road to rebreather

[hroark2112]

I just finished my Kiss Spirit LTE certification. Loved it! I went to Florida to certify and think it was well worth the $$.

It doesn't take 5 years to get there. It just takes time & money, do your research on the different units and find the one that will be right for the diving you want to do.

As far as solo on a rebreather, you can die just as easily solo OC if you don't pay attention. Personally, I don't have a problem with it, and I'm very new to the unit.

 

[wedivebc]

and I'm very new to the unit.

And that is the reason you said this!

As far as solo on a rebreather, you can die just as easily solo OC if you don't pay attention.Personally I don't have a problem with it,

A rebreather can be a very unforgiving piece of dive equipment. Unlike OC diving where you have an immediate indication of a problem a rebreather can provide you with a gas that will not only make you unaware that you have a problem (which is what happened in my case) it will make you incapable of rescuing yourself.

You should probably stop giving rebreather advice on the internet until you have enough experience to have a clue what you're talking about.

 

[Garth]

CCR explorers is working on a raffle for winning a rebreather. You might want to start there if you are into playing odds.. Not sure when they are posting it but I'm sure it will be relatively shortly.


Garth

 

[hroark2112]

You should probably stop giving rebreather advice on the internet until you have enough experience to have a clue what you're talking about.

Thank you for your advice. I'll stop posting on the internet now.

 

[vincent54]

http://www.dhmjournal.com/files/Fock-Rebreather_deaths.pdf

A sobering article, but it appears attention to detail, training are keys to successful rebreather use. They never mention solo accidents, but I think it falls in the authors category of "extreme" behavior. It doesn't say what agencies are acceptable or even what the training should be. So for the time being, I'll find what I think is a competent instructor and go from there. Thanks to everyone for their input, it is all appreciated. The rebreather book I am reading is a nice overview. Cheers

 

[ScoobaChef]

A rebreather can be a very unforgiving piece of dive equipment. Unlike OC diving where you have an immediate indication of a problem a rebreather can provide you with a gas that will not only make you unaware that you have a problem (which is what happened in my case) it will make you incapable of rescuing yourself.

Slight Hijack

Would you mind sharing the details of your incident? An informal part of my training was discussing and analysing pretty much every ccr incident in NSW with they people who were there or involved and it was extremely enlightening to the dangers and challenges of diving with a rebreather.

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[Doppler]

What is a good way to become a rebreather diver? Is there a series of courses that that lead up to rebreather? The ultimate goal is to make a dive in Galapagos before I become extinct. I started 30 years ago with j valves and 72 steel no BC and have only graduated to the al80 and a BC. Would like to progress to rebreather a little faster than this but don't know where to start. Any thoughts would be appreciated. I am reading a text by J. Bozanic, but don't know anyone who even dives a rebreather let alone teaches it. Cheers

I use and teach rebreathers... You are certainly welcome to fire me off an email and a skype ID and we can chat.


Incidently... is that a 1954 Vincent Black Lightning

 

[wedivebc]

I'm happy to.
I may have posted it in other forums but I will post it here in the rebreather forum under solo diving on rebreather title. Probably it needs to be revisited.

Slight Hijack

Would you mind sharing the details of your incident? An informal part of my training was discussing and analysing pretty much every ccr incident in NSW with they people who were there or involved and it was extremely enlightening to the dangers and challenges of diving with a rebreather.

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