| Aluminum or any metal makes for a very poorly performing material for a scrubber housing. Plastic insulates the heated scrubber far better, which is one of the reasons the Inspiration scubber duration doesn't make that much difference between cold and warm water. The inexpensive work around is a sponge neoprene scrubber wrap.
Aluminum is far easier to manufacturer than engineered/welded plastic.
Since all oxygen sensors and electronics in salt water have issues, if any other rebreathers were out there in remotely the same quantitites of the Inspiration, you would be hearing of far more issues too.
I have never heard naything bad about Megs, although calling it "streamlined: underwater is a joke, all these standard sized CCRS are hydrodynamic pigs.....
Remember, there are more Inspirations out there than all other rebreathers COMBINED! |