Inspiration Vs Evolution: Pros & Cons of Each Please?

[rooster]

Hey All

Can anyone help a lazy diver with a question regarding the new Evo?

What are the main differences between the Evo and the Inspiration (other than the price....)? I've had a look on the APD website but they have lots of info for the Inspiration but only a little for the Evo and I am not sure which features are common to both?



Thanks for any help offered.

Regards

[beanie]

smaller scrubber
smaller cylinders

else the same

[jptaylor9]

Originally Posted by rooster

Hey All

Can anyone help a lazy diver with a question regarding the new Evo?

What are the main differences between the Evo and the Inspiration (other than the price....)? I've had a look on the APD website but they have lots of info for the Inspiration but only a little for the Evo and I am not sure which features are common to both?

Thanks for any help offered.

Regards

Evo has 2L cylinders & a 2 hour scrubber versus 3L/3Hour on the Inspiration. The Evo is smaller & lighter.

Evo electonics available on Inspiration as Inspiration II. Or it you prefer old-style hansets you can get the Inspiration Classic.

I think the Evo aimed at sports divers with 50m limit, but I guess folks will take it deeper.

RB Instructors on YD can fill in the details & pros/cons.

JT

[And]

Here is the official page

http://www.ambientpressurediving.com/evo.htm



This piccie shows the size difference

[DaveB]

Originally Posted by rooster

Hey All

What are the main differences between the Evo and the Inspiration (other than the price....)? ...

Regards

The Inspiration with the new (Vision) electronics will be the same price as the Evolution.

[dalegray]

As I understand it, the EVO is almost the same price as the INSPIRATION with new electronics, so if you are buying a rebreather why buy the EVO/

[rooster]

"so if you are buying a rebreather why buy the EVO"

That's what I was wondering?

Evo seems to be pitched at 'sports' divers more than Tech from the blurb, but actually operating and maintaining the unit seems to have similar effort involved, the electronics are the same and the price is similar, but the Evo has more limitations.

A 2hr scrubber doesn't seem to have many advantages for a sports diver because i wouldn't get 4 dives in a weekend out of it without filling the scrubber at least once

Am I missing something fundamental about the Evo then?

[And]

Originally Posted by rooster

Am I missing something fundamental about the Evo then?

It comes with furry dice?

[Mark Chase]

The Evo is much better suited to the diver who travels a lot but wants a full electronically controlled breather (Not a KISS). If and when I upgrade my breather I will get the smaller, lighter less lead less drag EVO.

Looking back over my dive logs the 2 1/2 hour scrubber would cover the vast majority of my dives. With the temperature stick in it you could push the scrubber dependent on conditions. The smaller scrubber would result in a lot less waste of sofnalime as invariably I am doing 100min run times and binning the scrubber rather than attempt the next deep dive on a mainly spent unit a week later.

I wont dive the unit alpinist on deep dives so the size of the internal cylinders is not an issue. I am assuming I can still plug in off board gas for dill flushes and I would defo use off board gas for suit and wing inflation.

ATB

Mark Chase

[dalegray]

Originally Posted by And

It comes with furry dice?

But the inspiration has them too.

I know is it DIR approved?