Tank Handle question

[TheRealScubaSteve]

A place to attach your dive flag? kidding . . .

 

[Gone for diving]

And I always thought tanks already had a handle, you know, on the top.

Yeah except for some older valves that didn't have an other side,
It's a defective valve

Don't worry @scuba-baz

As a new diver somethings look like a good idea,
But for most divers it becomes a minnick, after a while,
It may work for you, but you probably will not keep it in the long run.

Scuba manufacturers tend to have alot of stuff they sell, that people spend alot of money on, that is not practical, and, or dangerous,
At a desk it maybe a good idea but in practice its lousy, have a look around at other more experienced divers and see what they are doing and using,

 

[rick00001967]

no offense but are they returnable? if they are, send them back. there is zero reason to have these.

 

[Bob DBF]

Yeah except for some older valves that didn't have an other side,
It's a defective valve

That's a new valve. I started with these.

 

[Marie13]

So not to have to lift by the valve knob which digs into the hands and is rather uncomfortable.

Um, no. If you don’t want to carry tanks, get a cart and roll them around.

That handle thing is crazy. Didn’t know such things even existed. How much were they?

 

[Gone for diving]

That's a new valve. I started with these.


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I have a few of those as well.
Don't normally dive them..
Maybe have to hall one out and see what I am missing..

 

[Bob DBF]

I have a few of those as well.
Don't normally dive them..
Maybe have to hall one out and see what I am missing..

That type valve in the j-valve configuration was the perfect carry handle.

 

[scuba-baz]

OK, let us get serious.

Recreational BCD:s often have a flat band that clips around the neck of the cylidender. Perhaps one could run that thing through that slot???

Please note that a tank handle is really convenient on the shore but is a source of hazards under water. It is a completely unnecessary protrusion.

I haven't come across tank handles being implicated in accident reports on BSAC or DAN websites. I'd be interested to read more about any incidences that have pointed to one as being a contributory factor in an accident.

 

[happy-diver]

The handle manufacturers trawl dumbnet and remove them

Who remembers when your wages were half and the money
in the pocket was double, when you had to get off your bum

to buy stuff

 

[Subcooled]

I haven't come across tank handles being implicated in accident reports on BSAC or DAN websites. I'd be interested to read more about any incidences that have pointed to one as being a contributory factor in an accident.

I tried really hard to find a case of entanglement in a fishing net, where a tank handle would have been a contributing factor, but I could not find anything.

Yes, there was one death in Finland, where an elderly diver got entangled in a fishing net, and managed to free himself, but suffered cardiac arrest as a result of the struggle. It's possible that a cylinder handle was aggravating the issue, but nothing confirmed.