Mike goes through the new Dive Talk Go

[Manatee Diver]

1) Most of your diving is shallower than 120ft
2) You want the warm air factor
3) You philosophically don't want the eCCR over the mCCR
4) you want to dive 2-3 hr profiles and wont be trashing 2 lbs of sorb a day.

Number three is the only one I think that really holds up over the Chop, at least if you use EACs.

 

[inquis]

Also I was thinking more along the lines of folks using loose sorb since that's what the GO uses

Loose sorb keeps well for a month, possibly longer.

 

[Manatee Diver]

MSRP was lower when the chop was first released.

I expect DT go will have a similar price increase, especially if demand is high. To that point, I’d say with their audience, they might just sell a lot of them.

That and we just had what 20% inflation since the Choptima was released.

 

[Douglas Ward]

That and we just had what 20% inflation since the Choptima was released.

No kidding right!!!

 

[Douglas Ward]

Number three is the only one I think that really holds up over the Chop, at least if you use EACs.

This is really the biggest thing for me, why I am considering it. I don't see the benefit, only risk with an eCCR over mCCR.

 

[PEDiver]

I don't see the benefit, only risk with an eCCR over mCCR.

Why is that?

 

[Douglas Ward]

Why is that?

Too many things to go wrong. Failed solenoids, different batteries, etc.

The mCCR for me, make me pay attention and not get lost and stop paying attention and become complacent.

Just me.

 

[crofrog]

Too many things to go wrong. Failed solenoids, different batteries, etc.

The mCCR for me, make me pay attention and not get lost and stop paying attention and become complacent.

Just me.

That’s all well and good until you become task saturated.

 

[Douglas Ward]

That’s all well and good until you become task saturated.

Agreed. Task loading can be an issue for some people.

When I dive I spend all of my time arms crossed looking at the pretty coral and talking to the big puffer fish .

 

[stretchthepenn]

Really. Do you just pop it back in the can it came out of and seal it up? That's a good benefit for the EAC use case over loose sorb.

Yes. I've actually never bothered to buy sorb for my Choptima. An EAC is easy and convenient, and it's not significantly more expensive than the kitty litter. And they're reusable as long as you don't exceed the theoretical 300-minute capacity.

Reusing an EAC is a lot like closing a bread bag after making a sandwich: Pop the EAC back into its plastic bag, expel the remaining air, twist the top to seal the bag, stuff it all back into the snug-fitting canister, and snap on the plastic lid.

The one catch is that you need to keep track of three things: the use date, elapsed runtime(s), and which side was up. Flipping an EAC is an invitation to breakthrough, so you need to maintain the same orientation if you reuse one. A black Sharpie works well for labeling the EAC itself and the canister lid.