I use these with my Commando BCD as well as my wife who has one too. We are both fans of the jacket. The very first once we had started corroding very soon after we got them. Corrosion (blooming) happened mainly at the top and the bottom parts of the tanks. At the time I put it down to the tanks having been in contact with other sharp or hard items that damaged the paint and as such the aluminium started blooming.
I tried to keep it in check, but it seemed a lost battle. The second set of tanks I was very careful in how they got handled but it happened again. Again I quickly lost the battle.
The third set I got recently I got creative and put plumbing gaskets around the bottom (they are like little bumpers) and also at the neck of the tank I created protection. This did work for the bottom of the tank, and it stayed corrosion free for 36 dives. But where the letters and numbers are punched at the neck of the tank the paint just comes off and it starts corroding/blooming.
Now I talked to AP (not just this time but in the past too) and they claim they never heard of this. Which is not totally true as I reported it several times and also always send, he old tanks in to have them swopped for new ones.
My question is am I the only one who has this? Or are there others out there. I find it hard to believe that just me and my wife are the only ones where this happens. Love to hear.
I tried to keep it in check, but it seemed a lost battle. The second set of tanks I was very careful in how they got handled but it happened again. Again I quickly lost the battle.
The third set I got recently I got creative and put plumbing gaskets around the bottom (they are like little bumpers) and also at the neck of the tank I created protection. This did work for the bottom of the tank, and it stayed corrosion free for 36 dives. But where the letters and numbers are punched at the neck of the tank the paint just comes off and it starts corroding/blooming.
Now I talked to AP (not just this time but in the past too) and they claim they never heard of this. Which is not totally true as I reported it several times and also always send, he old tanks in to have them swopped for new ones.
My question is am I the only one who has this? Or are there others out there. I find it hard to believe that just me and my wife are the only ones where this happens. Love to hear.