What details would you like...? Here are my thoughts.
The experience was great. Breathing on it was different than an open system. When you exhale 1/3 of the gas is released and 2/3s pushed to the scrubber. As the counter lungs deflate and the system adds air to the semi-closed circuit.
What I like is the small amount of bubbles released... The fact that you dive your Nitrox mix.... Same MOD as your tank except it extends your air 3x. Also the simplicity of the system is great. As long as you use the check lists, you are good...
Down side - if you are traveling you have to make sure they have sorbe or cartridges for the scrubber system. If water makes it to the scrubber you have create a dangerous gas so you don't.... When you remove the mouth piece underwater you close a valve in the mouth piece then clear it when you replace it and open the valve. It was very simple to go to the bail out regulator - attached to the same cylinder that feeds the rebreather and then back to the rebreather mouth piece.
If you have a dive computer you still dive the data.. Nothing changes. I have a Galileo Sol and if I put the transmitter on the tank, then it will look at the very low consumption rate and still give RBT (remaining bottom time).
Why I am on this road of exploration you ask? Well I was introduced to sidemount and was very excited about the ease of diving doubles and the safety of a bail out/back up system. I wanted the doubles and the safety because I am scheduled for the Odyssey at Truk Lagoon Apr 2014. So now I am looking at a Hollis 100 with a KISS Gem rebreather and doubles on the side mount. This gives me around 3 hours air on a single tank and a second tank for safety or a higher O2 mix for decompression stops.
All in all... I'm sold and am scheduling training on the KISS Gem and plan on diving it this year in preparation for Truk!
Ask away any question you have....
Sarge
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---------- Post added February 27th, 2013 at 11:19 PM ----------
See if this works... I put a video on Facebook.... If this doesn't ill try to upload it tomorrow ..
http://www.facebook.com/photo.php?v=4459992338623&set=vb.1254093372&type=2&theater
Sarge
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