I visited the Deep Exposure shop while I was there. Apparently, they also have steel tanks available.
Steel 120's
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They do indeed. I have a tale that relates to Deep Exposure and gas capacity during recreational dives.
I went to Cozumel and the mainland intending to do tech and cave diving, but it was soon, perhaps too soon, after shattering my left collarbone and 4 ribs in an accident. I had scheduled the trip for two weeks after the surgeon had predicted I could dive. As the date of the trip approached, though, I was apprehensive due to my pace of recovery, especially the flexibility of the left arm. I was not sure I would be able to reach my left post. I contacted Deep Exposure and discussed my options, and he suggested that before I do any tech dives, I do a day of recreational diving, but while wearing all the tech gear. That way I could make sure I had all the skills I needed. I agreed.
The DM was apprised of my situation, and I sat down for the briefing with the two other recreational divers and the DM, all of whom would be using AL 80s. I would be using double LP 85s (well overfilled) and two deco bottles. I reminded the DM what my situation was and told him not to be alarmed when he saw me switching from one tank to another during the dive--I was just testing and practicing. He understood. He then went over all the signals he would use, including the signal asking us how much gas we had left in our tanks and the signals we would use in reply.
So on our first dive, when we were probably 2/3 through a typical dive time, the DM turned to one of the divers and asked for his gas pressure. The diver responded. He asked the second, and the diver responded. Then he turned and asked me. The "WTF!" look I gave him must have been evident. He got a little angry. He repeated the signal with emphasis. How much gas did I have? So I dutifully pointed to each of the 4 tanks in turn, signalling the pressure in each. Of course, at that point I still had more gas than the 3 of them had together at the beginning of the dive.
He never asked me again.
I would rather not say. I wouldn't dive with them again. I don't have any reason to trash them - nor promote them. I just didn't really gel with their way of doing things. And they only offer(ed) aluminum tanks - AL80s or not-full AL100s (AL100s are not full unless they are at 3300psi, not 3000).
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