VR and Hollis Team Up With Explorer Recreational Rebreather!

[57Writer]

I received the official word from Kevin Gurr: VR technology and Hollis will unveil a joint project at DEMA:

The Explorer sport rebreather will make its début at DEMA on November 2, 2011 at the Hollis Booth # 1747 and boasts technology never before seen on any underwater apparatus.

The unit is neither a fully closed circuit rebreather nor a pure semi-closed system, but an intelligent hybrid that utilizes the best of both worlds. It’s compact, lightweight and extremely easy to use. The Explorer is unique in using a single gas; Nitrox, and is electronically controlled to achieve an optimal balance of PPO2 and dive time. Plug and Play absorbent cartridges, easy guided setup with “go or no go” mechanism that insures a cartridge is fitted, CO2 tracking, and 2 hour design duration make this a dream for any recreational diver. The Explorer diver will benefit from breathing warm gas, have lots of bottom time, and since it does not produce any invasive bubbles, see more sea life than ever before. Yes, this ESCR (Electronic Semi-Closed Rebreather) is designed to meet the PADI Type R requirement.

The Explorer is diveable right "out of the box!"

More details at Rebreather Pro

 

[tech_diver]

Standard new RB questions:

How much?

When will it ship?

How does it monitor CO2?


I'm sure the details of delivery dates and price will be revealed at DEMA but maybe we can get some hints about the technology and approach behind the CO2 monitoring.

 

[57Writer]

We won't know much more until DEMA. We'll shoot some video and try to interview Kevin Gurr.

 

[MatthewAddison]

Standard new RB questions:

How much?

Design point is $5500.00. They are trying to bring it to market for under $5,000.00

When will it ship?

April - May 2012

How does it monitor CO2?

Same CO2 monitor as sentinel. Inhale side, CO2 breakthrough only.

 

[NJDiverMark]

any updates on this?

 

[MatthewAddison]

Nothing new. It is in tooling right now from what I understand.