deco bottle

[akcaver]

Hey all, in your experience, how much should a brand new 40 cubic foot al tank setup for a deco bottle cost? bottle, reg, spg, etc... it looks to be 400-450 for everything new. It this about right?
Thanks,
Andrew

If you want to get started right away, I have a really old system that I'll let go cheap. CHEAP!

It's an Aqua Lung Conshelf VI first and second stage with Aqua Lung SPG. It has a 2250 yoke. I O2 cleaned and rebuilt it, and put on new HP and LP hoses and mouthpiece. I'll let it go to you for $75. The hoses and mouthpiece retail for that.

Let me know.

[rogue884]

I paid 130.00 for my bottle, Luxfer BA 40 and about 40.00 for the bits an pieces and MOD stickers. Already had an Oceanic Alpha Reg just added a short gauge.

[skip]

al40: $130-$160 (may add $40.00 for oms din valve, 200 bar)
new reg plus o2 cleaning: $200 (oms balanced DIN reg new O2 clean)
stage kit: $60 (or make your own for half that)

-skip

[Slüdge]

Skip, I thought your post was going to be one of those

Deco cylinder: $130
Homemade stage strap: $5
Mark10/G-250 off eBay: $120
Button gauge: $15
Oxygen fill: $8
Turning twenty minutes of deco into ten: priceless

[skip]

hey, i like that! wish i'd thought of it!

-skip

[giles45shop]

I got a pretty good deal on mine:

$200 - included new O2 cleaned Luxfer 40 (brushed), Rebuilding a Mk2+/190 I already owned with the Scubapro O2 kit, converting first stage from yoke to DIN, new green mouthpiece, stickering the bottle for O2, and assembling with a 2" pressure gauge and 40" hose (aso supplied by me) and filled to 3000 psi w/ 100% O2.

$55 - DR Stage kit (just cause I like how they look better than the homemade version)

[runawaylobster]

brand new setup, about $300-$350

[Chunky]

Find someone with way more tanks than they will ever need that are already rigged as stages. I was fortunate enough to have a local cave diver that did not cave dive anymore that was selling off most of his gear. I bought AL40's already rigged for $80 and AL80's rigged for $120. Then the regs cost around $150 - $200 each new. I also found an AL80 at a garage sale once and bought it for $30. Needed a hydro and is bright yellow, but can't beat the price. Went to Lowes (second favorite dive shop) and got almost everything I needed for the stage rig.

Martin.

[cavemark]

I paid about $470 for brand new everything:

Luxfer 40 w/Din Valve
VIP & O2 Fill
Clamp, Webbing, Snaps & Hose Retainer
Salvo First Stage SR2
DiveRite Non Adjustable Second
Green Purge Button
Button Pressure Guage

I probably could have gotten it for less by shopping around or getting a less expensive reg, but I needed it, it was there and I had it for my next dive. I like the fact that the SR2 is environmentally sealed given the constant dumping of the first stage in muck and sand.

Mark