Truk Lagoon CCR Cylinders & Chemical

Deep Thought · 7th April 2006, 16:48

I have some rebreather equipment at the Blue Lagoon Resort in Chuuk – Truk Lagoon, that I would like to share with the RBW community.

The equipment is owned by myself, but entrusted to the dive shop at the Blue Lagoon for use by traveling ccr divers to ease the burden of weight in travel especially with the declining luggage allowances. I have asked the resort to charge a nominal fee for use that will help the resort cover storage and rinsing, etc. but it will not cover damage or neglect so please be responsible. Also it does not cover the expense of gas, last year divers used the cylinders and left them empty? Gas is expensive in Truk and one of the reasons that rebreathers make such good tools- be polite and pay for what you use.

Chemical is also available, but this product is purchased in advance by paying me and I contact the resort to release it to the diver, full kegs only – no partial keg sales.

Please PM me in advance of your trip so I can communicate your needs to the resort. Please also respect the equipment, as I returned this season to find most of my bail out cylinders empty and one was flooded – please treat this equipment as it was your own or nobody will get to enjoy these benefits.

As of this date April 5, 2006 inventory is as follows:

Chemical
10 - 22k kegs of 4-8 Molecular Products Sofnolime
14 - 22k kegs of 8-12 Moleclar Products Sofnolime
4 - 37lb pails of 6-12 Grace Sodasorb
1 - 37lb pail of 4-8 Grace Sodasorb

Gas
1 - apx. 200 Cu. Ft. / 2400 psi cylinder of Helium

Cylinders
12 - 30 cu. ft. Aluminum stage bottles with DIN Pro valve Right Hand ( last filled Trimix)
12 – 19 cu. ft Aluminum stage bottle with DIN Pro Valve Right Hand
(last filled with Oxygen)
*All stage straps have been removed

2 – 19 cu. ft. Aluminum O2 cylinder with Left Hand DIN Modular Pro valve
3 – 19 cu. ft. Aluminum Dil cylinder with Right Hand DIN valve

1 – 19 cu. ft. Steel O2 cylinder with Left Hand DIN Modular Pro valve
1 – 19 cu. ft Steel Dil cylinder with Right Hand DIN valve

7 – 3 Ltr. Steel Inspiration DIL cylinder
7 – 3 Ltr. Steel Inspiration Oxygen cylinders

Note; after this last trip I sent home over a dozen cylinders due to past abuse from divers who drained cylinders of gas and did not rinse cylinders before they were stored. All stage straps were taken off due to past abuse; I mean seriously I left the gear for two seasons and it was trashed! People if you respect this equipment I will leave it for you and others to use again, if not its all going away….

Please feel free to PM me if you would like to use any of the equipment, or purchase any chemical as I need to contact the dive shop and approve all use. Advanced notice is required, everything takes time on this island - no quick answers and I want to be sure that you get the correct items.

Suggestions to bring; Stage straps, bungies – snoopy loops, gas analyzer He / O2, DIN regulator with whip for ease of gas analyzing, spare parts, tools, Left Hand DIN valves, relaxed attitude…

Enjoy

Ron Benson / Deep Thought
Going Under DiveCenter

Deep Thought · 19th October 2006, 16:36

I need to add a clarificatoin to the post above for CCR Cylinders available for use in Chuuk / Truk Lagoon.

Quote:

The equipment is owned by myself, but entrusted to the dive shop at the Blue Lagoon for use by traveling ccr divers to ease the burden of weight in travel especially with the declining luggage allowances. I have asked the resort to charge a nominal fee for use that will help the resort cover storage and rinsing, etc. but it will not cover damage or neglect so please be responsible. - be polite and pay for what you use.

Please pay the Blue Lagoon dive shop a $15 donation per cylinder used to help them take care of the equipment that I have donated for use by rebreather divers worldwide.

I don't want to pull the plug on this deal and need your cooperation. If the fee is unreasonable - bring your own cylinders!

thanks

ron

Below is an email from the Blue Lagoon on recent ccr divers

Ron,

Thank you and we will prepare all of these cylinders for their arrival.
How much did you instructed them they will pay for the handling charges.

