art.chick
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I have seen lots of divers recently with some 3500psi compressed steel tanks whereas they used to use an AL80. They say great things about them, but are there drawbacks?
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They cost more than twice as much. You can get an AL80 from any LDS around here for $150 while the lowest price I found for HP120s was $338. Additionally some places charge more to fill higher capacity tanks.
large_diver
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There are advatages and disadvatages to each. Also -- there are 2 main types of steel tanks -- high pressure and low pressure. Those filled top 3500 are HP.
(-)
- More expensive
- Some shops *may* have trouble giving you a complete fill at this higher pressure
(+)
- More negative, allowing you to drop weight off your belt
- Some models are actually lighter (dry land weight) and physically smaller than AL tanks of the same capacity.
(-)
- More expensive
- Some shops *may* have trouble giving you a complete fill at this higher pressure
(+)
- More negative, allowing you to drop weight off your belt
- Some models are actually lighter (dry land weight) and physically smaller than AL tanks of the same capacity.
kelpmermaid
Contributor
If it is the same kind of tank that my SO has, the yoke may require an adapter for a fill...but for us short people, the height works better. They may cost more to maintain, depending upon what kind of diving you do (wet boat fill vs. dry land fill.)
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