Poll: 2023 Cost of hydro in USA?

[SlugLife]

Apparently my prices were outdated:

• $30/tank hydro-only is the quote I just received from a fire-extinguisher place. I seem to remember they were $20 about 2.5 years ago.
• $75/tank for hydro+VIP, at a place which charged $50/tank about 2 years ago.

I'll need to do some calling around and looking. The cheapest place I found, which is a little "middle of nowhere" in some guy's garage, is $55 for hydro+VIP, although he charges $25 for VIP.

 

[Cio]

$9 per tank. Even get a bunch of VIP stickers as a bonus.

 

[rjack321]

$35 at the commercial cylinder / fire extinguisher place. Most of the LDS's use them for the actual hydro part. The extras like VIP stickers and fills I dunno

 

[rhwestfall]

Only 2 are not on the same year cycle

I prefer mine scattered. 28 tanks at one time.... That is nearly $2k. No way!

 

[Boarderguy]

I prefer mine scattered. 28 tanks at one time.... That is nearly $2k. No way!

You need your own test station with that many.

 

[Tracy]

You need your own test station with that many.

I service several hundred cylinders per year, usually about 20 per week. It is still cheaper to sub it out than do my own.

 

[Hunter69]

I bypass the dive shop and bring it straight to the hydro place. $30 any tank. I do my own VIP, and fill with my own portable compressor.