DontheDiver
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Has anybody dived with the RD1 rebreather and if so how was experience?
Has anybody dived with the RD1 rebreather and if so how was experience?
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Thank you again. Did you find any difference in operational duration due to using different scrubbers?While I have dived many units I have not dived the ones listed, but I can tell you this unit has some of the best breathing resistance of the ones that I have dived. Due to the loop configuration of the RD1 there is no sudden change of gas direction unlike a standard axial style rebreather. Water tolerance is incredible.
The unit as configured is labelled as a 5hr CCR based off the divers metabolic rate. what I can tell you is this can be pushed much further depending on workload.
Heres some of the scrubber data. "Over 3 test runs we average 173 minutes to 0.5% co2. This is under CE conditions of 1.6slpm co2 and 38 F temp with heavy breathing. This is also with a cheap fill of 2.3kg, rather than well packed (more like 2.6 kg)."