Thread: Best bit of kit you brought this year ?

Originally Posted by Ryan_Songhurst

Another awesome thing... John Bull Comf2bull inner soles. Bought new pair of Lowa Rangers while back (I know, I know.. I swore off Lowas years ago... lol) and these with the JB innersoles super comfy combo for my shitty knees

Nice to read this. My tibets still have the factory insoles which are like a piece of cardboard. Was looking at flash as insoles but I think I'll try the John bulls now.

Originally Posted by RUMPY

Nice to read this. My tibets still have the factory insoles which are like a piece of cardboard. Was looking at flash as insoles but I think I'll try the John bulls now.

I use the Blundstone version. Probably worth looking at both. Most comfy inner sole I’ve ever used .

Originally Posted by McNotty

I use the Blundstone version. Probably worth looking at both. Most comfy inner sole I’ve ever used .

How do the John bulls and blundstones go for thickness? My issue with a few insoles has been that they raise my heel up out of the heel pocket and I end up with comfy feet but blisters.

Originally Posted by Ryan_Songhurst

Another awesome thing... John Bull Comf2bull inner soles. Bought new pair of Lowa Rangers while back (I know, I know.. I swore off Lowas years ago... lol) and these with the JB innersoles super comfy combo for my shitty knees

They work in gumboots too

Originally Posted by Micky Duck

They work in gumboots too

Question on gas transfer valves. When I decant air from one dive tank to another, it's pretty inefficient. Say you have two tanks of the same size, one full, one empty, you end up with two tanks that are half filled (i.e. pressure equalises). Must be the same deal? It becomes more efficient if the donor container is much larger. How do you do it?

Originally Posted by MB

Question on gas transfer valves. When I decant air from one dive tank to another, it's pretty inefficient. Say you have two tanks of the same size, one full, one empty, you end up with two tanks that are half filled (i.e. pressure equalises). Must be the same deal? It becomes more efficient if the donor container is much larger. How do you do it?

Weigh the recipient can when full and write the weight in the bottom. Once you've used some, chuck it in the freezer for half an hour and whack the other one in front of heater or some other mild heat source (just a warm room works). Donor on top, recipient on bottom and it transfers pretty quick. I usually count out 5 seconds or so then stop and re-weigh until it's about 99% of the original weight. That process has worked well for me anyway.

Yeah. Cool the recipient and warm the donor. Works a treat.
I usually put the recipient into the fridge for a while and the donor into hot water. 10 minutes will do it.

Originally Posted by Shearer

Yeah. Cool the recipient and warm the donor. Works a treat.
I usually put the recipient into the fridge for a while and the donor into hot water. 10 minutes will do it.

Yeah, I leave the recipient cannister in warm water for a few minutes and the donor big canister in the freezer for 10 minutes (set an alarm). Don't overfill. I may have got up to 230ml and that produces a flamethrower which you need to run a few minutes to burn the excess gas off. Normally settle at 200ml.

My two picks (couldn't split them). Hunters Element Vantage Hoodie - use it in the tops in summer and hunting the bush in winter, breathes so well for synthetic. Flextail Max Pump 2 Pro - replaced my camp light, provides back up batter bank (1 x charge), great when you Nitecore dies on you, the pump is a nice to have to.

My last job was in an aerosol manufacturing plant. If heating any type of can or canister don't go above 60'C.

A replacement knee, and am I allowed to ask rumpy how he knows it's 60 and not 62 degrees

Originally Posted by Marty Henry

A replacement knee, and am I allowed to ask rumpy how he knows it's 60 and not 62 degrees

You may be right at 62 degrees. All our pressure test baths ran around that temperature.

4 out of five of our filling lines crimped the valve into the can before gassing. The gas was pushed through the valve from outside to inside.

Here's a handy chart too.

Aerosol dry graphite spray to make the bullets jump out of reluctant casting molds. Tried DYMARK HDP42031502 PROTECH DRY GRAPHITE LUBRICANT 150g. and it did the trick. But it is expensive and no retailers in Christchurch. Only one seller in the area is at Rolleston (a wholesaler).

I just brought a pair today at Wrightsons. $23. They are only around 7-8mm high in the heel and don't feel as squishy as I expected but heaps softer than the genuine Lowa ones.