Hal
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Am about to buy a new reg, probably a Titan LX. LDS suggests yoke is way to go. I'm likely to dive here in the U.S. (NC, FL, CA), the Caribbean and Europe. Thoughts?
Thanks,
Hal
Thanks,
Hal
Yoke or Din?
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You are likely to come across DIN valves on rental tanks in Europe. Much of the Caribbean and US market use Yoke predominately.
Small inserts can be used in a DIN tank valve to allow a Yoke reg to be used. The adapter to use a DIN reg on a Yoke valve is more cumbersome.
So if you plan to dive locally with your own tanks, then get whatever you want. Otherwise consider selecting based upon what you are likely to find where you are diving.
Small inserts can be used in a DIN tank valve to allow a Yoke reg to be used. The adapter to use a DIN reg on a Yoke valve is more cumbersome.
So if you plan to dive locally with your own tanks, then get whatever you want. Otherwise consider selecting based upon what you are likely to find where you are diving.
Hal:
You can make a DIN regulator into a Yoke (for travelling) with an inexpensive adaptor. If you want to make a Yoke regulator into DIN then you have to remove the Yoke entirely and replace it with a DIN "kit", which probably cost about $50 and then you still need the adaptor.
As for tanks: in Europe all the tanks I've seen are both DIN and yoke compatible with the addition (or removal) of a little insert. In Mexico I've never seen a DIN valve and many of the yoke valves I've seen there leaked, which is, of course, the very reason why the whole world should go DIN.
If it were me I would/did buy DIN and an adapter. Even in the Caribbean they can't ignore a good idea forever.....
R..
... and America, and Asia, and ????. Of course they could ignore it. DIN is undoubtedly better but with the rest of the world already owning yoke tanks and yoke first stages, I would not expect any changes soon. I'd buy whatever is in use in the places where I plan to do most of my dives. Don't count on the majority of places having adapters to rent / borrow either.Diver0001:
ElectricZombie
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If you have your own tanks, go with DIN. Otherwise, still go with DIN but buy and adapter for rental tanks.
I'll be renting tanks well into the forseeable future. As such, am looking for something that is usable wherever I'm likely to be going. If all I need is an insert into a DIN tank to make it work with a yoke regulator, I'm tempted to go that way. Will this insert work with all DIN tanks? Something I can pick up at most LDS?
Hal
Hal
Boogie711
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No, it won't work with all DIN tanks. It will work with 200 or 232 Bar DIN tanks, which have fewer threads than 300 Bar Din valves.
The insert usually travels around "with the tank." I would go DIN with a screw in Yoke adaptor if I were you - I just hate Yoke connections... they're not near as secure as a nice DIN connection, and they're a lot "clunkier," IMO.
The insert usually travels around "with the tank." I would go DIN with a screw in Yoke adaptor if I were you - I just hate Yoke connections... they're not near as secure as a nice DIN connection, and they're a lot "clunkier," IMO.
I like to have both fittings for my Apeks regulators. I prefer DIN and all of my tanks are DIN but most rentals are Yoke. I dont like the DIN to Yoke adaptors as they make the regulator extend out to far from the tank valve. So I carry both, one on the reg and the other in the save a dive kit and switch them out as needed.
Anyway, Apeks sells the DIN connectors as a kit. So if you buy a Yoke reg you can buy the DIN connector kit and have both. For some reason they dont sell the Yoke connector as a kit, you need to order all of the individual parts.
So if you want both, buy a Yoke reg and a DIN connector kit. I found this out the hard way when I bought a new DIN TX200 and attempted to buy the yoke kit.
Mike
Anyway, Apeks sells the DIN connectors as a kit. So if you buy a Yoke reg you can buy the DIN connector kit and have both. For some reason they dont sell the Yoke connector as a kit, you need to order all of the individual parts.
So if you want both, buy a Yoke reg and a DIN connector kit. I found this out the hard way when I bought a new DIN TX200 and attempted to buy the yoke kit.
Mike
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