Divers direct carries 4 sizes in blue.
Scuba diving tank sizes.
There is no perfect size tank for all diving types and all divers.
This is a benefit for some scuba divers.
A diving cylinder scuba tank or diving tank is a gas cylinder used to store and transport the high pressure breathing gas required by a scuba set it may also be used for surface supplied diving or as decompression gas or an emergency gas supply for surface supplied diving or scuba.
High pressure steel scuba tanks allow up to 3442 psi to be pumped into a cylinder while low pressure steel scuba tanks can fill up to 2640 psi.
Back mounted cylinders range from 45 130 cubic feet plus.
The size and working pressure of your scuba tank can be determined by looking at the markings on the crown of your tank.
Divers can choose between scuba tanks manufactured from aluminum or steel.
Steel scuba tanks are denser than aluminum tanks meaning you have to be less concerned with buoyancy issues especially at the end of a dive.
Cylinders provide gas to the diver through the demand valve of a diving regulator or the breathing loop of a.
Smaller than an aluminum tank of the same capacity a steel scuba tank is a more compact air supply solution a fact that becomes doubly important for twin tank setups.
There is a lot of information listed on the crown of the tank and the order in which the information is listed varies from tank to tank but the codes are standardized and easy to read if you know what to look for.
Pony or bailout bottles can range from 6 40 cubic feet.
How to choose the best scuba tanks size.