| Re: Rebreathers are dangerous! So that is why I am here!
Rebreathers severely punish lack of attention.
If that's not one of your problems, then they can actually add safety.
An example I've posted here before:
You're teleported into the cargo hold of a ship underwater at 200' wearing only a mask. You have no idea where you are, or where "out" is. You have in front of you a twinset and a rebreather. You may choose to strap either on and attempt to use it to exit and get back to the surface.
I know what I pick.
Part of the "gotcha" in most OC accidents is the element of TIME. You come out of a shipwreck and, having foolishly left your deco gas outside, you find its not there (in truth you came out a different hole than you went in most likely!) The vis sucks bananas. Now what?
Or, you're in a cave way back in wherever, and your scooter sticks on. In the attempt to get it under control you manage to plow the bottom and zero the visability. You now have a non-working scooter, you're 4,000' back from the entrance, you have a decent idea of where the line is (but you're not on it) and you can't see. On OC this is a life-threatening emergency. On a CCR, most of the time, its bad - but not nearly AS bad.
There are no trade-offs without costs; all "good" comes with a "bad."
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