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ccr 500 is not MK 15. A bird in the hand is worth two in the bush. I'll believe the cis when I see it. Rod On Sat, 6 Jul 1996, Tom Mount wrote: > Well Dennis if all of the ccr 500 has the 3.5 mil hours then it has to be > the mk15 and the it is suppossed to be a new unit. personally you take the > proven old and I'll opt for the evolution of a better technology. better, > more efficient electronics, better sensors, more dependabel hardware, I > truly beleive a 90's technology beats a 70's technology in almost everything > cars,boats, airplanes, dive equipment and especially in fully closed circuit > units. > > That does mean i do not think the unit is excellent it just means that only > closed minded person would assume modern technology with the advances made > by growing from the short commings of old technology was not a step forward > in safety and dependability. > > On the odessey it is an already proven concept as pointed out by Barrie > except it has the advantage of being updated. Yes I agree it is prudent to > have a po2 monitor and mind will. > > tom > At 07:33 AM 7/5/96 +0000, you wrote: > > > > > >On Thu, 4 Jul 1996, Barrie Kovish wrote: > > > >> >> Dennis, do you have some specific unhappyness with the Odyssey or just > >> >> a general malaise about semiclosed circuit? > >> > > >> >semi closed units. > >> > >> I would point out that, in theory, the Odyssey will have ~1/3 the > >> variation in FO2 that the Atlantis I has making it somewhat more > >> diver friendly and less prone to those annoying spots of hypoxia. > > > >the key word here is "theory", yawnnnnn, sorry, but this is old stuff, > >without a ppo2 indicator any unit is dangerous.. very dangerous. and the > >semiclosed makers know it and aren't talking about it.. can't imagine why, > >i mean, this is (or should be) bigger than all of us put together.. but > >all they want to do is put units out there... even if they will kill > >people.. sorry guys, but that's just what you've got... and even if you > >don't hurt anyone.. you are still diving air or close to it.. > > > > ...... what is the point, photographs.. hold your > >breath. free dive.. what ever, but if you're gonna sell something tell > >the world what the hell you're selling.. the siding closers are long > >gone. > > > >dp > > > >ps let's put all the units up against each other and run tests like i did > >on the fienos.. that's the right way to do it... i think some of makers > >would run.. sorta like the first forum meeting in key west three years > >ago... :-) > > > > > >you can bet that when i get the 500's i will do just that, and i'll > >borrow marty's 15.5, or marks, and i'll get the drager that a guy bought > >last month and already wants to sell it, and rich, and any other unit i > >can get my hands on... an run some real live tests.. and publish them.. > >(bet that scares the shit out some of the manufactures, oh my god, the > >TRUTH!!). That's what we should have done a year ago.. but no one would > >give up the units....now we know why. :-) > > > >let's go back to that word "theory"... i will stand by the 3.5 million man > >hours of diving on the ccr units... good grief.. why work with theory > >when lives are at stake... > > > >dp > > > > > > > >> > >> Barrie > >> > >> -- > >> Send mail for the `techdiver' mailing list to `techdiver@terra.net'. > >> Send subscription/archive requests to `techdiver-request@terra.net'. > >> > > > >-- > >Send mail for the `techdiver' mailing list to `techdiver@terra.net'. > >Send subscription/archive requests to `techdiver-request@terra.net'. > > > > -- > Send mail for the `techdiver' mailing list to `techdiver@terra.net'. > Send subscription/archive requests to `techdiver-request@terra.net'. >
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