Quote: (Originally Posted by
Drmike)
IMO all this talk that mCCR is safer is just not true.
mCCR = You have the habit to regularly squirt in some O2 and check your handsets at intervals during the dive, more frequenty when ascending.
eCCR = You have the habit to regularly check your handsets at intervals during the dive, more frequently when ascending.
IMO eCCR with good monitoring skills = safer than mCCR
My sentiments exactly, plus a good ECCR controller will always keep SP better than I can. My HUD will tell me the moment one of the cells is voted out or if the battery is getting low, I wouldn't find that info out on an MCCR until the next time I looked at the displays. If anything, I'm more aware of my unit than an MCCR diver thanks to the constant info provided by the HUD.
IMHO, there are too many factors involved in Rebreather fatalities to say with any surety that the reason for the lack of KISS fatalities is because of the monitoring habits of the users...