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not to be an ass, but you made it perfectly clear to me that you have
no idea what the hell you are talking about...

damn i hate to spend time on these posts... kevin, would you just go thru
and mark the one's to pass over...

:-)


dp

On Thu, 27 Jun 1996, Carlos Arruda Accioly wrote:

> Barrie, Dennis et al,
> 
> In light of recent posts on the subject, I'd like to point a few things out.
> 
> All parts have been tested for over 20 years? Does that mean that each and
> every part in a rebreather has been designed at least 20 years ago? Gimme
> a break!
> 
> Even if that were true, parts do not a system make. A rebreather is a
> complex beast, and all the implications of putting all those parts together,
> strapping the whole shebang on your back and performing non-military diving 
> are still not known.
> 
> Which brings us to the main part: rebreathers have been in use for oh such a 
> long time, yes, but by the *military*, who have different goals, dive
> profiles, maintenance, training, support and - pay attention - risk
acceptance.
> 
> I don't mean to knock rebreathers. Are they here to stay? Probably, yeah.
> Are they safe? Perhaps. I don't know. And *you* don't know. Until they have
> been in use by *civilians* for quite a few years, we won't know.
> 
> I'm all for you guys diving rebreathers. Honest. You know the risks, and
> hopefully you try to compensate by proper training, maintenance and 
> conservatism while diving. And it's your choice.
> 
> But *please* don't make it sound like open circuit scuba is a thing of the
> past, and if you're the last kid on the block to have a rebreather you're
> uncool or whatever.
> 
> Cheers,
> 
> Carlos     8^)
> 
> P.S.: If *I* were to try unproven technology, at the very least I'd make sure 
> it's not *cheap* unproven technology. In other words, I'd steer clear of $5k
> rebreathers if I were you.
> 
> 
> 
> >it's more like 5k and all parts except the tanks of this unit has over
> >3.5 million man hours of testing on them all over the world for over 
> >20 years.
> >
> >dp
> >
> >On Wed, 26 Jun 1996, Carlos Arruda Accioly wrote:
> >
> >> Barrie,
> >> 
> >> >Money talks, Bullshit dives open circuit.
> >> 
> >> Money talks, Bullshit spends $10K on unproven technology and brags about
it.
> 

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