slackercruster
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What is it like breathing through a rebreather? Is it like breathing through a snorkel in tern of feeling, air resistance and sound?
What is it like breathing through a rebreather?
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Dave83
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Can't answer this myself but you may get more responses posting this question in the Rebreather forum.
It's like breathing through a double hose regulator.
David P
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I am/was taking dreager dolphin cert class and I thought the work of breathing was absolutley horible! I think I will be taking the cert for the kiss, hopefully that will be better. Chipmunk cheeks is kinda funny though...
I assume it would be similar to breathing in the early manned space capsules... not that I've done either! I know several rebreather users here and I've not heard them mention any difficulties breathing with their equipment (varied manufacturers). Perhaps it is an acquired "taste."
O2BBubbleFree
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... which I'm not...
Work of breathing is going to vary depending on design (location of counterlungs). Some breath considerably better in one attitude.
Breathing warm moist air instead of dry cold air. They say it's much more comfortable on long dives.
Silence. Virtually no bubble noise. Not to be understated, and from what I read not really appreciated until you experience it.
I think most of the rebreather guys stick pretty much to the rebreather forum, so you might want to PM a moderator and ask them to move this thread there.
Work of breathing is going to vary depending on design (location of counterlungs). Some breath considerably better in one attitude.
Breathing warm moist air instead of dry cold air. They say it's much more comfortable on long dives.
Silence. Virtually no bubble noise. Not to be understated, and from what I read not really appreciated until you experience it.
I think most of the rebreather guys stick pretty much to the rebreather forum, so you might want to PM a moderator and ask them to move this thread there.
Walter:
I know the Navy still uses double hose regulator for training to simulate a rebreather, but my understanding is that they are not necessarily tuned to the same level that I would consider minimally acceptable. Aqua Lung makes the Mentor double hose regulator exclusively for the Navy and it is mostly for this purpose.
It breaths harder than many regulators and will change quite a bit depending on body position.
The big thing you notice is breathing has NO effect on buoyancy.
You can hear the air moving and any mechanical sounds pretty clear.
You are a little more alive because there is a voice in the back of you head saying "this thing can kill me", it adds to the excitment!
The big thing you notice is breathing has NO effect on buoyancy.
You can hear the air moving and any mechanical sounds pretty clear.
You are a little more alive because there is a voice in the back of you head saying "this thing can kill me", it adds to the excitment!
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