DIN vs K-Valve while Traveling

[GMDGeek]

I travel often and honestly all around the world. Just depends on what my interest at the time of planning a vacation is. What I am curious about is when I take my Reg with me, an Oceanic EOS (and forgive me I am still very new to scuba) will I run into problems being able to use it?

Example: I will be diving in the Philippines the end of this year and will be renting tanks there. I am assuming the tanks will be using a K Valve (at least that's what the dive shot site said they used).

Are there areas in the world where I wont be able to rent the tank with a K-Valve and need to make plans to get a DIN adapter for my REG? Or would I need to get a different reg? Again - still learning.

Thanks everyone in advance for the feedback and input.

Gerry

[chinacat46]

I've dove all over and every place I've been has used K Valves. Some also have DIN but K valves seem to be the default.

[Scuba Pete]

I think that the industry standard is the yoke connection. There are a few instances that a din connection will be provided. They may also only be a 200 bar valve which can take an insert to convert the valve to a yoke connection. However this will not work with the 300 bar din valve. That will require a DIN connection on your reg. I dont think that there is a deviec that will allow a yoke reg fit on a DIN tank. You would have to actually convert the reg. I found one on leisure pro for around $80. I would check with scuba toys to see if they have one before looking at leisure pro though.

[GMDGeek]

From what I have been able to read and "Google" and from input here it sounds to me more and more like the DIN is for deep dives of over 100+ feet as there is less leakage or for Tech Divers wanting to use High Pressure Tanks over 3000 PSI (I am aware of the new steel 130 tanks that hold 3442psi and work well with the K-Valve).

If my understanding of this is not correct please feel free to correct me.

Thanks,
Gerry

[CompuDude]

Originally Posted by GMDGeek

From what I have been able to read and "Google" and from input here it sounds to me more and more like the DIN is for deep dives of over 100+ feet as there is less leakage or for Tech Divers wanting to use High Pressure Tanks over 3000 PSI (I am aware of the new steel 130 tanks that hold 3442psi and work well with the K-Valve).

If my understanding of this is not correct please feel free to correct me.

Thanks,
Gerry

There are a number of benefits to DIN over a Yoke connection (most of which have nothing to do with depth), but for your single tank recreational diving purposes, planning for extensive world-wide travel, the Yoke connection is what you're going to want on your regs.

[GMDGeek]

Thanks to the feedback and a few short emails with the main man Joe I have DIN vs Yoke figured out.

Down the road when I start diving doubles I will switch to DIN, apparently since I went with the Oceanic EOS Reg it doesn't cost much to convert it to DIN.

Thanks again everyone

[Scuba Pete]

Originally Posted by CompuDude

There are a number of benefits to DIN over a Yoke connection (most of which have nothing to do with depth), but for your single tank recreational diving purposes, planning for extensive world-wide travel, the Yoke connection is what you're going to want on your regs.

I agree.

[navyhmc]

All my regs are DIN, I have a yoke converter that I travel with just in case I need it. That way, I havethe best of all worlds and don't miss any opportunities.

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[Tassie Diver]

Originally Posted by Scuba Pete

I agree.

+1

Although most of my regs are DIN, for travel a K is probably the best way to go. Although, depending on your reg, an adapter that lets you use a DIN reg on a K-Valve is not a big inconvenience.

[GMDGeek]

I guess I should clarify what my direction in diving will be. I plan on obtaining my Dive Master certification with some Tech mixed in as I plan on becoming an amateur underwater photographer and will be focused not only on reef diving but wreck diving and underwater exploration.

After all I have read and all the feedback I know I will end up going DIN however that is at least 6 months to almost a year away. And thanks to Joe I understand that I can upgrade the EOS with little trouble.

Again I am really appreciating the feedback. I know there have been other forum threads on this but some are a year or two old and I know some technologies change.

Gerry