Quote: (Originally Posted by lizardland)
I don't think there is any one rebreather. They all have features that are good but I don't think there is one that has all of them.
Maybe the answer is to build one?
Depends what you want. A Rebreather that is good for long, deep dives in big caves may not necessarily be the best choice for a shallow cave with lots of uppy-downy.
I agree the Inspiration is not a good choice for small caves. I once saw an instructor almost drown one of his students by trying to squeeze him through the entrance to the Font de Truffe... the mouth is so narrow it crushed the OTS lungs and wouldn't let them inflate on exhale. It takes a good bit of squeezing on a small twinset, on the box it took forever. He ended up pulling him out by the feet only when someone else pointed out what was happening.
Thanks for sharing that. It's amazing what instructors will do sometimes.
I spent the best part of ten minutes trying to get under the entrance restriction at Goul du Pont and that's not even big! The yellow lump is definitely too big for these type of environments. I also had to squash the lungs, as you said, quite difficult to breathe. The only way to get under eventually was to back in feet first, get my legs under and then leverage myself under while not breathing and holding the lungs in tight. The case was not without a few deep gouges LOL
The KISS is a revelation from the "profile" point of view.
Regards
AnneMarie