I think I may be ate up with this....

[tstormdiver]

I'd just take a single tank wing, STA, and a couple of hoses and extra second stage to switch my bail-out regulator over. What shop will you be diving with?

What's that???? J/K I do use single tanks for teaching, but not much else. The travel BC is much lighter & fits in a smaller area.. I will be traveling with Aquatech ( Learn To Scuba Your Adventure Starts Here Welcome To Aquatech, Your Complete Scuba Center for Scuba training, Dive Travel, Equipment and Snorkeling. | Aquatech Scuba CenterScuba Training, Dive Travel, Equipment Sales & Repair The Diving Professionals )

 

[BoltSnap]

How easy is it to travel with a rebreather to dive destinations overseas? Do you take the Tank(s) with you on the plane? How do you pack it?

 

[Dr. Lecter]

In terms of size, a mini or micro rEvo can be carried on with a cover over the whole thing to make it look more like luggage. Tanks can generally be brought so long as you're willing and able to open them up for TSA inspection, but it's much easier to leave them if you can.

Anywhere that enforces a weight restriction for carryon, though, is going to make things much trickier.

 

[BoltSnap]

What about the Hollis line of rebreathers?

 

[Dr. Lecter]

What about the Hollis line of rebreathers?

I'll leave that up to people who actually own and travel with one, but I don't see why you couldn't break down a P2 and stick it in a carryon. Protecting the various connections while dissassembled seems like the biggest problem to me.

 

[rongoodman]

My Prism 2 fits into a a hard shell carry-on, with the BP/Wing in the checked duffel. A regulator bag that fits under the seat holds lungs and loop, can light if I take it, and bail-out reg and computer.

 

[hroark2112]

I carried on my Kiss Spirit LTE. No problems with TSA at all. The only time they opened my bag was to look at a crescent wrench.

I rented tanks in Bonaire. Cost less than United charges for rebreather tanks.

 

[tstormdiver]

Yes. My Hollis fits into an Aqualung cary- on, with room to spare. No, I do not take the tanks,... just the unit, BC wing, protective shell & backplate. The cylinders & sorb have already been reserved for my instructor & myself when we get there. The unit, BC, AL backplate weighs about 20 lbs, well within the weight limits allowed.

 

[BoltSnap]

Is it easy to rent the appropriate type/size Tanks at dive destinations outside the US?

 

[tstormdiver]

Is it easy to rent the appropriate type/size Tanks at dive destinations outside the US?

Really depends on the destination & the dive operators. Capt. Don's in Bonaire has a technical dive shop on site. Grand Cayman & Cozumel also have technical dive shops that service rebreathers. I'm sure there are more, but that is just off the top of my head. When we went to Little Cayman last year, the resort did not have O2 on hand (they use a Nitrox Membrane system) & shipping in sorb was outrageous because it has to be brought in by plane or boat.