Last time I remember you mentioned about $ 15.00 per cylinder. To let you know that other guest who dive with the (resort deleted) he came and paid only for the keg of softnolime. As he said to Isiro he was only instructed for the keg to pay $ 20.00 each not include the cylinder, so meaning to say we did collect any handling charges to him.

Thank you.

Eric

bellamygdj · 21st October 2006, 03:05

Quote: (Originally Posted by Deep Thought)

I need to add a clarificatoin to the post above for CCR Cylinders available for use in Chuuk / Truk Lagoon.

Please pay the Blue Lagoon dive shop a $15 donation per cylinder used to help them take care of the equipment that I have donated for use by rebreather divers worldwide.

I don't want to pull the plug on this deal and need your cooperation. If the fee is unreasonable - bring your own cylinders!

thanks

ron

Below is an email from the Blue Lagoon on recent ccr divers

Ron,

Thank you and we will prepare all of these cylinders for their arrival.
How much did you instructed them they will pay for the handling charges.

Last time I remember you mentioned about $ 15.00 per cylinder. To let you know that other guest who dive with the (resort deleted) he came and paid only for the keg of softnolime. As he said to Isiro he was only instructed for the keg to pay $ 20.00 each not include the cylinder, so meaning to say we did collect any handling charges to him.

Thank you.

Eric

Thanks for the use of the cylinders Ron,You are a very generous man and a credit to the Rebreather World. Our trip in september was fantastic,
cheers gareth bellamy,
I hope the above quote is not referenced to us, as Pete Mesley paid the donation for the cylinders, in fact 20 for handling the sorb and 20 for handling the tanks for each of us ($40x3)

phylo · 17th October 2007, 19:23

Im wondering if this stuff is still available for use? Im gonna do my best to head out to Truk in late Jan or early feb.

Thanks
Phil

Deep Thought · 13th November 2007, 03:10

For the safety of the RBW community, and peace of mind I am going to pull the plug on the cylinders available at Blue Lagoon until further notice.

Recently I received an email from Eric the dive center manager that a cylinder "Exploded"...and cracked a valve, and had a valve seize up???

Two years ago when I ran a group trip with Advanced Diver magazine, we had a diver with half a cylinder full of water from source unknown? Although I verified that the hyper filters were dry, 1.5 liters of water in a cylinder is considerable. When I arrived with our group the cylinders had been abused from unknown sources?

Chuuk is a fantastic place to dive, great people, great shipwrecks, artifacts, gnarly penetrations...but unfortunately I think that CCR resources are a bit ahead of the times.

For all who have asked: the chemical has all been used and I do not have any stocks remaining. For your own peace of mind I would suggest carrying your own cylinders until further notice.

Regards

Ron

***caveseeker7*** · 13th November 2007, 03:33

That's sad news. Thanks for trying, Ron.

eanxdiver · 14th November 2007, 00:31

Your outstanding efforts were greatly appreciated by those of us that had the pleasure to dive with you on that trip 2 years ago. Sorry to hear this news.
Regards,
-Bob

Terry · 12th December 2007, 15:12

I am planning on being in Truk in May/June, along with another Rebreather diver. I will contact you a bit later on in Feb to ascertain status/availablity on this equipment.

This is great, thanks.

Terry

Patto_chan · 12th December 2007, 19:42

I too would like to add my thanks to Ron.
I visited Truk in Dec 2006 (exactly a year ago this week in fact) and, by prior arrangement with Ron, was able to buy some sorb and rent some 3L tanks.
It was a great relief not to have to carry it with me.

I'd like to go back to Truk/Chuuk again sometime in the future to catch the wrecks I missed last time (too many wrecks, too little time). In future it looks like I will have to ship tanks and sorb ahead of time if I wish to dive CC there.

Thanks again Ron.

