Celeus
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Hey there!
I'm seriously considering getting myself a rebreather. Some of the questions I'm still trying to answer for myself have to do with what kinds of dives I'd be doing on a rebreather that I can't currently do OC and do I really want to be under water that long.
To date, the main reasons I want to come up after an hour are temp, call-of-nature and thirst. I know of best practices to deal with the first two, and for thirst, I presently use a SCUDA (Self-Contained-Underwater-Drinking-Apparatus)- this has worked very well for me.
The issue is less dry mouth than genuine thirst- I drink a lot of water throughout the day even when I'm not doing something active. While I imagine breathing nice warm, humid air will help with temp as well as some of the drymouth, I expect I'll be wanting to take a nice swig of water at some point.
I know that water in the breathing loop is a bad thing. I also know that on most units you can close the loop, and that the KISS for example makes it possible to easily switch to breathing off the diluent.
So my question is this- has anyone used a SCUDA with a rebreather (particularly with a KISS Sport), is this just a very bad idea, and should I just consider using a camelback?
This issue was one of the biggest impediments to me enjoying longer dives, so it is pretty high on my list to need a solution to if I decide to switch to a rebreather.
Thanks,
-- Celeus
I'm seriously considering getting myself a rebreather. Some of the questions I'm still trying to answer for myself have to do with what kinds of dives I'd be doing on a rebreather that I can't currently do OC and do I really want to be under water that long.
To date, the main reasons I want to come up after an hour are temp, call-of-nature and thirst. I know of best practices to deal with the first two, and for thirst, I presently use a SCUDA (Self-Contained-Underwater-Drinking-Apparatus)- this has worked very well for me.
The issue is less dry mouth than genuine thirst- I drink a lot of water throughout the day even when I'm not doing something active. While I imagine breathing nice warm, humid air will help with temp as well as some of the drymouth, I expect I'll be wanting to take a nice swig of water at some point.
I know that water in the breathing loop is a bad thing. I also know that on most units you can close the loop, and that the KISS for example makes it possible to easily switch to breathing off the diluent.
So my question is this- has anyone used a SCUDA with a rebreather (particularly with a KISS Sport), is this just a very bad idea, and should I just consider using a camelback?
This issue was one of the biggest impediments to me enjoying longer dives, so it is pretty high on my list to need a solution to if I decide to switch to a rebreather.
Thanks,
-- Celeus