Drager SCR: Should I buy one?

[funkmaster]

I am looking to get into a rebreather and just to get the feeling before I go the whole CCR hog was thinking of buying a Drager SCR. What are the advantages??

Cheers

Simonski

[onthetrain]

Originally Posted by funkmaster

I am looking to get into a rebreather and just to get the feeling before I go the whole CCR hog was thinking of buying a Drager SCR. What are the advantages??

Cheers

Simonski

none!

Well ok, not many. It extends your gas. In short you get all the hassle and none of the advantage.

[funkmaster]

Originally Posted by onthetrain

none!

Well ok, not many. It extends your gas. In short you get all the hassle and none of the advantage.

OK. Clear.

What about the warm moist gas in the loop? There must be many other advantages?

[Mark Griffith]

Two members of this parish both had one and now dive eccr,this happened after only a couple of months of being scr.If you intend not to dive below 40m its a goodish option,but remember you will have to pay to do another course if you go ccr.
hth
cheers
Mark

[onthetrain]

Originally Posted by funkmaster

OK. Clear.

What about the warm moist gas in the loop? There must be many other advantages?

Well, not really. You are depth limited by your gas choice, there is no deco advantage, they take just as much preparation.

If you are choosing the unit and intend to stay with it then all well and good, but if you are thinking about it as a step to CCR, then my advice is to skip the step and avoid the hassle of learning (and paying for) one system, then moving to another.

You could pick up a 2nd hand classic inspo for the same cost.

[Odin]

I had a Dolphin.
Great little unit. Converted it to mCCR for a while.
Now on an YBOD.
It does not take as long to prep as my Inspo. Maintenace was simpler.
But.. you do have to decide on your dive/depth before leaving for the dive site to ensure you have the correct mix.
Cheaper to maintain.
Course cost approx 1/2 the cost of a MOD1 CCR.
A lot cheaper to buy than a 2nd hand classic

PAUL

[nigelH]

Originally Posted by funkmaster

What about the warm moist gas in the loop? There must be many other advantages?

That's handy but a pretty marginal 'benefit'. You need the right nitrox and the right jet for the planned depth and then it only gives you a gas extension that is comparable with diving a normal single instead of the little built in tank. You have to do all the cleaning and carry the scrubber material and for what? Dive a 15L, get the same dive and just get it filled.

I took an CCR to the Hebrides and cross filled it from my two 7L tanks of DIL and O2 and did a 12 dive week's holiday only getting my suit inflate topped up. That's a week's any depth 18/40 trimix diving with high O2 accelerated deco and still brought 80bar home in each tank. No dive involved me in any pre-planning as I can agree what we're doing with my buddy, also on a CCR as we buddy check. The blendermatic rules for convenience and there is a lot of choice in CCRs now if you don't like yellow, although I wouldn't change. I feel I get payback for the cleaning and the scrubber fills.

[divingfiredog]

I had a dolphin for two years and enjoyed diving it, but converted it to mccr via the kiss meathod, and did'nt look back.
Six months later i went and bought a kiss.
Two years later I now dive an insiration vision.
so what I am trying to say is, dive one, and you could easily hooked into the dark side

J.L.

[funkmaster]

Originally Posted by Odin

I had a Dolphin.
Great little unit. Converted it to mCCR for a while.
Now on an YBOD.
It does not take as long to prep as my Inspo. Maintenace was simpler.
But.. you do have to decide on your dive/depth before leaving for the dive site to ensure you have the correct mix.
Cheaper to maintain.
Course cost approx 1/2 the cost of a MOD1 CCR.
A lot cheaper to buy than a 2nd hand classic

PAUL

OK. Whats a YBOD?

[Mark Griffith]

Originally Posted by funkmaster

Whats a YBOD?

Inspiration..yellow box of delight(death)
cheers
Mark