Lancer4545 · 12th December 2007, 20:35

Quote: (Originally Posted by Patto_chan)

I too would like to add my thanks to Ron.
I visited Truk in Dec 2006 (exactly a year ago this week in fact) and, by prior arrangement with Ron, was able to buy some sorb and rent some 3L tanks.
It was a great relief not to have to carry it with me.

I'd like to go back to Truk/Chuuk again sometime in the future to catch the wrecks I missed last time (too many wrecks, too little time). In future it looks like I will have to ship tanks and sorb ahead of time if I wish to dive CC there.

Thanks again Ron.

I am going over in June 08 and I have been told there is sorb and a limited supply of tanks at the Blue Lagoon.

I will confirm this after I contact them directly as this info was relayed to me from our trip organiser.

Regards,

Lance

7th April 2006, 16:48	#1 (permalink)
Deep Thought RebreatherWorld Sponsor Current Rebreather/s: Inspiration Vision Evolution Megalodon Other Rebreather/s: Inspiration Classic Inspiration Vision Evolution Megalodon Sport Kiss Classic Kiss Optima Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Great Lakes Posts: 194	Truk Lagoon CCR Cylinders & Chemical I have some rebreather equipment at the Blue Lagoon Resort in Chuuk – Truk Lagoon, that I would like to share with the RBW community. The equipment is owned by myself, but entrusted to the dive shop at the Blue Lagoon for use by traveling ccr divers to ease the burden of weight in travel especially with the declining luggage allowances. I have asked the resort to charge a nominal fee for use that will help the resort cover storage and rinsing, etc. but it will not cover damage or neglect so please be responsible. Also it does not cover the expense of gas, last year divers used the cylinders and left them empty? Gas is expensive in Truk and one of the reasons that rebreathers make such good tools- be polite and pay for what you use. Chemical is also available, but this product is purchased in advance by paying me and I contact the resort to release it to the diver, full kegs only – no partial keg sales. Please PM me in advance of your trip so I can communicate your needs to the resort. Please also respect the equipment, as I returned this season to find most of my bail out cylinders empty and one was flooded – please treat this equipment as it was your own or nobody will get to enjoy these benefits. As of this date April 5, 2006 inventory is as follows: Chemical 10 - 22k kegs of 4-8 Molecular Products Sofnolime 14 - 22k kegs of 8-12 Moleclar Products Sofnolime 4 - 37lb pails of 6-12 Grace Sodasorb 1 - 37lb pail of 4-8 Grace Sodasorb Gas 1 - apx. 200 Cu. Ft. / 2400 psi cylinder of Helium Cylinders 12 - 30 cu. ft. Aluminum stage bottles with DIN Pro valve Right Hand ( last filled Trimix) 12 – 19 cu. ft Aluminum stage bottle with DIN Pro Valve Right Hand (last filled with Oxygen) All stage straps have been removed 2 – 19 cu. ft. Aluminum O2 cylinder with Left Hand DIN Modular Pro valve 3 – 19 cu. ft. Aluminum Dil cylinder with Right Hand DIN valve 1 – 19 cu. ft. Steel O2 cylinder with Left Hand DIN Modular Pro valve 1 – 19 cu. ft Steel Dil cylinder with Right Hand DIN valve 7 – 3 Ltr. Steel Inspiration DIL cylinder 7 – 3 Ltr. Steel Inspiration Oxygen cylinders Note; after this last trip I sent home over a dozen cylinders due to past abuse from divers who drained cylinders of gas and did not rinse cylinders before they were stored. All stage straps were taken off due to past abuse; I mean seriously I left the gear for two seasons and it was trashed! People if you respect this equipment I will leave it for you and others to use again, if not its all going away…. Please feel free to PM me if you would like to use any of the equipment, or purchase any chemical as I need to contact the dive shop and approve all use. Advanced notice is required, everything takes time on this island - no quick answers and I want to be sure that you get the correct items. Suggestions to bring; Stage straps, bungies – snoopy loops, gas analyzer He / O2, DIN regulator with whip for ease of gas analyzing, spare parts, tools, Left Hand DIN valves, relaxed attitude… Enjoy Ron Benson / Deep Thought Going Under DiveCenter __________________ Creature Of Habits; Mostly Bad* www.gudcscuba.com
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19th October 2006, 16:36	#2 (permalink)
