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Dive Gear Express stocks the uncommon sizes of aluminum pony, deco, and inflation SCUBA Cylinders (aka SCUBA "Tanks") preferred by experienced sport and technical divers. We ship your Nitrox Ready cylinder with the valve installed (domestic US only). Unless you order another valve, the valve is a 200-Bar Pro DIN/K valve suitable for use with both DIN or Yoke regulator fittings. Your cylinder ships with a few PSI pressure of oxygen compatible air necessary to keep the interior dry. The cylinders have a current month Visual Inspection Sticker; no re-inspection is necessary before filling. SCUBA Tanks must be hydrostatically tested every five years (60 months). Inflation, pony and deco aluminum deco bottles typically have a factory hydro date between 6 and 12 months old, but not more than 24 months old.

The Dive Gear Express "Deluxe Complete" Setup Includes:

Nitrox Ready Cylinder
Nitrox Ready Pro DIN/K Valve
Spare Viton O-ring for Valve Face
Valve Protector Cap
Full Visual Inspection

How to Select a SCUBA Tank

Our factual but easy-to-read article helps you make
this big decision by giving you information on:

Aluminum tanks versus steel tanks
Low-pressure tanks versus high-pressure tanks
Tank paints, coatings, and finishes
Tank dimensions and capacity recommendations

to read How to Select a SCUBA Tank.

Cylinder	Brand†	Service Pressure (psi)	Diameter (inches)	Height* (inches)	Weight Empty (pounds)	Buoyancy Full : Empty (pounds)
Cylinders at Dive Gear Express
Aluminum 6 (Inflation)	Catalina	3000	3.2	10.8	2.6	- 1.5 : - 1.2
Aluminum 8 (Argon)	Catalina	2015	4.4	10.9	3.8	- 1.7 : - 1.0
Aluminum 13 (Pony)	Catalina	3000	4.4	12.8	5.7	- 1.7 : - 1.0
Aluminum 19 (Pony)	Catalina	3000	4.4	17.5	7.8	- 1.5 : - 0.4
Aluminum 30 (Deco)	Catalina	3000	5.25	19.9	13.6	- 2.4 : - 0.7
Aluminum 40 (Deco)	Luxfer	3000	5.25	24.6	15.3	- 0.7 : + 2.3
Aluminum 40 (Deco)	Catalina	3000	5.25	25.0	16.2	- 1.5 : + 0.7
Aluminum 72 (Stage)	Catalina	3000	6.90	26.2	27.7	- 0.6 : + 3.5
Aluminum 80 (Stage)	Luxfer	3000	7.25	26.1	31.4	- 1.4 : + 4.4
Aluminum 80 (Stage)	Catalina	3000	7.25	25.9	31.3	- 1.6 : + 2.8
* Height dimension is cylinder only, i.e. less valve. † The availability, specifications and pricing will vary between brands. Many experienced divers prefer Luxfer brand 40's and 80's, although they cost more.

Dive Gear Express offers diving products labeled Nitrox Ready, whose oxygen-compatible components are free of hydrocarbons and other contaminants. All cylinders from Dive Gear Express are special order cleaned for oxygen service at the factory and sealed with an oxygen-compatible cap before shipment to us. We install an oxygen clean and oxygen compatible valve. With Dive Gear Express, you don't have to make expensive aftermarket alterations to use oxygen-rich gas mixtures.

to read What Does Nitrox-Ready Mean?

Features of All Aluminum SCUBA Tanks
from Dive Gear Express

Factory cleaned for oxygen service
6061 alloy, an aluminum-magnesium-silicon blend
Limited 15-year warranty
Both U.S. DOT-3AL and Canadian TC-3ALM markings
0.750-14 NPS (3/4 NPS) threaded neck opening
Made in USA

Available Aluminum Cylinder Finishes

"Clear Brushed" "Brushed No-Coat" "Shot-Blast"

Experienced divers prefer unpainted aluminum cylinders because unpainted cylinders better resist corrosion and retain their appearance with heavy use. We offer the brushed no-coat factory finish on our aluminum cylinders.

"Clear" is a shiny clear coating with poor durability and is often confused with unpainted finishes.
"Brushed No-Coat" is a smooth bright unpainted finish that retains it's appearance with heavy use. 'BNC' costs more than other finishes.
"Shot-Blast" is a textured matte unpainted finish, decals do not adhere well to shot-blast.

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Give Tank Boots the Boot, Decals Too!

Tank boots aren't available for most of the tank sizes we sell because tank boots are only made for 6.9 inch(AL-72), 7.25 inch(AL-80) and 8.0 inch (AL-100) tank diameters. Aluminum tanks don't need boots because they have flat bottoms and we don't sell tank boots in those diameters for a very good reason: they are the most common cause of damage to the tank and most experienced divers don't use them on aluminum tanks. In our local dive shop, Fill Express, we perform a huge number of annual visual inspections every year. The most common reason we see for failing the inspection and condemning the tank is corrosion under the tank boot or beneath decals. Decals (including those big 'Nitrox' decals) should be scraped off every year during inspection. If your local dive shop takes the time to remove all decals, then you know they are protecting your investment. Only the required decals should be replaced, a single current VIP decal and if necessary a nitrox wrap or MOD decals. If you just can't live without a boot on your tank, then the moment you get home from the dive knock the boot off then rinse the tank and boot... and leave the boot off (resting on top of the tank is a good place to store) until time to go diving again.

If shopping on-line, watch out for shenanigans. Some on-line retailers will 'low ball' the price but then have exorbitant prices for the valve, accessories like caps and boots, shipping surcharges, and one major on-line vendor even adds a $20 'cylinder handling fee' at the last step of checkout. Some cylinders purchased on-line may not include a VIP sticker, which means you'll pay extra at the local dive shop to have it inspected. There are several other tricks we won't mention here, but you get the idea.

Look carefully at what Dive Gear Express includes in our cylinder prices. Both the cylinder and valve are Nitrox-Ready and say so on our VIP sticker. We install the valve with a Viton neck O-ring and oxygen-compatible lubricant; no VIP re-inspection fee is necessary before filling. Our price includes the better-quality Thermo Pro DIN/K 200 bar valve with insert, protector cap, and spare Viton O-ring for valve face. Our price also includes FREE shipping, without any additional surcharges. We can also prepare your cylinder with stage straps and MOD markings or assemble them into doubles packages.

Related Products
Steel SCUBA Tanks	Tank Valves by Thermo	Oxygen & Trimix Analyzers	Modular Valve System by Dive Rite	Doubles Packages

Pricing for Aluminum SCUBA Cylinders (Tanks)

Cylinders may ship from a different location than the balance of your order and may not arrive in a single delivery.

Cylinder prices do include FREE continental U.S. domestic shipping.

Cylinder prices do NOT include international shipping.

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