Carbon fiber tank size comparison chart

[tommyb]

Never saw this post before.

And all these years, I believed my Great White was 97 cu feet. Now I know it’s 88 cu. Ft.

Thanks for the chart and the post.

 

[jjmetheny]

This should be stickied. Great info. I'm currently shopping for tanks and this reference has been greatly appreciated.

 

[Ricklin]

Beautiful!
Thanks so much for posting this up. Yup don't throw more than one variable at marketing people. Might as well put them in a round room with instructions to sit in the corner. I'll be on the hunt for a bigger one, my 4.5 liter will be good for range trips. A 9 liter will be great here at home.

 

[Nattboy]

Thank you, great information.

 

[bigHUN]

For years I was tinkering but afraid to ask... what would be the Liter size for these my fireman tanks? Or in minutes or whatever?

I know the Acecare is 9L it is saying it on the sticker

 

[Ricklin]

Just to be a little pedantic.
Firemen work on trains, primarily very old trains. The fine ladies and gentlemen at your local FD are firefighters, not firemen. Most all the guys I know prefer firefighter. Cuz that is what they do!

 

[Basher]

Just to be a little pedantic.
Firemen work on trains, primarily very old trains. The fine ladies and gentlemen at your local FD are firefighters, not firemen. Most all the guys I know prefer firefighter. Cuz that is what they do!

I think a LOT more of them actually play with fire than you may realize. Fighting it is just a good cover and lets them get paid for playing with it lol. At least, that’s how the FFs I know are. All of ‘em are closet pyros, just without the psycho aspects of it. Well, aside from the crazy part about running INTO burning buildings…

 

[Ricklin]

Yup, that is the part that will continue to garner my respect. Firefighters are awesome folks. I had a house fire in 2015, my home was built in 1926 and wood of course. My local firefighters were here within about 90 seconds of my wifes call, she could hear their sirens walking out the front door. Thanks to their rapid response my home was rebuilt and we lost very little, and nothing important. Most old homes burn to the ground, it cost 328 thou to fix it, but it is lots better now. My thanks always to the Longview Wa. firefighters.

 

[Ricklin]

Did a little shopping to learn that the 60 min firefighters air bottles are very hard to find, and when found are pricey. Lots of 30 min. bottles. Have any members ganged two of the 30 min bottles together? Seems to me that could be ideal, easy access to cheap air bottles, gang them at home for air storage, take one along for field and range use. If any members have done similar please post up pics of your setup. I'm considering the least costly and "cleanest" set up, wondering to stick with the CGA347 valves or swap the bottles over to airgun fill valves.

 

[6gun]

This is great thanks much for the clarification it will bring.

What about the 97cubic foot Great White he says it is 550 cu inches so that makes it an 88 cu ft 60 minute tank?

I own a bunch of bottles and have a great white. It's at least physically bigger in size than my 88. It seems to hold more based on known fill items. I don't want to drain them and measure fill times even on a dive compressor . One day I will do so and dig this thread back up.

 

[6gun]

Did a little shopping to learn that the 60 min firefighters air bottles are very hard to find, and when found are pricey. Lots of 30 min. bottles. Have any members ganged two of the 30 min bottles together? Seems to me that could be ideal, easy access to cheap air bottles, gang them at home for air storage, take one along for field and range use. If any members have done similar please post up pics of your setup. I'm considering the least costly and "cleanest" set up, wondering to stick with the CGA347 valves or swap the bottles over to airgun fill valves.

Try adding mine safety or mining to the search term too. I know there's some 60 minutes there.

 

[Ricklin]

Thanks, I'll need to wait till I am done selling my coach. Hopefully it is sold and that will free up some funds. I appreciate the tip, all about the search terms.