Quote: (Originally Posted by
sfldiver)
I apologize in advance for the ignorance of my question, because I am not familiar with your rebreather, but isn't there some type of backup system to assist you in avoiding that scenario?
The stock KISS MCCR has no backup/parachute, when the PPO2 drops it drops, slower than on a non-KISS MCCR or ECCR with the electronics off but it drops nevertheless- fear keeps the diver of a MCCR alive, the fear of this very things happening.
For this reason many MCCR users run their units almost as an O2 rebreather above 6mtrs.
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