Does anyone want to give me the no bullsh*t opinion on the Defender CCR with SG-1 electronics? I'm looking for people with personal experiences on the unit although I'm happy to hear opinions on Hammerhead / X-CCR as I realize they're mostly same platform with difference electronics.
I realize that's an incredibly vague question but I'm looking at maybe picking up a Defender and the one thing I'm not sold on is the electronics. I'm got plenty of friends with X-CCRs and they seem to like their units.
Have you had issues with the electronics?
Have they flooded? / Failed on you?
Any issues with internal battery in handset (which is not user replacement)?
Issues with firmware/software? Are their different revisions of the SG-1 electronics?
Will the electronics lock you out / prevent you from diving if you don't service yearly?
From what I gather they're both based on "Hammerhead" platform. I know IQSub in Czech Republic makes both units. The X-CCR has Shearwater electronics with controller / batteries in the head, CO2 monitoring and HP sensors in head while the Defender has controller and batteries in handset with traditional SPGs. From my understanding the SG1 electronics replaced the Juergensen Marine electronics which used to be the Hammerhead until Thorntons / Subgravity bought the rights to it?
I was told the SG-1 electronics are now made in-house in Utah by SubGravity. Does anyone know if that's correct? Otherwise scrubber design (various sizes), counterlungs, MAVs, T-Pieces, Loop are pretty much the same as X-CCR and it's just primarily the difference in the electronics?
If I do get one I plan on running it with a secondary Shearwater monitor and HUD as I like having two wrist monitors. Basically I'm looking at my third rebreather. I've got ~800 hours on a rEvo (pure mCCR) and ~350 hours on a SF2 (eCCR).
TL;DR - Tell me your Defender CCR experiences good or bad..
I realize that's an incredibly vague question but I'm looking at maybe picking up a Defender and the one thing I'm not sold on is the electronics. I'm got plenty of friends with X-CCRs and they seem to like their units.
Have you had issues with the electronics?
Have they flooded? / Failed on you?
Any issues with internal battery in handset (which is not user replacement)?
Issues with firmware/software? Are their different revisions of the SG-1 electronics?
Will the electronics lock you out / prevent you from diving if you don't service yearly?
From what I gather they're both based on "Hammerhead" platform. I know IQSub in Czech Republic makes both units. The X-CCR has Shearwater electronics with controller / batteries in the head, CO2 monitoring and HP sensors in head while the Defender has controller and batteries in handset with traditional SPGs. From my understanding the SG1 electronics replaced the Juergensen Marine electronics which used to be the Hammerhead until Thorntons / Subgravity bought the rights to it?
I was told the SG-1 electronics are now made in-house in Utah by SubGravity. Does anyone know if that's correct? Otherwise scrubber design (various sizes), counterlungs, MAVs, T-Pieces, Loop are pretty much the same as X-CCR and it's just primarily the difference in the electronics?
If I do get one I plan on running it with a secondary Shearwater monitor and HUD as I like having two wrist monitors. Basically I'm looking at my third rebreather. I've got ~800 hours on a rEvo (pure mCCR) and ~350 hours on a SF2 (eCCR).
TL;DR - Tell me your Defender CCR experiences good or bad..