Question about Oxygen Hacker's Companion...

[psiborg1812]

I was just wondering if the books by Vance Harlow are good or not. Has anybody read them? Thumbs up, thumbs down?

 

[200 Bar]

I was just wondering if the books by Vance Harlow are good or not. Has anybody read them? Thumbs up, thumbs down?

EXCELLENT...None better....

 

[mike_s]

I was just wondering if the books by Vance Harlow are good or not. Has anybody read them? Thumbs up, thumbs down?

I don't think I've ever heard anyone say anything bad about them..... Almost always a positive review by folks.


You can always PM him here also if you have a question... he's on Scubaboard. [user]oxyhacker[/user]

 

[coldsmoke]

two thumbs up

I have or have read all of them except the one on boosters. They all have tons of great info.

Hunter

 

[Cave Diver]

 

[Jim Lapenta]

Great stuff in them. I have the reg manual and the oxygen hackers.

 

[dave4868]

Enjoyable to read, humorous and authoritative, the Vance Harlow/Steve Lindblom books are great resources of valuable info!

I've read, and re-read, Scuba Regulator Maintenance and Repair, Wetsuit and Drysuit Maintenance and Repair and Divelight Companion.

I've read parts of Oxygen Hacker's Companion, too.

Airspeed Press Homepage - Books For Serious Divers

I highly recommend any and all of them! They're worth every penny! DIY projects have saved me quite a bit of money, thanks to these books!

Dave C

 

[350xfire]

Agree with everyone... Get them

 

[Couv]

Agree with everyone... Get them

Ditto.

Both service manuals usually discussed here are great; Vance Harlow's "SCUBA Regulator Maintenance and Repair"
<http://www.airspeedpress.com/newregbook.html>
and the Scuba Tools book, "Regulator Savvy" <http://www.scubatools.com/> are well worth the money.

I own both and recommend getting one of each. If you are dead set on getting only one, then Vance's is a little more suitable for the DIY guy while the ScubaTools book is more suitable for the shop worker. ScubaTools has some pretty handy tools too, so if you order from there pay a few extra bucks and get the bullets, spanners, and regulator specific tools that you need with your first order and save on shipping. Get a few old regulators like the ones you will be servicing from eBay or Craig's list and practice. After just one or two seasons of servicing your own gear, you will have recovered your investment.

Here are a couple of websites with tons of regulator specific manuals:

Regulator manuals <http://www.juhahaanpera.com/regulatormanual.htm>
<http://www.frogkick.dk/manuals/>
http://www.atlantisdiveclub.com/mainmovies/gb_manuals.html

Good luck,

Couv

 

[NAM001]

I was just wondering if the books by Vance Harlow are good or not. Has anybody read them? Thumbs up, thumbs down?

yes they are great reading material. i have oxygen hacker dive lights and regulators i think. o2 hacker is a must.