disinfection during Rebreather demo days

OceanOpportunity · 21st February 2008, 03:29

For those who offer demo sessions on units in a pool/confined water, or a 'try before you buy': to what extent do you disinfect the loop in between users? Surely, if you have half a dozen folks lined up to try out a rig, it is impractical to break everything down and thoroughly disinfect. What's the consensus?

Gobfish1 · 21st February 2008, 05:53

i was at a inland dive site a few week ago , some try dives on megs going
on, the unit was just passed for one guy to the next ,,, at the waters edge ..

ps

best to take along a few boy friends,s ,,, let them have a go be4 you

at least you will know what they have had in there mouth,s

***caveseeker7*** · 21st February 2008, 07:00

On the demos I attended:

1. One on one, so no issue

2. PRISM - all 4 hoses, DSV and CL betadyned between switches
MK16 - hoses and DSV betadyned between switches

3. Inspo/Dolphin - don't remember any disinfecting between divers

Was the first on the Inspo, passed it on to the next guy after a couple of mins.
Was the first and only one on the Dolphin, no intrest in that unit.

But I missed the switches except passing on the Inspo, played with the Dolphin
for about 40 mins ... could well be that they disinfected the hoses/DSV.
Knowing the shop that would be my guess.

21st February 2008, 03:29	#1 (permalink)
OceanOpportunity for a world of water Current Rebreather/s: Other CCR Dolphin Home Build Other Rebreather/s: Not Bought Yet Inspiration Classic Other CCR Dolphin Home Build Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Providence, RI USA Posts: 615	disinfection during Rebreather demo days For those who offer demo sessions on units in a pool/confined water, or a 'try before you buy': to what extent do you disinfect the loop in between users? Surely, if you have half a dozen folks lined up to try out a rig, it is impractical to break everything down and thoroughly disinfect. What's the consensus? __________________ Michael Lombardi Oceans of Opportunity www.oceanopportunity.com Elected Director, Society for Human Performance in Extreme Environments MN'07, The Explorers Club Project Manager, Diving a Dream
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21st February 2008, 05:53	#2 (permalink)
Gobfish1 RBW Member Current Rebreather/s: Inspiration Classic Other Rebreather/s: Inspiration Classic Inspiration Vision Evolution Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Manchester UK Posts: 434	Re: disinfection during Rebreather demo days i was at a inland dive site a few week ago , some try dives on megs going on, the unit was just passed for one guy to the next ,,, at the waters edge .. ps best to take along a few boy friends,s ,,, let them have a go be4 you at least you will know what they have had in there mouth,s __________________ Steve G Apparently not the only gay diver in the village http://www.scubatunes.com/audio/vol01/mp3/HiTech.mp3 Last edited by Gobfish1 : 21st February 2008 at 05:59.
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21st February 2008, 07:00	#3 (permalink)
*caveseeker7* Who loves ya, baby Current Rebreather/s: Sport Kiss Other Rebreather/s: Prism Topaz Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Too far from Neverland Posts: 5,577	Re: disinfection during Rebreather demo days On the demos I attended: 1. One on one, so no issue 2. PRISM - all 4 hoses, DSV and CL betadyned between switches MK16 - hoses and DSV betadyned between switches 3. Inspo/Dolphin - don't remember any disinfecting between divers Was the first on the Inspo, passed it on to the next guy after a couple of mins. Was the first and only one on the Dolphin, no intrest in that unit. But I missed the switches except passing on the Inspo, played with the Dolphin for about 40 mins ... could well be that they disinfected the hoses/DSV. Knowing the shop that would be my guess. __________________ Cheers Stefan "Political Correctness is a doctrine, fostered by a delusional, illogical minority, and rabidly promoted by an unscrupulous mainstream media, which holds forth the proposition that it is entirely possible to pick up a turd by the clean end.!"
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