
04-08-07, 06:45 PM
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Quote: | Originally Posted by spunkmire Hello All,
Am thinking of getting an rebreather in the future and would like to know a few things (please can you help me out?).
1) My choice is refined to the Inspiration classic, KISS or rEVO as they are all godd value for money. Looking at the secondhand market, it is almost entirely Inspirations;
What are the important things to look out of when buying seconhand: most adverts are full of incomprehensible TLA's: ADV, BOV, DSV, WOB etc etc and bob howell head/ juergensen head's, presumably one needs a manual to understand them all. I.E. what deficiences in a rebreather cost the most to
2) Is it standard practice to deliver a second-hand unit to an instructor rather than the purchaser-novice and will AP valves allow this?
3)With the mCCR, do users maintain a constant setpoint throughout the dive or let in decline on ascent? Is it easier to switch to staged o2 than to flush the unit several times at the 6m last stop?
4) Does anyone have any experience of the rEVO II? I notice it has only 2 oxygen sensors, is this a bad thing? |
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