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RMV is more useful than SAC, especially if switching between cylinder types and sizes.
RMV? not sure I know what that stands for SAC can be worked out no matter what cylinder you are using. We have two sized Cylinders and work out SAC each dive depending on the cylinder.
We have a pretty clear idea of what we can do on each cylinder for a given dive, depth and fill pressure.
In my training here in the states, learned that SAC is calculated for a particular tank and expressed in PSI/minute.
Found a thread discussing calculating RMV