split from Trimix in 100 dives

[texdiveguy]

Nowadays people are even going to rebreather with less than 50 dives. I had one buddy here go straight from Basic OW cert to rebreather.

You can go from zero o/w scuba into CCR.

 

[PerroneFord]

The rebreather is a tool like any other piece of diving equipment. However, it is a very exacting one. Break the rules and it will bite you in the butt. Sometimes VERY hard. But like any other piece of dive gear, you should add it to your toolkit when needed. If if need to do dives that require the breather, then by all means get trained and do them. But buying a rebreather because it's "cool" or because everyone else is doing it, is a recipe for trouble.

But I'd say the same for doubles, deco, scooters, etc. If you don't need all that crap to do the dives you want to do, then leave them out of the toolkit.

Nowadays people are even going to rebreather with less than 50 dives. I had one buddy here go straight from Basic OW cert to rebreather.

 

[nereas]

Nowadays people are even going to rebreather with less than 50 dives. I had one buddy here go straight from Basic OW cert to rebreather.

With a CCR, since the gear is totally different than open circuit, it makes perfect sense to get into CCRs as early as possible.

And with a CCR, you are as likely to die whether you have 50 or 500 dives. It really doesn't matter what your experience level is. Poof! Your equipment malfunctions and you are history. Nothing you can do about it, except plan your estate, finish your will, pay off your bills, and kiss your wifey goodbye.

 

[nereas]

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But I'd say the same for doubles, deco, scooters, etc. If you don't need all that crap to do the dives you want to do, then leave them out of the toolkit.

With doubles, you KNOW what you put into your tanks, and you KNOW that is what you are going to be breathing. No mixup there.

Doubles work well down to 350 ft. Deeper than this and you would be in CCR country. Shallower than this and a CCR is definitely inappropriate, unless you are filming videos professionally. And even then, you would want somebody with twin tanks watching your every move. Particularly if you stop moving!

 

[HowardE]

Doubles work well down to 350 ft. Deeper than this and you would be in CCR country. Shallower than this and a CCR is definitely inappropriate, unless you are filming videos professionally. And even then, you would want somebody with twin tanks watching your every move. Particularly if you stop moving!

 

[Divin'Papaw]

With doubles, you KNOW what you put into your tanks, and you KNOW that is what you are going to be breathing. No mixup there.

Doubles work well down to 350 ft. Deeper than this and you would be in CCR country. Shallower than this and a CCR is definitely inappropriate, unless you are filming videos professionally. And even then, you would want somebody with twin tanks watching your every move. Particularly if you stop moving!

Wow. I think that's quite an overstatement. While I'm personally not comfortable with moving to a CCR at this point, to say that they're a tool only for 350'+ deep diving seems ... well, just flat out wrong.

 

[JeffG]

With a CCR, since the gear is totally different than open circuit, it makes perfect sense to get into CCRs as early as possible.

And with a CCR, you are as likely to die whether you have 50 or 500 dives. It really doesn't matter what your experience level is. Poof! Your equipment malfunctions and you are history. Nothing you can do about it, except plan your estate, finish your will, pay off your bills, and kiss your wifey goodbye.

What is your CCR experience?

Google doesn't count.

 

[texdiveguy]

What is your CCR experience?

Google doesn't count.

nereas continues to to be at the top of his game in keyboard scuba......

 

[JeffG]

nereas continues to to be at the top of his game in keyboard scuba......

Well...he ends up slightly under my radar.

I only see his posts through other peoples quotes. LOL

 

[dab]

Poof! Your equipment malfunctions and you are history. Nothing you can do about it, except plan your estate, finish your will, pay off your bills, and kiss your wifey goodbye.

Flat out wrong. It's statements like this, from those who do not know what they are talking about, that spread wrong information.

If an equipment problem occurs while diving on a ccr, many options exist to remedy the situation, depending on the problem and the unit. When in doubt, bail out.