steel 80, or 100?

[gurumasta]

i am new, (certified today) and i am for sure going to pursue this hobby/sport. i will be diving up here in new england mostly out of cape ann. should i go with steel 80 or steel 100's for tanks?

thanks, derek

 

[1_T_Submariner]

Congrats Gurumasta!! Or steel 120's. I have dove with steel 120's and they take a little gettign used to compared to AL80's since they are taller and much heavier (Not a bad thing they just are). After a few dives I became pretty comfortable with a single Steel 120 and bottom time is great. I'm sure the 100's are just slightly smaller. I think they make a 140 now too.

 

[Diesel298]

well id say 100's over the 80's
more bottom time, yeah 100's thats the one

 

[N.E.Diver]

100's definetly over the 80's

 

[jamiep3]

If you are going steel, I'd go HP 100 over 80's. More air, about the same size as AL80, and better bouyancy.

 

[crlavoie]

If I had it to do over, I'd buy HP Steel 119's. It's a great all around tank with good bouyancy characteristics and more than enough volume for any of the local shore dives. Strap a 30 CF pony to it, and your good for most of the deeper stuff around here (within reason... let's not get crazy).

I think Paul at PG dive still has a few and he had some pretty smoking deals on them recently.

 

[all4scuba05]

well if you are 5' tall and weigh 100 pounds, then you should try them out first...if you're a big guy, then have at it, big ones always impress the girls anyway

 

[c555]

Id go with the 100's. I have some and I end up being lighter when i get in the water than with an 80 because i use less weight. You will also get more air if you don't get a full fill.

 

[Derek S]

Congrats on getting certified!

I have 2 pressed steel HP 100s, and they are great tanks.

 

[Scubar]

I would go for the steel 100s as well. They are a little shorter than an AL80 and of coarse hold more air. My HP 100s are about -1.5# empty which means less weight on the belt or weight intergrated BC. When you look at the price of a steel 80 or 100 their usually with in $20.