rbdave once bubbled...
CCR's are for experienced divers only.
And
Nitrox is for technical diving only....
Tri Mix is for technical diving only...
DIR is the only safe way to dive...
Deco diving is for technical diving only...
Going deeper then 60ft is for technical diving only....
All of these statements are wrong.... You all have awfully big heads.... You're starting to sound like what you hate. The DIR crowd.... Even though only a handfull of them stress it as strongly as you stress your opinions....
Nobody else but you could dive a RB.... They'd all just die....
Nitrox and Tri Mix can get expensive and you need to take the classes.
You'd need some experience on OC. There are less things to go wrong and you need to be comfortable underwater. You're task loading. Although your Bouyancy skills are different for an RB. OC is safer to learn. And get comfortable with. Then you add another task to the ones you already know. If you have problems clearing your mask and your diving an RB and have problems, what are you gonna do? Alot of basic skills to learn. Not huge hurdles. But you need to be comfortable underwater.
After saying this. Nobody will teach you to use a RB without some OC experience. Unless you have really deep pockets. Then I'm sure somebody would.
But you can die easier on an RB then on OC. More things to go wrong. Especially if you do something stupid... Which I did alot of when I was learning.
Flame away all the DIR RB zealots...