Diver Dennis
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What is your opinion on the Apollo Bio filter that helps humidify the air coming out of the second stage? Does it make a difference?
Apollo Bio Filter...effective?
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AtomicWalrus
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I've never used one, but I've always found the idea of adding a flow restriction into a regulator kind of strange.
crpntr133
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Not to sound mean but...do a search. I know there are at least 2 other threads that have talked about this, most first hand experience.
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Diver Dennis
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crpntr133:
Sorry, I'll make sure I look in the archives next time. Thanks.
I had one for a year or so. It's a beautifully engineered and machined piece of work. The carbon filtration is probably not all that necessary - maybe overseas wher eyou might get some funky vacation air, but the moisturizing section would be a real help to anyone who gets bad drymouth while diving. I had it a few times, and it really was the pits.
In my business, I used Sherwood Oasis regulators to prevent that - not sure how much they helped, but no on ever complained of dry mouth and my customers liked the way the regs breathed.
I sold the Bio Filter because I had stopped using it after I switched to nitrox. People that need them, love them.
In my business, I used Sherwood Oasis regulators to prevent that - not sure how much they helped, but no on ever complained of dry mouth and my customers liked the way the regs breathed.
I sold the Bio Filter because I had stopped using it after I switched to nitrox. People that need them, love them.
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Diver Dennis
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Thanks gentlemen.
I'm a lot more comfortable at depth with the extra O2. I get my gas at Fill Express and never had a case of dry mouth from any of their fills. When I did get dry mouth from over-dessicated air, it was agony underwater. Plus Apollo allowed up to 40% nitrox with the Bio Filter and was not too wild about using trimix with it.
Some people are extra-sensitive to dry air, and there the Bio Filter shines. Maybe there's somehtng in the extra O2 that prevents it.
Some people are extra-sensitive to dry air, and there the Bio Filter shines. Maybe there's somehtng in the extra O2 that prevents it.
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