DIN vs A-Clamp

joe · DIN vs A-Clamp

DIN vs A-clamp, sooo which, obviously a yoke would be easier. What about adapters, are they safe or create problems.

Clue me up guys. thanks

Shug

A-clamp while you're at uni for ease of tank fillage Wink

joe

what about if i got din with an adapter?? for apres uni aswell or abroad

gus

DIN for, as you quite correctly mention, flexibility.

though if you dont plan to get your own tanks then a- clamp is good too, the adapter is another failure point, it is bigger overall than a straight a-clamp, the club has bugger all din tanks and an inswert to fit your a-clamps to a din tank will always be available.

choice is yours. i'm slightly put of dins as i feel its likely i would get grit in the fitting and this would be a hastle. I think dins are required if your are going to 300 bar but no one in our club would go 300bar as it would'nt be free and so it would be daft.

cheers

joe

argh uummmmm

Shug

I once spent a good bit of paid aquaculture time with a comedy cartoon sized wrench Rolling Eyes

trying to help Chuck get his din fitting off a club tank.

gus

and chucks ring became damaged due to shugs wrench,

this is indeed a reason to go a-clamp

charlie

joe

sooooo A-clamp. Any recomendations. Apeks seem expensive

joe

ha i posted this topic in the wrong section!

Em, can't choose Apeks atx200 package,,,,,,,,,,,,or the jetstream one and then buy an adapter. I would need to see how big the first stage is with the A-clamp on it first. Both about the same price on diverswarehouse.

What do you reckon people of wisdom?????

gus

joe, i recon you should get the jetsreams,

youve been going on about them for long enough and i'm not confidnet you will actually be able to tell which one is in your gob I think you would be, or should be, happy with either.

The apex atx200s are fancy however as you may have noticed, as far as i can tell, they have been sightly superseeded by the xtx, this may not be accurate. similarly i have heard that the differance between the atx40 and atx200 is minimal, for normal people.

Just what i am thinking, i would go with the jetstream for individualtity in the club. Now edds are gone you wont confuse them with anyone else.

cheers

joe

Good cheers

charlie

toss a coin... a reg's a reg's a reg's a reg

i love 'em 'cause they give you air undewater which I like Smile

Shug

Buy the least expensive and donate the difference to the club!
Also, wish us luck for the big SNOT tomorrow!

This is my octopush game face Mad

joe

haha very good shug go get them boyo, and you chuckjust imagine your playing a team of arch enemies Wink

joe

Going for the jetstreams Shocked

and i've shaved my hair off Laughing

gus

good choice,

i never did like your morning hair look.

na, i think i would have gone for the jetstreams too, no blaming me when they turn out to be unhandy.

cheers

prydain55

A bald Joe. Hmmm... Pics?

Max

joe

oh its good, real good!

joe

Sooo the regs arrived look amazing, i wish i had somewhere to try them out

prydain55

Cool, will expect a review... Wink

Max

charlie

trying out new dive kit is fantastic fun Smile

looking forward to diving with you again, guiseppe Wink

joe

Can't Wait Very Happy

cheeky_diver · too little too late?

oops, been surfing the forum and found this post,

as the title suggests, too little too late? I found out something this evening that REALLY needs confirmed by someone who knows what they are tlaking about (ie, not me!).
Poseidon Jetsteam regs are upstream rather than downstream regs in their design. What on earth does this mean? well When an Apexs or any other reg on the planet 'fails' underwater it will freeflow rather than just stop. However, Jetstream regs when they fail (sorry, IF they fail) they will just stop giving air. Upstream see?

Now that you've bought them and tried them in the bath, just make jolly sure you can get to your octopus reg should the unthinkable happen!!
As I say, this is just info I got from a commercial diver who uses Jetsreams, probably cos they are hard wearing and look cool!! but worth checking out with a qualified servicer, and not me.

Also there was a limped-wristed frenchman who had them in the club and it cost him un arm et un leg to service (compared to Apexs!)

Sorry if this is a poo post, look out for tomorrows exciting post about Plymouth Marine Harvesters scallop dive.

Graham

charlie

I thought that it was only very old regs that had the rather irksome trait of cutting off all air in the case of an interstage failure. I understood that all modern regs (including Jetstreams) will free flow rather than shut down, but I could be wrong.

from http://www.1877scubausa.com/regulators.htm

JetStream Black

The construction’s simplicity guarantees high performance, as well as safety regardless of diving conditions. This gives you a regulator that is easy to breathe at any depth. The Jetstream second stage is equipped with a safety valve in case a high pressure airflow should occur. This safety valve prevents the airstream from flowing out through the mouthpiece straight into your mouth. The construction will instead, release the flowing air out into the water via the hose. In all cases it is possible to breathe from the second stage. Tests conducted by the American Navy show that the Jetstream is the only regulator that manages to deliver the correct amount of air at extreme depths and rate of breathing. Jetstream also won the Swedish Navy´s highest classification, well within the objective breathing test in cold waters. Jetstream is approved according to the EN250 cold water standard.

EN250 Cold water approved

joe

yea thats what i read tooo. they cost the same as most apeks regs to get serviced aswell.

scubaeuan

Get the cheapest ones, diving is diving!! Or perhaps not, meh...

gus

just to add my bit in support of the jetstreams, mr frenches regs did indeed cost a whack to service but the bloke had to get a hacksaw to the perishable bits and an angle grinder to the metal bits. siad frenchman insisted that his father had been regularly 'servicing' them, the guy in the shop said he may have been fixing them when they failed but he was not servicing them as they would call it, edd said it didnt matter as 'he was french', the guy agreed.

i think for a normal service they are very similar in price, apex can be dear too, mine cost over 100 quid last time.

cheers