how they work for you. I'm guessing these haven't been on the market long.
Tobin
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The PCTFE/Carbon fibre is, I just ordered some
Not a troll, just an observation: I have about 12 years of filling nitrox (up to 40%) though my Bauer Oceanus. I have several thousand fills using every o-ring and valve seat I can think of. . . no problems. I only use O2 clean valves on my O2 dedicated AL80 and a couple of "D" tanks.
By the way, blending my own was one of the best scuba financial decisions I have made. In round figures, I invested $5,000 to get started. I have saved $15,000 for a net of $10,000. In 12 years, I have serviced the Bauer only one time at a cost of $500.
Wasn't cheap, but the time saved not chasing gas is priceless.
Tobin
"Chasing Gas" - exactly right! I dive a little more because I can fill on a Saturday night when the LDS is closed, but having over a dozen tanks will do the same thing.
Now reloading ammo is a different story. . . much lower up-front expense and similar "one half the cost" savings, but the wife will fire off a couple of hundred rounds a week if I let her. Definitely a "cheaper doesn't mean greater savings" situation.
but if the DIN o-ring needs to be replaced, it gets replaced with nitrile since they're much cheaper. Only the O2 bottle gets viton all the time.
Maybe in your area, but certainly not in Sydney. We have O2 clean and "air", that's it. There's a nitrox sticker for those that have alzheimer and are unaware that they filled the tank with Nx, but it isn't any sort of cleaning. At best you'd have a Nx sticker AND "Oxygen clean. CLEAN AIR ONLY" written on the tank, but there is no such thing as Nitrox cleaning (except when your lds wants to make money off your back).In Australia we have Nx clean and also Oxygen clean stickers,
Seriously???? Nitrile o-ring 112 is 4 cents each. Viton is 12 cents. Sure, it's triple the cost. But even if you have 10 regs and replace that o-ring twice a year for each, you're talking about spending less than 2 bucks more over the course of a year. Skip one beer and you can cover the difference.