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Since rebreathers are becoming the hot topic on this board, and folks are talking about "Caustic Cocktails" - I thought I'd throw in my two cents... First, since I wanna dive with a full face mask, I have tried a couple. In the process, I have flooded my canister with sea water and pool water on more than one occasion. (I've now found the ultimate combination - the AGA mask with silicone lube to seal against my manly beard). NEVER have I got a "Caustic Cocktail" that everyone is wailing about. My unit (the BioMarine CCR-155) handles accidental water flooding so well, that I would have to intentionally flood water through the thing to get any to come out of the intake hose, like maybe putting my garden hose in the exhaust side, and letting it run for a while... In fact, every time I have had a major flood, the unit continues to perform perfectly, I hardly noticed that I had got water into the system. If it weren't for the Kogel valves bubbling in my DSV I wouldn't have known at all. I don't know how the Cis Lunar handles this, but it sounds like Rich is pretty happy with his. He must be, since he is going to start using Lithium - if water touches that stuff, the unit will explode, sending the diver and all his rare undocumented fish flying like Superman over the reef... While this is a sight that might bring a smile to the faces of Dick King and all the BioMarine divers, we'd still hate to see it happen since us rebreather dudes got to stick together... The only "Caustic" you're going to get with a rebreather is "Caustic Comments" if you show up wearing an Odessey, or try to dive one in a cave next to Geo. and his boys... Later. Kevin HeyyDude
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