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Comment by manarth

2 days ago

Still steel (or sometimes aluminium) and heavy. Carbon-fibre tanks are still extremely esoteric and rare in diving.

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decimalenough  2 days ago

There's also not much point to making tanks lighter, since you need weight anyway to counteract the buoyancy of the air, your wetsuit, etc.

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