Posted by tleemay on June 20, 2001 at 18:05:26:
In Reply to: Re: All are junk , except Faber or Heiser? Why? posted by AADIVER on June 20, 2001 at 17:46:35:
Fabers were distributed by Seagate and ScubaPro, but
I believe Seagate merged with Tanks D'Art, which is also
somehow associated with Luxfer, as a new company called
ScubaLux in Simi Valley (ph: 800 281-7732).
As for Heiser... I bought two Heiser 120's five years ago
with the intent of dropping weight off my belt too
when diving singles. I don't have the spec for the
120 Heiser in front of me, but it is well in excess of
45.3 lbs the Pressed Steel version is dry, like in the
neighborhood of 52+. It would be prudent to say that
the Heiser version of a 100 would weight more than
Luxfer and PS's 100s.
The reason why I gave up the Heiser's was because
when I used to dive them wet, I needed no weight,
and therefore had no ditchable ballast. When I dove
them dry (until the day I sold'em) I still didn't need
to add weight. They were each just too heavy.