Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.1 6/24/83; site decwrl.UUCP Path: utzoo!linus!decvax!decwrl!dec-rhea!dec-lsmvax!lamia From: lamia@lsmvax.DEC (Walt Lamia - 231-6193 - MRO2-2/8D2) Newsgroups: net.rec.scuba Subject: Re: steel vs. aluminum tanks Message-ID: <3561@decwrl.UUCP> Date: Sun, 11-Aug-85 13:06:53 EDT Article-I.D.: decwrl.3561 Posted: Sun Aug 11 13:06:53 1985 Date-Received: Tue, 13-Aug-85 00:08:01 EDT Sender: daemon@decwrl.UUCP Organization: Digital Equipment Corporation Lines: 9 I'm an new diver (just certified last week), but while at the dive shop the owner was telling me about a new STAINLESS STEEL tank he saw at a show. It's supposed to be shorter and narrower than a standard tank, but still hold 80 cu. ft. at 6000 PSI! Plus it should NEVER corrode. Trouble is, he thinks it'll retail for over $300. He thought that if the prices ever come down, this will become the standard tank for scuba diving. %Walt