EA Dive time on a Dolphin

dmo85471 · 16th January 2008, 09:40

HI All
I am looking to find out what sort of dive time people are doing on the Dolphin with the extend air canister? The info that I have found says 120 min max which makes it very expensive option. David

SkinAndScuba · 16th January 2008, 17:07

Quote: (Originally Posted by dmo85471)

HI All
I am looking to find out what sort of dive time people are doing on the Dolphin with the extend air canister? The info that I have found says 120 min max which makes it very expensive option. David

The cartridge is the same as the Optima. I do 4.5-5 hours on a cartridge. There are divers doing even longer times on these cartridges. I could be missing something but it does seem to be very conservative. Dive Rite initially rated the cartridge as 3 hours warm water and 2 hours in cold water ( For the Optima).

Don't take my comment as you can do longer times, This is just my opinion.

dmo85471 · 17th January 2008, 08:00

Thanks for the reply and yes I do understand what you are saying. The water temp here is 22 at the moment. I just wanted to find out what others were doing before I jump in feet first.

David

16th January 2008, 09:40	#1 (permalink)
dmo85471 New Member Current Rebreather/s: Sport Kiss Other Rebreather/s: Join Date: Oct 2005 Location: australia Posts: 74	EA Dive time on a Dolphin HI All I am looking to find out what sort of dive time people are doing on the Dolphin with the extend air canister? The info that I have found says 120 min max which makes it very expensive option. David
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16th January 2008, 17:07	#2 (permalink)
SkinAndScuba New Member Current Rebreather/s: Optima Other Rebreather/s: Optima Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: South Africa Three Rivers Posts: 40	Re: EA Dive time on a Dolphin Quote: (Originally Posted by dmo85471) HI All I am looking to find out what sort of dive time people are doing on the Dolphin with the extend air canister? The info that I have found says 120 min max which makes it very expensive option. David The cartridge is the same as the Optima. I do 4.5-5 hours on a cartridge. There are divers doing even longer times on these cartridges. I could be missing something but it does seem to be very conservative. Dive Rite initially rated the cartridge as 3 hours warm water and 2 hours in cold water ( For the Optima). Don't take my comment as you can do longer times, This is just my opinion. __________________ Kenneth Wessels #19799 Skin & Scuba The only South African Optima diver 2007/01-2008/07, and to my knowledge the only Africa Optima diver.
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17th January 2008, 08:00	#3 (permalink)
dmo85471 New Member Current Rebreather/s: Sport Kiss Other Rebreather/s: Join Date: Oct 2005 Location: australia Posts: 74	Re: EA Dive time on a Dolphin Thanks for the reply and yes I do understand what you are saying. The water temp here is 22 at the moment. I just wanted to find out what others were doing before I jump in feet first. David
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