Quote: (Originally Posted by jholley)
Hello everyone,
I am brand new to this forum and wanted to get some advice from those of you that have been diving rebreathers for some time now.
I am not new to diving but I am very new to rebreathers. I will be taking a class with the Inspiration later this summer.
I have several years experience diving, which includes technical and commercial diving as well as being a NAUI Instructor Trainer and a training specialist at NASA's Neutral Buoyancy Laboratory.
What I need are suggestions on what to look for and expect during the training and also where to find a reputable place to buy a rebreather. I live in Houston Texas.
Joe
http://www.underwaterul.com
I cant quite get a grasp on what your after. As a result this might not be relevant.
However.
The course is all about learning how the unit works from a practical angle which is easy if your practical minded. I would expect like most people you will find buoyancy very unusual and this (to me) is by far the hardest thing to learn on CCR.
Down load the manual off the Internet and read it several times this will give you a big head start.
Trimming out the unit is difficult and I would recommend getting a big soft weight to go on top like a 3kg.
Most divers need 10KG to dive the unit at first.
Press your instructor into getting you weighted and trimmed out correctly before starting on skills in the lake section. This will help enormously.
Make sure your mask doesn't leak
Make sure you have a crack bottle SMB or mini CO2 Smb manual SMB's and CCR don't go well together
Keep at least 2m off the bottom so you can control buoyancy by fining up and finning down
HTH
ATB
Mark Chase