Spare Air

[Peter Bailey]

<font color='#0000FF'>I am thinking of buying a SpareAir system anyone out there own one, used one, or hands on experience ??  info please.
I only dive warm and clear, so the size does matter when taking kit abroad. Never stray much below 35 mtr so I think the thing could get me home if required in an emergency.

Dive safe and be Good !!!

TOG Diver :    

[Dominic]

Absolute waste of money. Do not buy under any circumstances. They cost £150ish. An extra £20 or so will buy you a full-on pony rig that'll get you out of any dive you're likely to do.

DNet test

It didn't even get them up from 18m. It's a 0.2l capacity - a buddy emergency bottle holds twice that, and is still not considered any kind of decent air supply.

Of use only to rebreather divers who need redundant diluent. Anyone else can forget about it.

[Peter Bailey]

<font color='#0000FF'>Dominic
Thanks for the info, you have just saved me £180:00,

Regards

TOG Diver

[Dominic]

My pleasure.
If anyone wants some more detail on it:
My Sapre Air page

[Digger]

What would a rebreather diver use a spare air for? They always seem to have a handy 7l stage with bail out written all over it!!!

I don't see how it would be of much use. Enlighten me!

[Dominic]

I was being sarcastic. The vanishingly small amount of air a Spare Air could supply would be of use only to somebody who could breathe it repeatedly.

[Digger]

Thanks. I was beginning to wonder!!! They'd probably claim to be able to get 2 hours out of a Spare Air!!!

[Rob Evans]

If it was filled with O2 to 240bar we'd get 30-35min off it  

No use as diluent though.

[Finless]

Originally Posted by [b

Quote[/b] (Rob Evans @ July 31 2003,15:52)]If it was filled with O2 to 240bar we'd get 30-35min off it  

No use as diluent though.

I reckon all this being able to stay under water for ages on a cylinder three eigths the size of a bees boll*ck is a load fanciful clap trap - I reckon RB divers just hold their breath a lot. &nbsp;

[parahandy]

Never has a piece of equipment been produced that is such an utter waste of space. &nbsp;One of my dive buddies was convinced at one point that this was a must have piece of kit and thought it would come in handy in his Divemastering role, thinking it could be used as some sort of redundant air source.

Having tried one of these in a &quot;simulated&quot; out of air situation, admittedly in a cold water environment they fail to deliver the goods, a couple of breaths in a panic situation and that's it.

You'll see in some of the US Diving Magazines and agency publications glowing reports of how the dive proffesional musn't be without one.
Think Dominics link says it all.