Deep Thought RebreatherWorld Sponsor Current Rebreather/s: Inspiration Vision Evolution Megalodon Other Rebreather/s: Inspiration Classic Inspiration Vision Evolution Megalodon Sport Kiss Classic Kiss Optima Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Great Lakes Posts: 194	Re: Truk Lagoon CCR Cylinders & Chemical I need to add a clarificatoin to the post above for CCR Cylinders available for use in Chuuk / Truk Lagoon. Quote: The equipment is owned by myself, but entrusted to the dive shop at the Blue Lagoon for use by traveling ccr divers to ease the burden of weight in travel especially with the declining luggage allowances. I have asked the resort to charge a nominal fee for use that will help the resort cover storage and rinsing, etc. but it will not cover damage or neglect so please be responsible. - be polite and pay for what you use. Please pay the Blue Lagoon dive shop a $15 donation per cylinder used to help them take care of the equipment that I have donated for use by rebreather divers worldwide. I don't want to pull the plug on this deal and need your cooperation. If the fee is unreasonable - bring your own cylinders! thanks ron Below is an email from the Blue Lagoon on recent ccr divers Ron, Thank you and we will prepare all of these cylinders for their arrival. How much did you instructed them they will pay for the handling charges. Last time I remember you mentioned about $ 15.00 per cylinder. To let you know that other guest who dive with the (resort deleted) he came and paid only for the keg of softnolime. As he said to Isiro he was only instructed for the keg to pay $ 20.00 each not include the cylinder, so meaning to say we did collect any handling charges to him. Thank you. Eric __________________ Creature Of Habits; Mostly Bad www.gudcscuba.com
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21st October 2006, 03:05	#3 (permalink)
bellamygdj New Member Current Rebreather/s: Other CCR Dolphin Home Build Other Rebreather/s: Other CCR Dolphin Home Build Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: hamilton Posts: 33	Re: Truk Lagoon CCR Cylinders & Chemical Quote: (Originally Posted by Deep Thought) I need to add a clarificatoin to the post above for CCR Cylinders available for use in Chuuk / Truk Lagoon. Please pay the Blue Lagoon dive shop a $15 donation per cylinder used to help them take care of the equipment that I have donated for use by rebreather divers worldwide. I don't want to pull the plug on this deal and need your cooperation. If the fee is unreasonable - bring your own cylinders! thanks ron Below is an email from the Blue Lagoon on recent ccr divers Ron, Thank you and we will prepare all of these cylinders for their arrival. How much did you instructed them they will pay for the handling charges. Last time I remember you mentioned about $ 15.00 per cylinder. To let you know that other guest who dive with the (resort deleted) he came and paid only for the keg of softnolime. As he said to Isiro he was only instructed for the keg to pay $ 20.00 each not include the cylinder, so meaning to say we did collect any handling charges to him. Thank you. Eric Thanks for the use of the cylinders Ron,You are a very generous man and a credit to the Rebreather World. Our trip in september was fantastic, cheers gareth bellamy, I hope the above quote is not referenced to us, as Pete Mesley paid the donation for the cylinders, in fact 20 for handling the sorb and 20 for handling the tanks for each of us ($40x3) __________________ Born to Kerplonk
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17th October 2007, 19:23	#4 (permalink)
phylo Custom Title Allowed! Current Rebreather/s: Sport Kiss Dolphin Other Rebreather/s: Dolphin Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Santa Cruz, Ca. Posts: 114	Re: Truk Lagoon CCR Cylinders & Chemical Im wondering if this stuff is still available for use? Im gonna do my best to head out to Truk in late Jan or early feb. Thanks Phil __________________ Pics are Here http://www.int14h.org/phylo/gallery
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13th November 2007, 03:10	#5 (permalink)
