Hi from RI

Jens Kallmeyer

Hi there!

After being a user for a little while I finally find some time to write a few lines and introduce myself.
I am from Germany, started diving age 14 in 1988, now you can calculate how old I am now. Most of my diving is in cold water, my absolute favourite is going under ice. I don't mind warm water though, have been to the standard dive spots e.g. Red Sea, Bahamas, Florida etc. and some more remote places like Easter Island and Ascension Island.
I started with RBs about 4 years ago in Germany, of course on the Draeger stuff. That was sort of OK, but I knew there has to be more.....The Inspo was available but not to a PhD student with an abysmal salary. So I bought an AKA 60 and started modifying it. This is what I am currently using, a 2 mix AKA 60 with build-in gas switch and the possibility to cut the Rebreather from the gas but still having both cylinders available as bailout on a single regulator. I also kicked out the russian cylinders (they went back to Dave Sutton for some FrankenX Project), was too much of a hassle to get them filled anywhere in Germany....they can be so anal about hydros etc.....now it is all nice and DIN and I even have a German TUEV on the cylinders (but not DOT).
Anyways, the next project is a mCCR, very small and lightweight. I found the units on the market still to be too heavy and bulky for traveling. Let's see how much I can get the weight and size down without loosing too much stability.
Since Jan 2005 I live in Rhode Island, diving here is OK, but I have too little time to really explore the area. Perhaps this year will be better, I'll keep my fingers crossed.

Cheers
Jens

ROB DAVIE

Jens,

Welcome officially to Rebreather World. We are glad to have another hom-builder/DIY'er here. We have a strong community of folks who mod all sorts of equipment!

Again, welcome aboard!

Rob Davie
Rebreather World Admin

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