Quote: (Originally Posted by
pabusk)
Why not turn it around and have the KISS tested at 20 meters ???? Why pissing about again at other rebreathers which had their data far before this KISS one ???
In my opinion you are nagging about nothing ... if they want to look better they shold have tested at 20 meters also. Please stop venting this hot air.
You clearly like your breather (and you should) bt I don't see any relevance in this "my breather is better than the rest". It's great this data is available now so you can dive your breather in a safer way. And it's good news for you if it's more efficient thaan other scrubbers, that does not mean that the rest of the manufaturers are crap.
Relax and go diving instead of this venting of hot air
Cheers,
Paul
Paul you obviously haven't understood my point.
I couldn't give a toss about the KISS, Inspo, Meg ar any other unit. I am mearly stating that test data for 20m is as much use to the average CCR diver as a snorkel.
Test data over a set range of depths would be ideal, however i would have thought 40-50m would be a much better base line than 15 or 20m
And just for clarification M8 point me to the post where I say the KISS is best.
If your struggling then you may do better searching for one where I say the rEvo is the best MCCR and the Meg Apex 2 appears to be the most reliable ECCR with the Vision being the obvious choice for full on all singing and dancing ECCR
The KISS is as its name suggests very simple and has been 100% reliable for me with the Shear water handset.
BUT
Standard hand sets are dodgy
Work of breathing is higher than the Classic / Vision
The flood recovery is rubbish
The units needs a lot of tools to let you do simple tasks like change cells
The access to the counter lungs fittings is very poor
The ADV is fragile
The OPV wont shut down hard enough for decent positive pressure tests or to let you do decent liquid soap leek searches
The standard BOV was rubbish (dont know about the new one)
There is no HUD
Apart form these points your dead right I tell every one how fantastic my unit is.
I love my CCRs like I love a hammer or a screw driver. If it works well and doesn't break its good. I have no allegiances.
ATB
Mark Chase