stevenmulcahy123 0 Posted November 28, 2013 Share Posted November 28, 2013 Hi all, I've just arrived in Niseko for the season and I'm new to the area. I've brought with me an empty Snowpulse refillable cylinder, foolishly I thought it would be easy to have this refilled but it is proving not to be - from what I've learnt the only options are scuba shops in Sapporo and Otaru. Does anyone have any experience with getting airbag cylinders refilled locally to Niseko? Thanks. Link to post Share on other sites
Tubby Beaver 209 Posted November 28, 2013 Share Posted November 28, 2013 welcome to Japan, Steven.....and welcome to JAPAN where even the most simple things can be very difficult to come by!! I've no idea where in Niseko, but there is a scuba shop near my house in Maruyama area of Sapporo. If you had to come into the city to fill it up Link to post Share on other sites
MagSeven 40 Posted November 28, 2013 Share Posted November 28, 2013 Welcome to Japan, and to banging your head against the wall when seemingly simple things become frustratingly difficult. I remember reading that scuba shops won't fill up tanks themselves and will send them away to have it done elsewhere. And you need some kind of licence to get this done anyway, so they won't do it for airbag canisters. I can't remember exactly where I read it, but that was the jist. BCA are the only brand that have a presence here, but they'll only refill Japanese bought canisters! This may have changed, or be duff info. I reckon you're best asking folk in guiding companies in Niseko as they may have a solution. Best of luck old chap. Link to post Share on other sites
stevenmulcahy123 0 Posted November 29, 2013 Author Share Posted November 29, 2013 welcome to Japan, Steven.....and welcome to JAPAN where even the most simple things can be very difficult to come by!! I've no idea where in Niseko, but there is a scuba shop near my house in Maruyama area of Sapporo. If you had to come into the city to fill it up Tell me about it, 6 days in Japan and I'm already fully aware! Do you know the name of the scuba shop TubbyBeaverinho (great screen name by the way)? Link to post Share on other sites
muikabochi 208 Posted November 29, 2013 Share Posted November 29, 2013 That's actually his real name! 1 Link to post Share on other sites
rider69 18 Posted November 29, 2013 Share Posted November 29, 2013 I have a hook up with mammut for a test center in Hakuba. I may have extra cans for you but I wont know for about 2 weeks as mammut are trying many different ways to get cans into the country. I dont think a scuba shop will refill your can but you should give it a try. You may need an adaptor. Im a bit too busy with 2 jobs one teaching english but you can pm me and ill give you my email or facebook. Link to post Share on other sites
Tubby Beaver 209 Posted November 29, 2013 Share Posted November 29, 2013 welcome to Japan, Steven.....and welcome to JAPAN where even the most simple things can be very difficult to come by!! I've no idea where in Niseko, but there is a scuba shop near my house in Maruyama area of Sapporo. If you had to come into the city to fill it up Tell me about it, 6 days in Japan and I'm already fully aware! Do you know the name of the scuba shop TubbyBeaverinho (great screen name by the way)? I don't But next time Im passing (it's really near my house) I'll pop in and ask for u 1 Link to post Share on other sites
stevenmulcahy123 0 Posted November 30, 2013 Author Share Posted November 30, 2013 welcome to Japan, Steven.....and welcome to JAPAN where even the most simple things can be very difficult to come by!! I've no idea where in Niseko, but there is a scuba shop near my house in Maruyama area of Sapporo. If you had to come into the city to fill it up Tell me about it, 6 days in Japan and I'm already fully aware! Do you know the name of the scuba shop TubbyBeaverinho (great screen name by the way)? I don't But next time Im passing (it's really near my house) I'll pop in and ask for u That would be awesome mate, thanks! Link to post Share on other sites
stevenmulcahy123 0 Posted November 30, 2013 Author Share Posted November 30, 2013 I have a hook up with mammut for a test center in Hakuba. I may have extra cans for you but I wont know for about 2 weeks as mammut are trying many different ways to get cans into the country. I dont think a scuba shop will refill your can but you should give it a try. You may need an adaptor. Im a bit too busy with 2 jobs one teaching english but you can pm me and ill give you my email or facebook. Hi rider69, That sounds awesome. Can't figure out how to pm you, instead just drop me a message. (*** rider69 - if you have the cans for him and want to contact let me know and I'll forward on - SJ-David) Link to post Share on other sites
