Stage bottle tank valve

[Jason Ooi]

You are right no rules yet but DIN valves considered the best dependable.

"Mandatory"? . . . Really? I guess that rule has not made itself known in my neck of the woods yet. While the DIN valve/reg connection is considered the "best" and most dependable, it may not be the most appropriate in all situations. Many divers that I dive with do rig their deco bottles with DIN valves, citing the dependability issue, but some, myself included, do not - for reasons that I will state shortly. Either way, I think it's a personal choice.

Be Safe and Have Fun,
Capt. Dennis St Germain

 

[MonkSeal]

As illustrated in this photograph from a "DIR" site:http://shop.extreme-exposure.com/images/halcyon_tankdecals.jpg, it is quite clear from the photo that the prefered valve of stage/deco bottles is yoke.

Brave conclusion based on one photo from on-line dive shop.

It is my understanding that the rationale behind that preference is the relative ease - compared to DIN - of swapping the regulator from one cylinder to another while at depth, in the event of regulator malfunction.

It's not. Wrong conclusion - wrong explanation.

I believe that this:

only use a yoke when you've ran out of DIN regs and cannot beg, borrow or steal more?

is correct answer

 

[wunat]

Ok, clarified!!!

Thanks a ton!!!!!

 

[wreckedinri]

I asked Peter Steinhoff and his answer is:

"No, DIN is the only choice. There are still some old yoke regs in circulation in the WKPP that haven't been replaced yet. The reason for that is simply because of the sheer amount of regs that the members have. I only have about 20 but I remember Jarrod said he had 50 or 60... And remember that a lot of the team members have been diving 15-20 years."

So I guess the answer to..



would be, "only use a yoke when you've ran out of DIN regs and cannot beg, borrow or steal more?"

I stand corrected.