Owning a Compressor

[acelockco]

I have a compressor or 6!

If you can afford 6 compressors then we are not even on the same page dude. I am a normal person that makes a normal living, I really can't afford 1 compressor let alone 6 of them.

Bottom line, cost is the reason more people don't have compressors. If they were in the sub $500 price range, then I am sure a lot more divers would have their own.

[Okeanos]

If they were in the sub $500 price range

My last 2 cost me ~$300 each, working with filters and whips. They had 3 phase motors which I changed to single phase. You just need to know where to look.

[acelockco]

My last 2 cost me ~$300 each, working with filters and whips. They had 3 phase motors which I changed to single phase. You just need to know where to look.

If you can tell me where to find a working $300 compressor, then I am all about buying one or two.

[Okeanos]

If you can tell me where to find a working $300 compressor, then I am all about buying one or two.

University dive clubs, when they buy new ones the old ones get forgotten. They usually have some little problem like a stuck inlet valve, or even simpler an oily over pressure valve that just needs washing. Uni Clubs are always looking to sell the old ones in the UK they just don't know who to sell them to.

[acelockco]

University dive clubs, when they buy new ones the old ones get forgotten. They usually have some little problem like a stuck inlet valve, or even simpler an oily over pressure valve that just needs washing. Uni Clubs are always looking to sell the old ones in the UK they just don't know who to sell them to.

I don't know of any university that is selling a used compressor. In fact, I don't know of a university that has a dive club that even owns a compressor. I went to 3 different universities and two of them had dive clubs. Non of them had any equipment at all, in fact the club and classes were run by the local dive shop.

If you know of any, and as you said they don't know who to sell them to, give them my name.

[The Publisher]

Ace, he probably means in the UK....they are hardcore divers over there, where their idea of a great dive is if visibility is up to 2 meters and the current is less than 3 mph.

I see dive compressors on Ebay now and then in the U.S.

I suppose if you own your own boat or do multiple shore dives at remote locations on expeditions, but otherwise it seems a hassle.

[acelockco]

Ace, he probably means in the UK....they are hardcore divers over there, where their idea of a great dive is if visibility is up to 2 meters and the current is less than 3 mph.

I see dive compressors on Ebay now and then in the U.S.

I suppose if you own your own boat or do multiple shore dives at remote locations on expeditions, but otherwise it seems a hassle.

I have also seen them on FleaBay, but they are more like $4000-$30,000 there. I am not seeing anything in the sub $1000 price range that is functional and safe to use.

My original point was that compressors are priced too high for most divers and that there is really no need for one with dive shops everywhere in the US that only charge $5 for a fill.

[Okeanos]

Ace, he probably means in the UK....they are hardcore divers over there, where their idea of a great dive is if visibility is up to 2 meters and the current is less than 3 mph.

There are people that would think that but it's a common mis-conception of UK diving. Locally we get much better, below is a shot taken in low vis, the mussel ropes are 2m (6') apart



During some of the recent deeper dives off our north coast we have been getting 30m (100') vis.

Most UK universities have dive clubs fully kitted out, government & charity funded.

[Okeanos]

Actually we are hardcore, temps down to 4C, all year round, any vis, any depth

I did 434 dives last year, around 350 in the U.K.

[The Publisher]

Actually we are hardcore, temps down to 4C, all year round, any vis, any depth

I did 434 dives last year, around 350 in the U.K.

Lol Okeanos, I knew you would eventually fess up to UK divers being hard core!