Filmmaker Rob Stewart dies off Alligator Reef

[doctormike]

Why not both?

Yeah, if I go to a BOV I would have an OC second stage, just probably not under my chin. Would probably have it bungeed to my bailout tank. Still considering BOV plugged into dil vs bailout, but I guess this is topic drift...

 

[jonathan d iseson]

Any word on what bailout they carried, always can plug it in to the unit or perhaps...

 

[bumcikaz]

Yeah, if I go to a BOV I would have an OC second stage, just probably not under my chin. Would probably have it bungeed to my bailout tank. Still considering BOV plugged into dil vs bailout, but I guess this is topic drift...

Why not have both? I have bov plugged into dil and second stage on my bailout

 

[St John the Diver]

Why not have both? I have bov plugged into dil and second stage on my bailout

Lousy idea if you're running 10/50....

 

[St John the Diver]

Yeah, if I go to a BOV I would have an OC second stage, just probably not under my chin. Would probably have it bungeed to my bailout tank. Still considering BOV plugged into dil vs bailout, but I guess this is topic drift...

We can start another thread but: in a hypercapnia hit you'll be hard pressed to deploy a reg bungeed to your bailout cylinder. Fine muscle control is the first thing to go.

 

[bumcikaz]

Lousy idea if you're running 10/50....

10/50 is a different story...

 

[doctormike]

We can start another thread but: in a hypercapnia hit you'll be hard pressed to deploy a reg bungeed to your bailout cylinder. Fine muscle control is the first thing to go.

Right, the idea would be to switch the BOV, and then deploy the bungeed bailout reg while breathing dil from the BOV.

Also, I have a JJ, and that GUE configuration looks interesting too. But that's DEFINITELY a topic for another thread.

 

[rubblebath]

There is evidence that this is incorrect: http://militarymedicine.amsus.org/doi/pdf/10.7205/MILMED-D-10-00420

I have gone back and forth about this myself. I don't use a chinstrap yet because I don't use a BOV, and I think that they should be used together. But I am strongly considering one...

This study of 54 rebreather divers losing consciousness underwater and 51 of them surviving (94%) is a VERY impressive statistic.

This is a moot point because Peter Sotis suggests to his students that they should remove the gag strap during class. This is strictly against rEvo's official standards. All instructors are also required to wear the gag straps while teaching which Peter Sotis does not do.

 

[cerich]

This is a moot point because Peter Sotis suggests to his students that they should remove the gag strap during class. This is strictly against rEvo's official standards. All instructors are also required to wear the gag straps while teaching which Peter Sotis does not do.

How do you know that?

 

[The Chairman]

I took my class years ago, so I don't know if it was required then... but no, I didn't have one and neither did Sotis.