Tubby Beaver 209 Posted November 30, 2013 Share Posted November 30, 2013 I think the PM's are offline.....I tried to msg Ger about meeting up for a beer tomorrow in Sapporo. I managed to message admin tho, so I'm not really sure what's going on with them Link to post Share on other sites
SnowJapan Admin SnowJapan 178 Posted November 30, 2013 SnowJapan Admin Share Posted November 30, 2013 I don't know, I can't see what the issue might be. Been a long day, will look into more tomorrow. Thanks. Link to post Share on other sites
rider69 18 Posted December 2, 2013 Share Posted December 2, 2013 Ill check back here every so often for sure. I will ask mammut this week about cans. Link to post Share on other sites
Tubby Beaver 209 Posted December 2, 2013 Share Posted December 2, 2013 I went in to the scuba shop today after work, they don't do it and he didn't know anywhere that would.....sorry. Hopefully rider can hook you up Link to post Share on other sites
stevenmulcahy123 0 Posted December 3, 2013 Author Share Posted December 3, 2013 Ill check back here every so often for sure. I will ask mammut this week about cans. Sweet, thanks rider. Let me know of any developments. Link to post Share on other sites
stevenmulcahy123 0 Posted December 10, 2013 Author Share Posted December 10, 2013 Ill check back here every so often for sure. I will ask mammut this week about cans. Hi rider69, Just wanted to check in and see if you've got anywhere with chatting to Mammut? Cheers for your help. Steve Link to post Share on other sites
rider69 18 Posted December 11, 2013 Share Posted December 11, 2013 Oh I now have 3 on me maybe more but you are going to have to wait a bit. I have talked about your situation and it looks positive. How can I get in touch with you? I cant lnk my addy on here. Link to post Share on other sites
SnowJapan Admin SnowJapan 178 Posted December 11, 2013 SnowJapan Admin Share Posted December 11, 2013 As I said previously in this thread, if PM is not working then: if you ... want to contact let me know and I'll forward on Link to post Share on other sites
rider69 18 Posted December 11, 2013 Share Posted December 11, 2013 thx Link to post Share on other sites
rider69 18 Posted December 19, 2013 Share Posted December 19, 2013 Get in touch somehow I have a extra bottles now. Link to post Share on other sites
@tokyo 14 Posted December 19, 2013 Share Posted December 19, 2013 As I said previously in this thread, if PM is not working then: if you ... want to contact let me know and I'll forward on Which part of this is proving difficult to grasp? Link to post Share on other sites
rider69 18 Posted December 19, 2013 Share Posted December 19, 2013 typical the above comment is not needed Link to post Share on other sites
stevenmulcahy123 0 Posted January 8, 2014 Author Share Posted January 8, 2014 Get in touch somehow I have a extra bottles now. Hi mate, Only just seen this post, do you have any cartridges left?! I can't figure out how to message you/contact you privately on this forum though!??!?! Link to post Share on other sites
onehunga 26 Posted January 8, 2014 Share Posted January 8, 2014 Steven, top left of page, should be a little white envelope. Click on that, it's the PM system, lets you send messages to other forum users. If for any reason it doesn't work email SJ-David, and he'll pass your message on. Link to post Share on other sites
SnowJapan Admin SnowJapan 178 Posted January 8, 2014 SnowJapan Admin Share Posted January 8, 2014 .....as I have noted quite a few times already in this thread! Link to post Share on other sites
stevenmulcahy123 0 Posted January 8, 2014 Author Share Posted January 8, 2014 Thanks for your help onehunga, still can't find the icon though. SJ-David I have obviously been trying to contact rider69 for the last month privately and although you are an admin you haven't actually been that helpful in doing so. All you've done is remove when I've posted up my contact details - which ok may be your policy but I stated I was fine to have them up their briefly as the PM's weren't working - and told me to contact you... if I knew how to contact people on the forums I wouldn't be having this problem in the first place. I'm not some nube who can't be arsed to figure it out, I'm genuinely struggling. Link to post Share on other sites
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