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abowie · 9th June 2007, 10:01

Fascinating thread.

I must admit that I am beginning to feel that the HUD may be the single most important piece of kit in this whole debate.

My feeling about the eCCR has always been that how it kills you is by lulling you into believing that it's looking after you, then you don't notice when it fails and you die without realising it. The HUD might ameliorate this issue to some degree by making monitoring literally more "in your face" with the eCCR.

Personally I'll be fitting a HUD to the next CCR I use, before I dive it. But it'll still be an mCCR.

I still think that the numbers speak for themselves. 5000 Inspos out there; 5 deaths per year. Many fewer Megs and 7 to 10 deaths in the last 2 or so years. If I'm missing something here please someone explain to me why.

I can sort of see the arguments supporting the "best tool for the job" scenario too, but I'm not sold on them. I'm a photographer primarily, and I can cope with OC or mCCR and still use a camera. I like caving too, and my hero Rick Stanton, who must have spent more time in zero viz in uncharted deep caves than anyone, uses a KISS.

As a final observation; going entirely against my arguments in this thread there are over 5000 Inspos and derivatives out there, which must be over 80% of all CCRs in recreational hands. Why the hell is that, pray tell?

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abowie Fighting Girl Current Rebreather/s: Sport Kiss Other Rebreather/s: Join Date: May 2005 Location: Land of Oz Posts: 574	Re: Maybe eCCR's really aren't the wave of the future for recreational divers? Fascinating thread. I must admit that I am beginning to feel that the HUD may be the single most important piece of kit in this whole debate. My feeling about the eCCR has always been that how it kills you is by lulling you into believing that it's looking after you, then you don't notice when it fails and you die without realising it. The HUD might ameliorate this issue to some degree by making monitoring literally more "in your face" with the eCCR. Personally I'll be fitting a HUD to the next CCR I use, before I dive it. But it'll still be an mCCR. I still think that the numbers speak for themselves. 5000 Inspos out there; 5 deaths per year. Many fewer Megs and 7 to 10 deaths in the last 2 or so years. If I'm missing something here please someone explain to me why. I can sort of see the arguments supporting the "best tool for the job" scenario too, but I'm not sold on them. I'm a photographer primarily, and I can cope with OC or mCCR and still use a camera. I like caving too, and my hero Rick Stanton, who must have spent more time in zero viz in uncharted deep caves than anyone, uses a KISS. As a final observation; going entirely against my arguments in this thread there are over 5000 Inspos and derivatives out there, which must be over 80% of all CCRs in recreational hands. Why the hell is that, pray tell? __________________ Andrew Bowie Rebreather-friendly Buddy
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