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**Gill Envy** · 8th August 2006, 18:21

john, glad to hear you had a good experience with Joe R., he seems like a very knowledgable guy.

I have had a few interesting experiences with charter staff and random OC divers that surprised me. One boat operator asked me how i like my death machine...since my wife is still a bit trepedacious, things like this don't go over so well with me. the other experience was when we were getting ready for a shore dive and a bunch of OC divers were getting ready. they kept looking at us and making comments under their breath and wouldn't even respond to a hello from me...that was a bit descouraging. the tricky part is that you are embarking on something that could end in your demize and in addition many OC divers feel priced out. Fear combined with jealously is what i think drives the attitude we sometimes pick up on. In any case, i think the attitude is quickly changing as there are more and more rebreather sightings out there.

on another note, after 5-6 months of research, having thought that i had identified the perfect rebreather, i was quite dismayed when after buying it and puting 25 hours or so on it that things started to go wrong. the honeymoon period had ended, I now vascilate between feeling confident and on top of things and green and inexperienced. I love rebreather diving but have definitely had it instilled in me that I must pay constant attention and treat it like it can kill me because it can and will if i'm not ready to react effectively to new combinations of issues that WILL come up from time to time.

it has taken a while for me to accept that there is no perfect rebreather and that they are not as reliable as OC gear by a long shot but that the benefits of being warmer, having nice long dives with more up close experiences with critters, and having lots of compact capacity for multi dive kayak expeditions to remote places is all worth it to me. For sure i do not get the back aches i was getting lugging AL 80's, sometimes severe, and that was just with single tank diving... Comparing CCR diving to the thought of doubles on my back, there is no question, CCR's are the better of the two.

happy diving!

8th August 2006, 18:21	#9 (permalink)
Gill Envy Shearwater Copis Divers Current Rebreather/s: Other CCR Other Rebreather/s: Evolution Other CCR Join Date: Nov 2005 Location: seattle Posts: 1,315	Re: CCR or Doubles...first steps into Tech Diving john, glad to hear you had a good experience with Joe R., he seems like a very knowledgable guy. I have had a few interesting experiences with charter staff and random OC divers that surprised me. One boat operator asked me how i like my death machine...since my wife is still a bit trepedacious, things like this don't go over so well with me. the other experience was when we were getting ready for a shore dive and a bunch of OC divers were getting ready. they kept looking at us and making comments under their breath and wouldn't even respond to a hello from me...that was a bit descouraging. the tricky part is that you are embarking on something that could end in your demize and in addition many OC divers feel priced out. Fear combined with jealously is what i think drives the attitude we sometimes pick up on. In any case, i think the attitude is quickly changing as there are more and more rebreather sightings out there. on another note, after 5-6 months of research, having thought that i had identified the perfect rebreather, i was quite dismayed when after buying it and puting 25 hours or so on it that things started to go wrong. the honeymoon period had ended, I now vascilate between feeling confident and on top of things and green and inexperienced. I love rebreather diving but have definitely had it instilled in me that I must pay constant attention and treat it like it can kill me because it can and will if i'm not ready to react effectively to new combinations of issues that WILL come up from time to time. it has taken a while for me to accept that there is no perfect rebreather and that they are not as reliable as OC gear by a long shot but that the benefits of being warmer, having nice long dives with more up close experiences with critters, and having lots of compact capacity for multi dive kayak expeditions to remote places is all worth it to me. For sure i do not get the back aches i was getting lugging AL 80's, sometimes severe, and that was just with single tank diving... Comparing CCR diving to the thought of doubles on my back, there is no question, CCR's are the better of the two. happy diving! __________________ Gill Envy ...Because I wasn't born with gills! ><(°>><(°>><(°>><(°>><(°>><(°>><(°>><(°>
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