Smaller version of the 3M Scott Air-Pak?

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Pictured below is the 3M Scott Air-Pak used by fire fighters in compromised environments. The tank is just compressed air and supplies a face mask with 30 minutes of on-demand air. I'm looking to accomplish the same idea, contained breathing, but in a smaller apparatus. I have no idea whom to ask about something like this but this resembles scuba so much I figured it'd be worth a shot.

Are there systems like this out there but smaller? Thanks.

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Dudes hey wow!!!



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I made one about 2 1/2 generations ago before these were invented, of course I did
with a yellow aluminium bottle, and an old seaquest airsource, all for catching lunch

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You know when you want to grab a cray and some abalone without all that gearing up

You know, like extended snorkelling


Thanks anyway as I'm putting it back in service with some mods, for the same purpose
 
I’ll give you the benefit of the doubt that you’re not trolling…



You really should jump on this adventure man
 
I use one of these sometimes,

It will hold a AL13-AL40, there is NO buoyancy compensation (it can be added) if you are planning on using this in water, so make sure you are neutral.
 
You're in the wrong forum. I assume you're not a certified diver and aren't familiar with the terminology but this forum is for technical diving, which means beyond recreational limits. You might want to ask in the Diving Gear forum.
To answer your question there are a variety of mini scuba systems out there for specialized uses like Brownie's Third Lung Egressor. Don't attempt to use one without proper training. You could die.
 
Since the gloves are off in a way.. (I was also giving the benefit of doubt; there might be a chance OP actually wants it for a surface application)
Don’t attempt to dive any fire fighting system like the 3M one you listed as they are 100% not designed to deliver air underwater, for 2 reasons (that might make no sense to you):
The 1st stage IP are generally much lower (6bar), so they offer the air needed for someone at the surface but not underwater (maybe you’ll get wet breaths I’m not sure and don’t wanna try)

They tend to be NOT depth compensated; the deeper you go the less air you’ll get

This will for sure kill someone diving it when they reach 6-7m depth as it will deliver 0 air to the diver at that point (or they bail to surface)
 

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