Fxccr cmoptima

[sebdiver]

can anyone give me an overview of these 2 units? Ill be able to demo the Fxccr soon. CMoptima I dont know much but a lot of people here tend not to go with it I don't know why. Are BM unit better comparted to CM? Is CM a good first unit or I should go BM?

 

[kensuf]

There's a lot to like about the OptimaCM. It's lightweight, travels well, you can use EAC cartridges, uses Shearwater electronics, versitile within a range of configurations and it's relatively inexpensive (out the door, ready to dive, is around $7200). Last year when I went to Bikini, my bunk mate brought two of them in his carry on bags and I like it well enough that I became an instructor on it.

Having said that, it's not the perfect rebreather. There is no such thing as the perfect rebreather, they all have trade-offs somewhere.

When looking for a rebreather, start with the elements that are important to you based on the type of diving you want to do. Is this for travel? Is this for overhead (cave/wreck penetration)? Is this for deep diving? Do the profiles have a lot of variable depth (like you find in caves), or very square profiles? Are you doing a lot of hot drops where rapid descents while your hands may be occupied a thing? What is your current primary configuration (doubles? sidemount? single tank?) and how comfortable are you in it? Is this for wildlife encounters (photo/video)? Etc..

With clarity on what type of diving you want to do, that can then help you look at the options that will be important to you on a rebreather. Once you've got that figured out, you can then start looking at the units that check the boxes.

 

[DiveTucson]

There's a lot to like about the OptimaCM. It's lightweight, travels well, you can use EAC cartridges, uses Shearwater electronics, versitile within a range of configurations and it's relatively inexpensive (out the door, ready to dive, is around $7200). Last year when I went to Bikini, my bunk mate brought two of them in his carry on bags and I like it well enough that I became an instructor on it.

Having said that, it's not the perfect rebreather. There is no such thing as the perfect rebreather, they all have trade-offs somewhere.

When looking for a rebreather, start with the elements that are important to you based on the type of diving you want to do. Is this for travel? Is this for overhead (cave/wreck penetration)? Is this for deep diving? Do the profiles have a lot of variable depth (like you find in caves), or very square profiles? Are you doing a lot of hot drops where rapid descents while your hands may be occupied a thing? What is your current primary configuration (doubles? sidemount? single tank?) and how comfortable are you in it? Is this for wildlife encounters (photo/video)? Etc..

With clarity on what type of diving you want to do, that can then help you look at the options that will be important to you on a rebreather. Once you've got that figured out, you can then start looking at the units that check the boxes.

Someone that gets it!

Take Ken’s advice. This is some of the best most coherent CCR rambling I have read in a while.

To learn more about the Choptima check out.

www.Choptima.com

 

[marc.collin]

i saw both and Fxccr build seem a lot better then cmoptima
smaller

 

[sebdiver]

There's a lot to like about the OptimaCM. It's lightweight, travels well, you can use EAC cartridges, uses Shearwater electronics, versitile within a range of configurations and it's relatively inexpensive (out the door, ready to dive, is around $7200). Last year when I went to Bikini, my bunk mate brought two of them in his carry on bags and I like it well enough that I became an instructor on it.

Having said that, it's not the perfect rebreather. There is no such thing as the perfect rebreather, they all have trade-offs somewhere.

When looking for a rebreather, start with the elements that are important to you based on the type of diving you want to do. Is this for travel? Is this for overhead (cave/wreck penetration)? Is this for deep diving? Do the profiles have a lot of variable depth (like you find in caves), or very square profiles? Are you doing a lot of hot drops where rapid descents while your hands may be occupied a thing? What is your current primary configuration (doubles? sidemount? single tank?) and how comfortable are you in it? Is this for wildlife encounters (photo/video)? Etc..

With clarity on what type of diving you want to do, that can then help you look at the options that will be important to you on a rebreather. Once you've got that figured out, you can then start looking at the units that check the boxes.

Right now I’m diving BM 2x100 or sidmdount it depends. I’m not really planing to travel a lot with the unit. Looking for wreck/deep dive in North America and maybe later Cave.

 

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