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Ping Peggie OdorSafePlus
Hi, Peggie,
Re my prior "Eek" post, later today I'll learn if Aussiglobe will sell their patents or resume selling the hose. However, my recollection had it that SeaLand's new offering wasn't the equal of the AVS96. Their site shows it as being notably, though not dramatically, better. Which is it? Thanks. L8R Skip -- Morgan 461 #2 SV Flying Pig KI4MPC http://tinyurl.com/384p2 The vessel as Tehamana, as we bought her "Twenty years from now you will be more disappointed by the things you didn't do than by the ones you did do. So throw off the bowlines. Sail away from the safe harbor. Catch the trade winds in your sails. Explore. Dream. Discover." - Mark Twain |
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Ping Peggie OdorSafePlus
Skip Gundlach wrote:
Hi, Peggie, Re my prior "Eek" post, later today I'll learn if Aussiglobe will sell their patents or resume selling the hose. However, my recollection had it that SeaLand's new offering wasn't the equal of the AVS96. Their site shows it as being notably, though not dramatically, better. Which is it? I've seen no evidence other than SeaLand's claims that OdorSafePlus is superior to AVS96 (which SeaLand marketed as their original OdorSafe). I have heard of odor permeation failures with it, and I also consider it odd that SeaLand only began recommending hard pipe for some installations and even began selling hose-hard pipe connectors only after they switched to another supplier for their OSPLUS hose. I knew last fall that continued production of AVS96 in '06 was on very shaky ground...the Aussies just haven't been able to break the OEM and other large quanitity markets...weren't selling enough of it justify the cost of mfr'g it. That news broke my heart, too...not just because AVS96 is an outstanding hose, but because Bill Bemrose and the AussieGlobe folks are good people who deserve a break. I was asked to keep that information confidential--and have therefore "laid low" on this topic till the Aussies were ready to go public that it was being discontinued (which they did when they removed the AVS96 page from their website)...but being a realist and knowing that a lot of people would be asking me for hose recommendations, I've been looking for the best alternative to it for about 3 months. And everything I've been able to learn points to Trident 101 or 102 http://www.tridentmarine.com/stage/sanitation.htm It's the "new hose with the green stripe" y'all may have heard about. 101 and 102 are identical except for color...they're both double-walled rubber hose that has a bacteriacide in the rubber formula. The only downsides are price (around $9/ft) and, because it's double-walled, the outer diameter is 1/8" thicker than single wall hoses--which can make it a bear to pull through tight openings in bulkheads. The upsides are, it's a LOT more flexible than OdorSafe or AVS96, which makes it much easier to work with. And it's available in all sizes, not just 1.5" as OdorSafe and AVS96 are. And it has the same 5 year warranty as AVS96 and OdorSafe. So after a lot of research into various hoses, I feel VERY comfortable recommending Trident 101,102 over OdorSafe...IMO, it's at least as good as AVS96. I'm curious, though, Skip...Since you've said you have what amounts to a "lifetime supply" of AVS96, and therefore you aren't looking for an alternative to AVS96, and unless you have a new job, you're not in a position to need to know what to recommend...what's YOUR interest in the future of AVS96? -- Peggie ---------- Peggie Hall Specializing in marine sanitation since 1987 Author "Get Rid of Boat Odors - A Guide To Marine Sanitation Systems and Other Sources of Aggravation and Odor" http://shop.sailboatowners.com/books...ku=90&cat=1304 |
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Ping Peggie OdorSafePlus
Hi Peggy:
Just thought I would but in here and say thank you for all your posts. Very informative. After reviewing all the searchable conversations here I have my new VLs and a new PH2. Will do an install this weekend. Thanks again for posting here. Bob |
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Ping Peggie OdorSafePlus
Hi, Peggie, and list,
"Peggie Hall" wrote in message news I'm curious, though, Skip...Since you've said you have what amounts to a "lifetime supply" of AVS96, and therefore you aren't looking for an alternative to AVS96, and unless you have a new job, you're not in a position to need to know what to recommend...what's YOUR interest in the future of AVS96? -- Peggie Just having recommended it in the various lists of boaters who continually bring up the problem again, etc. Having taken out some very young, but also very stinky, 148 from both heads, I knew for sure that it wasn't going back in anyplace if I had any alternative. Thanks for the lead - if I get hung up, I'll use it. In the meantime, it's PVC and short pieces for me, but I've got 15' of it. At the rate I'm hopeful I'll use it (aft cabin yet to be determined), it ought to go a very long way. One of the members of the liveaboard sailnet group has 20 of OS+ they're selling... L8R Skip, going back for another work session on 15Feb, and two days out from the 3 stents following the very informative stress test Tuesday morning -- Morgan 461 #2 SV Flying Pig KI4MPC http://tinyurl.com/384p2 The vessel as Tehamana, as we bought her "Twenty years from now you will be more disappointed by the things you didn't do than by the ones you did do. So throw off the bowlines. Sail away from the safe harbor. Catch the trade winds in your sails. Explore. Dream. Discover." - Mark Twain |
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Ping Peggie OdorSafePlus
Bummer! Glad I already replaced everything in the boat with it. Guess I
better hang onto that 5' leftover piece as well! |
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