Deep Thought RebreatherWorld Sponsor Current Rebreather/s: Inspiration Vision Evolution Megalodon Other Rebreather/s: Inspiration Classic Inspiration Vision Evolution Megalodon Sport Kiss Classic Kiss Optima Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Great Lakes Posts: 194	Re: Truk Lagoon CCR Cylinders & Chemical For the safety of the RBW community, and peace of mind I am going to pull the plug on the cylinders available at Blue Lagoon until further notice. Recently I received an email from Eric the dive center manager that a cylinder "Exploded"...and cracked a valve, and had a valve seize up??? Two years ago when I ran a group trip with Advanced Diver magazine, we had a diver with half a cylinder full of water from source unknown? Although I verified that the hyper filters were dry, 1.5 liters of water in a cylinder is considerable. When I arrived with our group the cylinders had been abused from unknown sources? Chuuk is a fantastic place to dive, great people, great shipwrecks, artifacts, gnarly penetrations...but unfortunately I think that CCR resources are a bit ahead of the times. For all who have asked: the chemical has all been used and I do not have any stocks remaining. For your own peace of mind I would suggest carrying your own cylinders until further notice. Regards Ron __________________ Creature Of Habits; Mostly Bad www.gudcscuba.com
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13th November 2007, 03:33	#6 (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: 5,554	Re: Truk Lagoon CCR Cylinders & Chemical That's sad news. Thanks for trying, Ron. __________________ 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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14th November 2007, 00:31	#7 (permalink)
eanxdiver Rather be Diving Current Rebreather/s: Classic Kiss rEvo Other Rebreather/s: rEvo Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: USA, SC Posts: 115	Re: Truk Lagoon CCR Cylinders & Chemical Your outstanding efforts were greatly appreciated by those of us that had the pleasure to dive with you on that trip 2 years ago. Sorry to hear this news. Regards, -Bob
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12th December 2007, 15:12	#8 (permalink)
Terry New Member Current Rebreather/s: Inspiration Vision Other CCR Other Rebreather/s: Inspiration Vision Other CCR Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Atlanta Posts: 94	Re: Truk Lagoon CCR Cylinders & Chemical I am planning on being in Truk in May/June, along with another Rebreather diver. I will contact you a bit later on in Feb to ascertain status/availablity on this equipment. This is great, thanks. Terry
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12th December 2007, 19:42	#9 (permalink)
Patto_chan Annoying fish since 1992 Current Rebreather/s: Inspiration Vision Other Rebreather/s: Inspiration Classic Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: Ireland Posts: 63	Re: Truk Lagoon CCR Cylinders & Chemical I too would like to add my thanks to Ron. I visited Truk in Dec 2006 (exactly a year ago this week in fact) and, by prior arrangement with Ron, was able to buy some sorb and rent some 3L tanks. It was a great relief not to have to carry it with me. I'd like to go back to Truk/Chuuk again sometime in the future to catch the wrecks I missed last time (too many wrecks, too little time). In future it looks like I will have to ship tanks and sorb ahead of time if I wish to dive CC there. Thanks again Ron.
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12th December 2007, 20:35	#10 (permalink)
Lancer4545 RBW Member Current Rebreather/s: Megalodon Other Rebreather/s: Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: Cairns QLD Australia Posts: 744	Re: Truk Lagoon CCR Cylinders & Chemical Quote: (Originally Posted by Patto_chan) I too would like to add my thanks to Ron. I visited Truk in Dec 2006 (exactly a year ago this week in fact) and, by prior arrangement with Ron, was able to buy some sorb and rent some 3L tanks. It was a great relief not to have to carry it with me. I'd like to go back to Truk/Chuuk again sometime in the future to catch the wrecks I missed last time (too many wrecks, too little time). In future it looks like I will have to ship tanks and sorb ahead of time if I wish to dive CC there. Thanks again Ron. I am going over in June 08 and I have been told there is sorb and a limited supply of tanks at the Blue Lagoon. I will confirm this after I contact them directly as this info was relayed to me from our trip organiser. Regards, Lance __________________ You can run but you can't hide! ISC Appointed Megalodon Dealer for East Australia http://www.closedcircuitdivers.com.au info@closedcircuitdivers.com.au
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