Hi all, I don't post on here too often due to lack of available water time and consequent constructive input. However, the forum has been a font of knowledge so maybe someone can guide me here (?)
I currently have a Beuchat 85 Carbone which is a nice gun however, as an engineer I'm finding the idea of a pneumatic quite attractive and I'm hoping that any responses here will be without 'anti pneumatic bias'.
I see no reason why today they should be (relatively) any less reliable than a rubber gun or less accurate. They appear to be not particularly complex, and seem to need moderate common sense care.
So, I've been looking at the marked here in the UK and it appears that there are two (pos three) contenders worthy of consideration, which are;
Omer Airbalete.
Mares Cyrano Evo HF.
and pos the Sporasub One Air.
As I see it for general maintenance (seals etc) I'd like good suppliers back up which, puts the Mares to the front here but, the Evo is not yet available and I'd be interested in knowing views on Mares guns (my scuba experience of them has been good) especially the Evo if anyone has seen it/used it.
The Omer Airbalete looks promising and is aesthetically stunning but, I'm a little concerned regards quality not helped by the Sporasub One issues on other threads here.
Do they (Omer/Sporasub) share the same trigger mech which seems to have spear location/line release issues? The Airbalete seems highly rated, so I'm assuming it must be different to the 'One' which recieves alot of negativity.
The only two genuine issues I can see that are common with all pneumatics is noise and power loss. Are these guns noisey to the point of spooking fish? and exactly how much actual power is lost at a realistic depth (10mts tops/ 2bar).
Appologies for so many questions from a relative newbie to the forum. Though I'd like to hear the opinions as to which gun, from experienced pneumatic using spearos.
Finally it'll be used in Dorset/Devon/Cornwall and as for length thinking of 100cm as I figure I can power down and for me will be a comfortable length. PS I'm aware that is 'total' gun length.
Thanks in advance.
Cheers
Dave
I currently have a Beuchat 85 Carbone which is a nice gun however, as an engineer I'm finding the idea of a pneumatic quite attractive and I'm hoping that any responses here will be without 'anti pneumatic bias'.
I see no reason why today they should be (relatively) any less reliable than a rubber gun or less accurate. They appear to be not particularly complex, and seem to need moderate common sense care.
So, I've been looking at the marked here in the UK and it appears that there are two (pos three) contenders worthy of consideration, which are;
Omer Airbalete.
Mares Cyrano Evo HF.
and pos the Sporasub One Air.
As I see it for general maintenance (seals etc) I'd like good suppliers back up which, puts the Mares to the front here but, the Evo is not yet available and I'd be interested in knowing views on Mares guns (my scuba experience of them has been good) especially the Evo if anyone has seen it/used it.
The Omer Airbalete looks promising and is aesthetically stunning but, I'm a little concerned regards quality not helped by the Sporasub One issues on other threads here.
Do they (Omer/Sporasub) share the same trigger mech which seems to have spear location/line release issues? The Airbalete seems highly rated, so I'm assuming it must be different to the 'One' which recieves alot of negativity.
The only two genuine issues I can see that are common with all pneumatics is noise and power loss. Are these guns noisey to the point of spooking fish? and exactly how much actual power is lost at a realistic depth (10mts tops/ 2bar).
Appologies for so many questions from a relative newbie to the forum. Though I'd like to hear the opinions as to which gun, from experienced pneumatic using spearos.
Finally it'll be used in Dorset/Devon/Cornwall and as for length thinking of 100cm as I figure I can power down and for me will be a comfortable length. PS I'm aware that is 'total' gun length.
Thanks in advance.
Cheers
Dave