Rebreather in Stock -- NESS

wreckdiv

John,

Nice to hear you are getting into RBs. You already have a good bit of stuff and the reputation for all the transfill, etc locked up. I used you for that - Great service!!

Re: your original parts question. I'm on the Optima and the EA cartridge o-ring set didn't last a full (active) EC season before developing a flat spot. The neg pressure tests started getting weaker and weaker and then a little while later it developed a small leak UW. So those really seemed like parts that were an annual service item, but I ended up needing a mid-season replacement. So I'd recommend a few of those on hand for the Optimas.

Karen

heyydude

Hey John,

I think you should stock about 500 spare Hammerhead sets. That way, my kids can go to college...

Seriously, let me know what you may want to carry in the way of spares for our stuff.

Later on,

Kevin.

((P.S. I'm a long-time customer of Northeast - John's a top-notch dude.))

John, Northeast Scuba

Karen, thanks I appreciate the heads up. I figure once we get our optima in next week I will spec out the orings. My plans are to carry all the orings and I figured maybe breathing hoses and such.

I am sooting for the same thing we do in regulators. The idea being you can come in and see in person instead of a picture most of the rebreathers that are made.

See ya John
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John, Northeast Scuba

Kevin, I hope all is well bud. I figureded I be giving you a call before the end of the week. SEEYA

Skipbreather

Wish list: How about a selection of common O2 sensors? If one shows up bad just prior to a trip there’s no time for mail order.

Also; sanitizing solution (Virkon or similar), ‘sorb, mfg. recommended brand(s) of batteries, basic O2 cleaning supplies, O2 safe lube (RBs use a lot more than OC), essentially what one might call generic Rebreather consumables.

Generic gear: Lots of rigging bits/ clips/ connectors, good selection of Rebreather sized (2~3 L) cylinders in both steel & alu, good selection of stage bottles & required attachments, both left & right tank valves- no isolator bar needed, good variety of lp hoses to allow personalized configuration, replacement drysuit OP valves (used by many rigs)

This is starting to sound like my basement…………….

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teksimple

I will agree that NE Scuba has excellent customer service. John is also the only source for ¼” male NPT to 3/8 Oring adaptors that I could find. Now both of the 1st stages on my Mk 15.5 are plumbed for quick access to that gas if I need it.

wreckdiv

Well Teksimple has a point. Your sustaining reputation with most of us is - "if nobody else has it, NE does". We can call up, talk about our particular tech application needs, decide on the best approach with you, and it ships next day.

You can get into the consumables and acccessories market as suggested above but you stay in a price and delivery competition (unless you have a good size walk-in Rebreather market who can take advantage of hands on). Just don't forget your strength. Since you are shooting for having available first hand most of the RBs made, you'll figure out the "hard to find bits" and systems on your own in due course.

karen

ScubaDadMiami

I have also bought parts from NESS, and I found their service excellent. You will want to stock Extend Air Cartridges, Micropore spare o-ring kits for the canister, o-rings for the Hammerhead battery compartment, Christolube, spare wire harnesses to connect to the O2 sensors, the O2 sensors themselves, solenoids, hoses, manifolds, o-rings for hoses, ADVs and the like.

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Genesis

John - you guys are great (as my credit card will attest!)

Ok, on to what I'd stock were I you....

1. Parts/pieces/hoses. Especially breathing hoses. Not just for O2ptima divers either - us homebuilders like stuff like that, and you can bet we'll buy them. DiveRiteExpress used to openly stock and sell them, but no more. That spells O.P.P.O.R.T.U.N.I.T.Y. Solenoids are a big one, as they tend to be hard to get from the manufacturers in small numbers (try buying few than 100 - its not easy.)

2. Sensors. At least the Teledynes or, better, the AII ones. There is currently no stocking source out there for the AII (Analytical Instruments) sensors, and many believe they're a superior product. People CAN buy direct, but its better to have a stocking org.... that could be you!

3. You want to really get radical? Stock counterlung sets and T-pieces / connectors. Not necessarily as replacements, but as a means for people to buy them for their own projects! I bet you sell more than a few if you have all the pieces to meld them together. That's a BIG ISSUE among homebuilders at present..... there are solutions but a "clean" solution is not trivial. Again, at one time DRE had the counterlung assemblies on their web page - they no longer do. Those + Ts + hose adapters makes for all of a loop EXCEPT the DSV and Cannister - the DSV is not hard to source (although you could carry that too!) and the cannister is the "essence" of a homebuild. Again, this isn't so much for "spare parts" as it is to support those who march to a "different drummer."

Anyway, I know that's a bit off the target of what you asked, but since 'ya asked an a fairly open-ended fashion.........

Oh, and welcome to Rebreather World.

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fireman

A selection of BOV's especially Jetsam. Breathing hoses including cooper's. Apeks DS4 din first stage only. Draeger bits especially P-ports. O2 sensors. Shearwater computer. Fisher connectors and cable assemblies. Grace soda--much less expensive than snofo. Vikon. KISS style assemblies-- Hydrogom and Jetsam. An inexpensive 3 cell O2 guage with p-port cell holder.
And a partridge in a pear tree--I guess this is my Xmas wish list. I did convince my wife to give me a NESS gift certificate for Xmas this year which I still have to use...