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onetime · 1st March 2007, 18:12

Quote: (Originally Posted by dave t)

Agreed but there may also be a time when you dont want to breathe it, if your only skill is nose dumping you will have to breathe in the crap before getting it out the loop. sometimes using the OP valve may not be convenient. Also dont you find that if you use mouth dumping the breather tells you when to get rid of gas? maybe thats just me being lazy

didnt understand your comment on OC tech, can you eleborate?

Dave

I agree about mouth dumping the loop pretty much tells you when it needs to come out. Additionally letting the gas slip from the corner of your mouth doesn't obstruct vision as much as purging from the nose and doesn't dislodge the mask.

As far as the "OC tech" comment I suspect he means that with limited gas supply you want to make use of it before getting rid of it. After all you carried it all that way and then to just release it in the water is a waste. May as well get some fuel for the body before letting it go. Of course that doesn't take into account being at the wrong depth for the mix.

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onetime Classic KISSer #138 Current Rebreather/s: Classic Kiss Other Rebreather/s: Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: US, NJ Posts: 673	Re: General question - loop volume and buoyancy Quote: (Originally Posted by dave t) Agreed but there may also be a time when you dont want to breathe it, if your only skill is nose dumping you will have to breathe in the crap before getting it out the loop. sometimes using the OP valve may not be convenient. Also dont you find that if you use mouth dumping the breather tells you when to get rid of gas? maybe thats just me being lazy didnt understand your comment on OC tech, can you eleborate? Dave I agree about mouth dumping the loop pretty much tells you when it needs to come out. Additionally letting the gas slip from the corner of your mouth doesn't obstruct vision as much as purging from the nose and doesn't dislodge the mask. As far as the "OC tech" comment I suspect he means that with limited gas supply you want to make use of it before getting rid of it. After all you carried it all that way and then to just release it in the water is a waste. May as well get some fuel for the body before letting it go. Of course that doesn't take into account being at the wrong depth for the mix.
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