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Dude, the concept of copying the pros is a good one. We know things about cave diving that the personal preference crowd has not yet enccountered, and that is why they try to reinvent the wheel - they have never really seen one. They say they have, but they have not. Parker Turner told me to do it his way and that I would find out why later - I did and I did. Your boy Leon is just doing it the way the military does- they rely on the machine because carrying a bunch of weenie bottles would make the machine unnecessary and useless for its intended purpose. On the other hand, Rod Farb has used this thing extensively for what he does, which is what you do, so I would go with what Farb does. I have seen his rig, and it is nearly as clean as the military version, with the bottle across the bottom and the computer box being the only differences, and they are very neatly done in Farb's rig. In fact, Rod's pony tail is bigger than his pony bottle, and I now know that he ment something entirely different when he talked about pony tamer, or petting the pony. For what we do at WKPP, the dives are so task intense that we can not use equipment that requires any attention. Gavin droped dead diving an EX19 in a tank riding a bicycle as he did not notice the fact that the machine was not adding oxygen. If you watch our films, you will see that in my case I may only breath onece every 30 seconds to a minute, and then very slowly. I am surveying, taking notes, and drawing pictures while trying to scooter wide open through a cave and keep track of my teammmates. If I did not hear the solenoid go off for four or five minutes I would never notice, and then I would never feel the hypoxia since I can swim 100 yard spints without breathing. It is amazing to reead the slop on here about these machines, as most people have no clue how or why they work, and the rest think they are the magic carpet. There is no easier way. Like Bill Gavin says , "get a pair of running shoes", but then what does he know about cave diving or reabreathers besides everything. In my case I just like toys, so I would use one of yours, but not for what I do, for ocean diving instead, like you do. I would not even think about fooling with anything electronic but the one you have, knowing what I know from Gavin and others. As with any other diving, Dude, rule number one will keep you out of trouble. Personal preference is the motto of the stroke, and is a dead giveaway about who not to dive with. George M. Irvine III DIR WKPP 1400 SE 11 ST Ft Lauderdale, FL 33316 954-493-6655 FAX 6698 Email gmiiii@in*.co*
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