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>Hello, > >My name is Jon Breazile, and I'm a NorthWest diver (Seattle, WA). >I recently joined the techdiver mailing list. I have been diving for >about a year and a half, and I recently became a certified NITROX >diver (ANDI). > >My interests include wreck diving, underwater hunting, TRIMIX, >rebreathers, and deep diving. I plan on taking a TRIMIX class >later this year, or early next year. > >I have had trouble finding information on rebreathers. I know >that Oceanic is planning on releasing a model this year, but >what other models are available to divers? I assume that most >people in the cave diving community are up to speed on the different >models, so if any of you can give me a hint where to find more >info it would be greatly appreciated. I am also interested in >taking a rebreather certification course some time, so who does >this kind of training? > >Any comments on NITROX compatible dive computers (air integrated >if possible) would be greatly appreciated also. Has anybody heard >anything about the NITROX ready version of the Uwatec Air-X? > Try e-mailing Dive USA at <diveusa@ga*.ne*> They have a rebreather program you can get in right now with the Odyssey, and you'd be diving it in West Palm and Pompano, so you know you'll get a taste of the best tek diving there is. As far as Nitrox computers, I've been using the Nemesis II Nitrox for a few months now and have found it to be an excellent computer. There is nothing this computer can't do (that I would want) except maybe have a help screen for the first week you use it---when you pack this many features into a computer, plan on it being a little beyond a "plug and play" setup...figure on three hours on the manual, and then it should start to make a lot more sense to you. But even though this computer can do all the calculations for you, even pure O2 deco, don't let yourself become a "COMPUTER DEPENDENT DIVER". You need to become very comfortable with pre-dive planning and all calculations without the computer before you have any business using one for serious exposures. No computer is infallible, so reliance on a system as comprehensive as the Nemesis could easily make you lacsidasical about planning your dive----and divers who become this way are unsafe divers. Assuming you know all this already, I think you'd be very happy with this computer. Dan > Dan Volker SOUTH FLORIDA DIVE JOURNAL http://www.florida.net/scuba/dive 407-683-3592
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