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mempilot · 9th May 2008, 16:30

I use the Cave Meg (mid-sized canister with std scrubber). For wetsuit diving, I can drop the SS backplate and go aluminum and save 4 lbs. This puts the whole rig with 2 ltr steels at @ 60 lbs.

I don't see a whole lot of advantage in going with aluminum 13's unless you're trying to fix bouyancy. The weight difference is very negligible. If you are using 3 liters, they are way over kill for recreational diving. I would drop to the 2 liters. This shaves a few pounds total.

As for dropping to a Mini Meg canister and scrubber, that is probably the biggest reduction in weight but you'll need to put it back on your belt. Kitting up a Mini Meg on a rolling boat seems like a sucky propisition at best.

The difference between my buddies standard meg equipped with 3 ltr bottles and a stainless plate and my cave meg with 2 ltrs and a stainless plate is just over 10 lbs.

9th May 2008, 16:30	#10 (permalink)
mempilot What is this..terrafirma? Current Rebreather/s: Megalodon Other Rebreather/s: Megalodon Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: Ft. Lauderdale Posts: 1,098	Re: Shaving some weight off the Meg??? I use the Cave Meg (mid-sized canister with std scrubber). For wetsuit diving, I can drop the SS backplate and go aluminum and save 4 lbs. This puts the whole rig with 2 ltr steels at @ 60 lbs. I don't see a whole lot of advantage in going with aluminum 13's unless you're trying to fix bouyancy. The weight difference is very negligible. If you are using 3 liters, they are way over kill for recreational diving. I would drop to the 2 liters. This shaves a few pounds total. As for dropping to a Mini Meg canister and scrubber, that is probably the biggest reduction in weight but you'll need to put it back on your belt. Kitting up a Mini Meg on a rolling boat seems like a sucky propisition at best. The difference between my buddies standard meg equipped with 3 ltr bottles and a stainless plate and my cave meg with 2 ltrs and a stainless plate is just over 10 lbs. __________________ MEM "Da Pilot" Black holes are where God divided by zero. "If at first you don't succeed, don't dive silent." "Would you mind not shooting at the thermo-nuclear weapons." ~ Vic Deakins "Donkey's kill more people annually than plane crashes."
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