mmadiver
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So given what you say above, compare Revo to the Optima. Have you any time on the Optima?
Hi Doc,
No personal experience diving the optima but I've been on boats with quite a few optima divers and they seem to like them.
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So given what you say above, compare Revo to the Optima. Have you any time on the Optima?
Are you certified on any other rebreathers? I thought the Revo was great. I even said so here multiple times. Until I tried a BUNCH of other rebreathers. Today, I'm certified on 5 and teach for two. I'll never dive a Revo again.
Yes. It's ALL relative. Which five did you choose to cert and, if we place deep caving as the environment where reliability and recovery are most critical, what brand / model would you recommend?
(...) There are a few I would never dive again. Revo is one them.
I'll respond later today. I don't have the time to address this properly right now. There are lots of great rebreathers out there. There are a few I would never dive again. Revo is one them.
In short -- In perfect trim, it breathes like crap.
You can't recover from a flood.
The ADV is a joke
It looks like someone in shop class machined it.
What total crap mate, you sound like a butthurt instructor that could not get a gig as an instructor on the unit and now puts the unit down any opportunity.
WOB is perfectly fine, comparable to many other units, both back and front mounted lungs.
The ADV works fine, adjustable to whatever activation resistance you like.
As for construction you clearly have no idea.
As for flood recovery, don't flood the bloody thing in the first place, with less O rings, T pieces, lungs encased in titanium/ stainless box, gag strap keeping mouth piece in place, a flood is less likely to happen in a rEvo than any other unit.
In short one of the most innovative units on the market, but occasionally dissed by those caught up in the small world of dive politics.
What total crap mate, you sound like a butthurt instructor that could not get a gig as an instructor on the unit and now puts the unit down any opportunity.
WOB is perfectly fine, comparable to many other units, both back and front mounted lungs.
The ADV works fine, adjustable to whatever activation resistance you like.
As for construction you clearly have no idea.
As for flood recovery, don't flood the bloody thing in the first place, with less O rings, T pieces, lungs encased in titanium/ stainless box, gag strap keeping mouth piece in place, a flood is less likely to happen in a rEvo than any other unit.
In short one of the most innovative units on the market, but occasionally dissed by those caught up in the small world of dive politics.