Quote: (Originally Posted by
PnL)
Mike,
Is there any evidence to suggest that the solenoid would not fire in "parachute" mode when you need it? I've never had a solenoid on my rig so I'm curious to what the failure rate of eCCR's are such that this is a real concern during a dive, especially if you are doing your predives and the solenoid is firing properly.
Having experienced a solenoid fail mid dive on my wife's unit before going mCCR, it's like asking how can you trust a parachute that may not open or a safety net that may not be there when you need it. If you can't trust it enough to use it all the time, why trust it to be working at some random time in the future. The chances are small, but I don't care what anyone says, they fail open and closed and in my wife's case, intermittently... it started working spontaniously again too
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I'm with Michael on this one, consisten pattern is key to good reaction time. In the end the convenience of auto inject just did not measure up to the inconvenience and dangers they can cause when they fail unexpectedly.
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