Carbon Fibre cylinders

[Mark T]

Anyone know the test cycle in UK for carbon fibre cylinders? Any useful
websites or advice appreciated.

[Paul]

Post by Mark T
Anyone know the test cycle in UK for carbon fibre cylinders? Any useful
websites or advice appreciated.

Try http://www.hpac.co.uk/

[Mark T]

Cheers, I've dropped them an email and they should know the answer.

Heard on the grapevine it was a 6 monthly test, which would make them hardly
worth getting on maintenance costa alone.

Post by Mark T
Anyone know the test cycle in UK for carbon fibre cylinders? Any useful
websites or advice appreciated.

Try http://www.hpac.co.uk/

[SW]

Post by Mark T
Cheers, I've dropped them an email and they should know the answer.
Heard on the grapevine it was a 6 monthly test, which would make them hardly
worth getting on maintenance costa alone.

Post by Mark T
Anyone know the test cycle in UK for carbon fibre cylinders? Any useful
websites or advice appreciated.

Try http://www.hpac.co.uk/

How much do they cost, then? I checked that link but they didn't appear to
be selling.
I was only talking about them last weekend, after I'd slipped on the gravel
while carrying my 15 litre steel cylinder on my shoulders...
Nearly did the splits!

Steve

[Mark T]

http://www.eurodivingzone.com/SCUBA_Carbon_Fiber_Cylinder_with_Valve

2 x 4.7L with 232 bar rebreather pair valves
816 euro, including 69 euro shipping cost. Worked out £700 exactly on
paypal conversion!

Biggest problem is they are positively buoyant in the water hence needing
the weight belt from hell to compensate.

hth,

"SW" <***@hotmail.com> wrote in message news:hpKdnbM-***@brightview.co.uk...
How much do they cost, then? I checked that link but they didn't appear to
be selling.
I was only talking about them last weekend, after I'd slipped on the gravel
while carrying my 15 litre steel cylinder on my shoulders...
Nearly did the splits!

Steve

[Mark T]

Sorry, that url was;
http://www.eurodivingzone.com/SCUBA_Carbon_Fiber_Cylinder_with_Valve-details.aspx

"Mark T" <***@nospam.com> wrote in message news:i43eiv$i6s$***@speranza.aioe.org...
http://www.eurodivingzone.com/SCUBA_Carbon_Fiber_Cylinder_with_Valve

2 x 4.7L with 232 bar rebreather pair valves
816 euro, including 69 euro shipping cost. Worked out £700 exactly on
paypal conversion!

Biggest problem is they are positively buoyant in the water hence needing
the weight belt from hell to compensate.

hth,

"SW" <***@hotmail.com> wrote in message news:hpKdnbM-***@brightview.co.uk...
How much do they cost, then? I checked that link but they didn't appear to
be selling.
I was only talking about them last weekend, after I'd slipped on the gravel
while carrying my 15 litre steel cylinder on my shoulders...
Nearly did the splits!

Steve

[Mark T]

Or try;
http://www.eurodivingzone.com/SCUBA_Carbon_Fiber_Bare_Cylinder-details.aspx


"Mark T" <***@nospam.com> wrote in message news:i43eiv$i6s$***@speranza.aioe.org...
http://www.eurodivingzone.com/SCUBA_Carbon_Fiber_Cylinder_with_Valve

2 x 4.7L with 232 bar rebreather pair valves
816 euro, including 69 euro shipping cost. Worked out £700 exactly on
paypal conversion!

Biggest problem is they are positively buoyant in the water hence needing
the weight belt from hell to compensate.

hth,

"SW" <***@hotmail.com> wrote in message news:hpKdnbM-***@brightview.co.uk...
How much do they cost, then? I checked that link but they didn't appear to
be selling.
I was only talking about them last weekend, after I'd slipped on the gravel
while carrying my 15 litre steel cylinder on my shoulders...
Nearly did the splits!

Steve

[SW]

Post by Mark T
Or try;
http://www.eurodivingzone.com/SCUBA_Carbon_Fiber_Bare_Cylinder-details.aspx
http://www.eurodivingzone.com/SCUBA_Carbon_Fiber_Cylinder_with_Valve
2 x 4.7L with 232 bar rebreather pair valves
816 euro, including 69 euro shipping cost. Worked out £700 exactly on
paypal conversion!
Biggest problem is they are positively buoyant in the water hence needing
the weight belt from hell to compensate.

They're not cheap are they!

I didn't really expect them to be cheap though. So looks like the main
advantage would be you could have a much lighter twinset, say 2 x 9L because
one wouldn't be enough. Interesting that they don't say how heavy they are.

I'll put a pair on my Christmas list. You never know!

Thanks,
Steve

[Mark T]

4.7L is 3.8kg empty. Compares with a 3L steel at 4.5kg empty. Makes the 3L
1kg negative in the water but the 4.7 is 1kg positive, so floats.

Post by Mark T
Or try;
http://www.eurodivingzone.com/SCUBA_Carbon_Fiber_Bare_Cylinder-details.aspx
http://www.eurodivingzone.com/SCUBA_Carbon_Fiber_Cylinder_with_Valve
2 x 4.7L with 232 bar rebreather pair valves
816 euro, including 69 euro shipping cost. Worked out £700 exactly on
paypal conversion!
Biggest problem is they are positively buoyant in the water hence needing
the weight belt from hell to compensate.

They're not cheap are they!

I didn't really expect them to be cheap though. So looks like the main
advantage would be you could have a much lighter twinset, say 2 x 9L because
one wouldn't be enough. Interesting that they don't say how heavy they are.

I'll put a pair on my Christmas list. You never know!

Thanks,
Steve