Gill Envy
Contributor
Thanks for the responses. I have poked around on both this site and rebreather world, however, since I am more "Known" here, I figured I would not be seen as trolling with my question. It seems most you guys cross pollinate over onto that board. I am definatly going to go into a rebreather, right now I am weighing the pro's and con's of a eCCR and a mCCR. But I think ultimately its going to come down to infrastructure and local area support.
you are ridiculously close to the Meg hatchery you know, even closer than i am here in seattle, I believe. I highly recommend you check out the copis meg. it's very rogust, can take the shore diving we do here in the north west. You have many options as to configuration (in fact that is so true that I couldn't make up my mind and originally bought an evolution instead). The copis is a nice platform. you can choose to go eCCR down the line if you want by "upgrading" to the shearwater controller or getting an eCCR head or adding the hammerhead. here is what i've done so far with mine:Installation of the Shearwater GF and HUD to the Copis Megalodon Rebreather - a photoset on Flickr . It might look ominous but it's really not that big a deal. with this set up I've got redundancy in po2 monitors and even a whole extra handset to plug in if things go south on a remote trip (which is where they usually go south!).
The risk debate aside, the number one reason for choosing an mCCR is reliability. your chances of finding an in field solution to a problem and not loosing dives or whole dive trips are much reduced on a manual system.
good luck in your choice! feel free to look me up if you come north some time.
george