You will get a LOT of the sky is falling answers on tanks. In truth, there is not one single case of a scba tank exploding in all these years of service in some very extreme environments. Fire Fighters are not kind to their equipment. Nor is the heat of fires and they get a lot of hard knocks. Still, not one single explosion. Not one! Alu dive tanks have indeed exploded, many of them in the industry. Scba tanks do not explode and are NOT a bomb no matter what or who tries to tell you different. Due the way they are made, if they fail, they crack and vent. Nothing more! Yes I know there is a well documented vid done by a very well known tank sales person showing a catastrophic explosion. If I were not a volunteer fireman, I would not have recognized it as a fiberglass wrapped lower pressure unit being passed off as a Scba tank It was NOT!The only issue you are going to have is the (Most of) Chinese tanks are not DOT certified and cannot be filled at the local dive shop. The valve on the tank pictured is a scuba valve. Not an SCBA valve. GRRRR!!!If you have or are going to purchase a pump, don't worry so much about in date issues. You are not going to turn your own bottle down for filling. LOL! If buying a used tank, carefully check both the outside casing and the inside for issues caused by moisture in the tank. Knife
Dragger's are very good quality. GreatBuy!!!It's a shame that DOT won't accept Ce, as it has higher standards than our own DOT! Grrrr!!!Knife
There was a video of a guy shooting some hp bottles awhile ago with a texan.45 cal. Nothing!!! Now when he shot it with a .308 centerfire, they started venting air and one came spinning back at shooter. LoL No explosions though. The bottles were over 15 years old and that's why he shot them.
Quote from: Madd Hatter on July 06, 2020, 10:22:42 PMThere was a video of a guy shooting some hp bottles awhile ago with a texan.45 cal. Nothing!!! Now when he shot it with a .308 centerfire, they started venting air and one came spinning back at shooter. LoL No explosions though. The bottles were over 15 years old and that's why he shot them.Here it is:
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