SMACO Mini-duikfles, 0,5 l, ondersteunt 6 minuten duiken om te duiken of als reservefles

My family has several of these so it’s not my first purchase. That says it all! They are great for snorkeling and having an on hand air supply for quick dives. Easy to use and my son uses and loves it with the full face snorkel mask

This mini scuba tank comes in a nicely packaged box and it includes and air pump, lanyard, 0.5L tank, regulator, tank fill adaptor and various service parts and O-rings. The entire unit looks to be well constructed. I have not yet had a chance to use it underwater, but I did fill it with the included pump to about 1000psi just to test for leaks, etc. I did not see any issues. I definitely will not be using the pump to fill this tank unless I feel like getting a 30 min workout for 6 minutes of air. I'll fill it with a scuba tank or possibly break down and purchase a compressor since I have a few of these mini-air tanks. It does come with an adapter so that you can fill it with a scuba tank.I plan to use this as a backup when I dive. It does say it will only work to 100 ft (the ad says 30 ft, but maybe they meant meters?). I suspect there would be a very low bottom time the deeper you go.Overall I think that his is a great, well made, tank. I do recommend that you buy this only if you are a certified diver as you can really hurt yourself.Recommended!

 

No la volvería a comprar, necesitas un compresor de aire y eso no te lo especifica el producto en la tienda. Desgraciadamente lo averiguas cuando ya lo has comprado

First thing's first...when you get this, you'll have to spend about 10 or 15 minutes taking the bottom of the pump apart to clean the check valve, as it becomes totally filled and gummed up with silicone lube. Once you get that all cleaned out and back together, everything assembles pretty easily and works pretty well.I'm still working on pumping it totally up. I pump it for about 5 minutes, then I take a little break. It'll probably take you 1/2 an hour (or longer) to pump this up to pressure, because it's an exhaustive workout pumping this up. 100% a great upper body / cardio workout that no home gym should be without. No, it really is a high-stress exercise and can really get your heart pumping. But so far, it's building (and holding) pressure and the regulator works to take regular breaths from, so...so far, so good.The overall quality of everything, from the pump to the tank to the reg, is all very good. I saw nothing that made me pause. I intend to keep this on hand for emergencies. It not only works for scuba / snorkel diving, but you can also use something like this to escape a burning building when the smoke could otherwise overcome you. So there are a few potential uses for this.The only reason I took a star off is the instructions for everything, especially the pump, are a little rough. For instance, it tells you to clean the check valve, but no detailed instructions like, how far do you screw it down, maybe be careful of springs shooting pieces, the instructions are very sparse. Not beyond being able to be figured out, but something like this should have very clear and detailed instructions, even for the hand pump.The one thing I did find nice was the inclusion of spares of pretty much every o-ring and seal in the entire device. This is really handy, if you've worked with high pressure setups like this (such as with paintball guns or pcp air rifles) then you know that these items are common maintenance items, and it's nice to see them included.I had no problems with any of the connectors or connections, everything works properly and nothing leaks...at least so far. Usually the procedure is to pump up something like this and let it sit for 7 days to check for air leakage. So I'm early into that procedure, as I'm not even yet done filling it (lol). But if it fails a long-term leak test, I'll report back. 4 stars for a very handy device.