Quote Originally Posted by rabbitslayer View Post
Absolutely unbelievable...

Anyway...

I was totally unaware of other airgunners in the Cambs area having the same issues with this dive / test centre. The fact that Jerry has made clear many others have questioned their decisions confirms that it's probably quite a high number of people involved along with quite a healthy amount of cash attached and not just one or two people you assumed / mentioned. So perhaps the 'Conspiracy Handle' is becoming a favourite with those who have experienced their trained specialist services.

As I keep saying, safety is paramount but that doesn't mean that if something stinks and members want help, advice or clarification from folk on here, they shouldn't feel free to do so and without fear of being jumped on by others who either have misunderstood the topic or who are simply blinded by their own preconceived assumptions which in this case seems to be that I, the OP, am more concerned about saving a few bob over and above my own and others safety - Not the case.

Now, if others from around this area read this and are made aware that Parwins is the best place to go for a good, straightforward, honest service instead of the 'other' test centre mentioned, I see this as a good thing regardless and what forums were designed to do.

Now, do you think it would be OK to attempt joining two 6 litre 300 bar bottles together (I can't afford a 12Lt bottle), by drilling and tapping holes in each bottle and joining using them using heavy duty garden hose and jubilee clips?

Where's me spanners?...
There's no preconceived assumption here, before this thread existed I didn't have the idea that someone would accuse a test centre of fraud. You're implying this.

So to move the thread on, phone Idest, ask what you do in that case, citing your concerns about not being able to get the bottle/head back to verify failure and see what they say.

Then you can report back with some facts and be able to help people in the future when faced with the same situation. All my bottles are in test now so it will be a while before I have the need to do it.

As I said before, the time you've wasted arguing about the semantics on here you could have picked the phone up and done this. I am not sure why you haven't, but I wouldn't want to jump to any assumptions. At this rate I'm half tempted.

If you want to go for the Darwin award why not consider cutting the ends off and just welding them together?