That's from folks diving dry. I would take Forrest up on his offer. Personally I'm a fan of the Fabers with a drysuit as well. I prefer having the weight on my harness vs the tank, it makes it easier when removing a tank and pushing ahead.Originally Posted by FreeDiver
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Ken Sallot
If you are interested in learning to cave dive in the proper configuration, with tanks on your back, feel free to send me a PM.
Believe it or not, I'm looking into sidemount for medical reasons. Try not to assume. And I don't care to discuss those issues either. I think sidemount will work really well for me and I'm eager to be instructed by someone that's willing to do that. I appreciate the offer though.
Next question. Got a ton of guys telling me thru PM that my Worthington LP85s will be too heavy to dive wet. Well, I'm also being propositioned for a trade for some 108's.
After looking up the following specs, it seems the 108's might work better for me in theory for diving wet due to their bouyancy characteristics. What do you guys think though? Keep in mind, I want to dive wetsuit for now, I'm 6'2" so I don't think the length will be a problem.
From XS Scuba and Faber's site:
The Worthington LP85 is 7.25" diameter, the 108 is 8".
The Worthington LP85 is 24.7" long, the 108 is 26.5".
The Worthington LP85 is (-)7.1lbs full, the 108 is (-) 5.02lbs.
The Worthington LP85 is (-)0.3lbs empty, the 108 is +2.98lbs.
According to one source, the Faber 85's are 25.98" long 7.01" diameter, and go from -3.80lbs full to +2.32lbs empty.
So the question becomes "Should I trade FW for his faber 85's or for the 108's?"
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For Winston...
No matter how big you are you will feel a huge difference between the 8" dia tanks and the smaller ones.
I have a set of the Faber 85's and love how they tuck in. I mostly dive cold water in a dry suit if that makes a difference. Sweet tanks, I say snap them up as they are very usfull and managble.
Peter
Correction, they'll be OMS 108's. I'm reading these are slightly different in regards to weight unless it's just differences in info between websites. I'm seeing for OMS 108's, that they're 8" diameter, 26" long, -1lb empty and -7filled. How's that sound?
Those Worthingtons are horrible tanks. PM me with an offer to take them off your hands.
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Lol. I've gotten that PM from quite a few others as well. They're FW's first, but honestly I'm looking for some advice here. Lol. Comparing the numbers I got for the OMS 108s, they have nearly identical weight differences between full and empty in the water, with the exception that the 108's in theory wouldn't turn as fast with the same SAC rate as the Worthington 85's (but you might burn more lugging 108's around). Either way, after seeing the new comparison numbers, if the worthingtons are too heavy for me to dive wet, then so are the OMS 108's (with additional bulk as well). I'm thinking my best bet will be FW's trade for now. I KNOW the worthingtons are sought after for drysuit diving... I've been more than informed thru PM, browsing the Gear Exchange forum history, and thru reading some of Rob's literature on the matter. But the fact of the matter is that if they won't dive well for ME, then they're not worth much to ME. I just want to get in the damn water already... bought the tanks because the deal was too good to pass up at the time. Knew I could trade or sell them outright if I found out they wouldn't work for me. What's the approx value for a doubles set up? I could always reband them and set them back up to backmounted doubles if someone would prefer that arrangement.
To maximize your sales price I would put the manifold and bands on Ebay. I really don't think you will get any more for them on here as a set of doubles vs singles for sidemount.
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