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To steal some thunder from JDZ and to ask a question or two.

On the weekend JDZ carried his CCR Dolphin as a BOB (while diving OC) to 50 odd. The unit was on and had been pre-breathed (sp) ready to go, loop shut and secured. JDZ got to the bottom and went to the loop.
JDZ found the loop to be perfect, volume wise, even after clearing the DSV as usual. We thought it was a good test and nice to know that the ADV will do its job even when un-manned.

Now to question time.

Assumption one: You are making/using a BOB for deeper dives.
(Dives where OC bailout is restrictive)

For those considering/using a BOB, how do you get your head around only having two x 3l Diluents and two x 3l O2's (at most, some with less) considering you will be at 100M plus. That is not alot of "sanity" breaths from an onboard reg.

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For those that are considering/using a BOB, have you given any thought to how this affects your use of the BOV. Does this mean you only use the small onboards or do you also carry OC bailout for the BOV.

thanks for the your time.
PS Moderators if you think this is too much of a tangent would you mind splitting this off into another thread. Thanks Wiz