Taking the Sentinel CCR Rebreather cross over course

[mattmexico]

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Back mounted counterlung Rebreathers are used to be not breathing so well compared to front mounted counterlungs due to the harder work of breathing effort as the counterlungs are a bit shallower then your real lungs, making inhalation a bit more difficult then exhalation. During the last years a number of new Rebreathers with back mounted counterlungs came onto the market with quite good work of breathing besides being a back mounted counterlung design. Keeping the front clean protects the counterlungs in case you want to penetrate small caves or wrecks. For photography and filming it is quite nice too as it gives space to bring the camera close to your face. Smaller people with not so much real estate might find it very comfortable as they are not so cluttered with the counterlungs in front.

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Matt

 

[Gill Envy]

It's true, back mounted counter lungs have come a long way!

I have just gotten done the rEvo cross over with Mel Clark. She's a great instructor! The BMCL's on the rEvo are really quite nice.


I love my Meg too, but getting the crossover allows me to barrow a rEvo from a friend for the occasional trip where my wife can come and will be diving my meg (she doesn't have the time to do the crossover now).

Eventually my wife will likely switch to a unit with BMCL's, she was never a fan of front mounted counter lungs... they are bulky and seem to make keeping good buoyancy more tedious. It would be nice to get a chance to try out the sentinel for comparison as well.


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[rigdiver]

I can see reasons for a lady to want BMCL's. FredT makes BP's with options for webbing to change direction a bit. ISC now has BMCL's.
Bill