> Rich,
>     Are you saying that they have solved all the problems and that 
> they now have a waterproof O2 sensor that works. I want some of that 
> Wonder Icing you have on your cake. 

I guess my point was that the feature that George seemed so enamoured by
is one of the more trivial solutions Stone has come up with to solve
classic rebreather problems. Moreover, George latched onto the secondary 
purpose of that feature - the primary purpose is to verify the accuracy of 
PO2 readings in real time at any point during the dive with a 10-second 
distraction -- analogous to glancing at your pressure gauge on an 
open-circuit dive.

The real cool stuff - the stuff covered in the pages of my non-disclosure
agreement with them - have to do with things like prevention of water
getting on the absorbent in the event of a flooded loop (allowing the safe
use of LiOH as an absorbent), oxygen control systems, warning systems,
bailout systems, and some other stuff.  Together with adequate levels of
training, these "tools" expand the magins for error on deep dives
dramatically.

> And to think just this past weekend 
> there was no solution to this fatal design flaw. 

There has been a solution for about 5 years.  A very simple one, in 
fact.  The problem is, nobody other than Stone seems to have picked up on 
it.

> The "Experts" at DEMA must be surprized. > 

I'm sure they would be.

Aloha,
Rich

P.S. I only managed to get a few seconds of video this past weekend, but 
I appreciate the pointers you suggested.

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