Austin, who was initially captivated by the ocean after making his first reef tank at the young age of 12. Four years later, and only 16 years old, he traveled to Hawaii for his PADI Scuba Certification. Now an experienced divemaster who has ventured to some of the best dive locations across the globe, Austin is currently working in the dive industry in South Florida, awaiting his next big dive trip.
My wife and I love our terics. One of ours actually died right before a trip, about 2 weeks before. I dropped it off at my LDS and it was completely fixed and returned within a week. They even upgraded the depth sensor and it was fine. They also gave me the shipping box a new one comes in and all the documents and protectors. Honestly amazing service. It only cost me $14 for shipping.
Nice review, thanks. Especially the comparisons with other models like the Suunto is important to me. Brighter display? I say yes, I want that for sure. I was torn between this one and the Suunto top model, but the size and shape kinda had me going for Shearwater.
Music should be limited to the intro, outro, and to cinematic footage. Lots of RU-vidrs feel like they need to pad their reviews with music, but it's a distraction, often making the reviewer hard to understand. Here the sound levels are mixed well, but the music (as always) is repetitive.
When I go on holiday, I’ve always been supplied with aluminum tanks. At home I use aluminum because I was able to buy 3 aluminum tanks for the price of two steel tanks.
I experienced it at 25 meters It felt like smoking weed I kept a wide smile and really laughed few times 😂 I ascended 2 meters and it disappeared (I am only an open water diver it was my 5th dive ) .
Careful with the capacity explanation. Yes the HP steel has an operating pressure of 3442, but in US units, “80 cuft” refers to the capacity of the air at 1 atm, i.e. how much there is to breath. So two 80s have the same breathable capacity regardless of their operating pressure. Also highly relevant is that 10% overfill is only valid for the first 5 years of the tanks life, so it’s a steel 72 after that (if you and your fill station follow the rules). Lastly that in some areas shops are not great at filling to 3442, and a short fill on an hp tank is a 13% shorter dive.
Dang , well that cleared up bunch lol , I was looking for Aluminum cuz I thought it would be lighter . I also thought it would be more costly , longer lasting. Great video , straight talking points , Thanks!
Some things he neglected to mention. Yeah, steel tanks can be lighter when you use high pressure cylinders, but you're going to need 300 bar DIN regulators in order to be able to use them. A yoke regulator will not fit on there, even with an adapter. If you have 300 bar DIN regulators (and you should) then you're good. If you're comparing Aluminum 80's with Steel 80's with the same pressure rating (i.e. the same physical size), then steel cylinders will be a lot heavier. Other differences: Steel cylinders have rounded bottoms, aluminum cylinders will have flat bottoms. So you can stand an aluminum cylinder upright. A steel cylinder will need a boot. Steel cylinders are painted, aluminum cylinders generally aren't.
In general, you want heavy tanks (more density) as it allow you to use less lead weight. So your overall weight on land doesn't really increase much. The lightest tanks are the carbon fibre reinforced ones. They'll float up to the surface. But then you need much more weights to pull them down. Theoretically, it lowers the center of gravity on backmounts by a lot, but it makes handling on land more cumbersome and they are significantly more expensive. Haven't tried them out.
@@divemasteraustin I have one unpainted aluminum and one painted (powdercoated) cylinder. Both of my steel cylinders are hot dipped galvanized. I have a yoke to din adapter but I prefer to just switch out my regulator to yoke or din depending on what bottles I'm diving at the time.
If you buy any please be conscious and aware. My husband and I both use the and we both had breathing issues. Six weeks ago we also heard a little boy tell his dad that he couldn’t breath while using the full face mask. We had to intervene and told his dad that reports suggest that many of the masks are dangerous!
