Sentinel VS Inspiration

fieldmouse1@mac.com

Does anyone have an opinions on which of these two rebreathers is the better one and why?

Pat Coughlan

To say one unit is better than another would depend on the users requirements and what type of diving its being used for. In my opinion on paper the Sentinel for me looks the better unit (which is why I signed up for one) to meet my requirements but maybe when its been dived for a year or so a reasonable comparrison can be made between the Vision and Sentinel by someone who has dived both

Pat

lobin

just by looking "on paper", as the sentinel isnt even out yet, and in my very very very limited experience of RBs the sentinel wins hands down. just looking at what you are getting for your money with the sentinel is amazing.

but i think the best way is to dive both units then you will have a much better opinion of both of them, i can only really say for the inspiration as i have only dived on that unit, but i didnt like the inspiration at all, the vision electronics were VERY twitchy, with warnings popping up everywhere, which didnt really instill much confidence from me in the unit, the OTS CL were very bulky and in my face, again another potential stress level irritant . The only other unit that i have dived on was a meg and was a completely different experience and IMVHO was leagues apart from the Inspo, (in that i mean the meg was better!).

everyone has their own personal comfort zones, expectations etc etc, and at the end of the day, its you who is diving the unit and its your life, and are you seriously going to dive on a unit just because some bloke on a forum who says he dives on a unit and loves it, mean that you will do to? certainly not.

so best to give them both a day in court and you can personally decide for yourself, (you might love the inspo and hate the sentinel and good for you if it works for you), as i am sure that there is avid inspo fans out there now, who would defend the honour of their machines with their lifes the second this reply hits the forum!

fieldmouse1@mac.com

Cheers for the feedback, this will be my first rebreather, I have done some try dives on the Inspiration Classic which is what my partner has dived. I have spoken to a few people and they all recommend the Sentinel but thought I would put out some feelers and see what others think about the two units.

fieldmouse1

Peter M

Call CCRB talk to AL he has dived both units, i know he may be baised but i bought a Sentinel after talking to him

Oh its also my first re-breather

lobin

certainly get peoples opinions on units, trust me the last few weeks i have been bugging a few people to tears with endless questions about this and that. and god bless 'em they havent told me to s0d off yet!

but you are doing the right thing asking, and i would certainly recommend trying units as it really does open your eyes to what they have to offer and how they float with you, no pun intended.

for me personally i was inch close to buying a meg after my infield testing, but then looking at the sentinel, the feature that really swung it for me was the canister duration meter and backup meter. granted that this does not gaurantee that you will never ever ever get a CO2 hit, but for my own personal comfort zone this is what is needed at the moment. as i too am new to this Rebreather malarky and unlike some guys, who i am sure can work out their canister durations by simply tasting the CO2, i can not! in the future this might and probably will change, so then i will take it from there. but for me for my first unit i am looking at a sentinel.

and granted this is a new Rebreather and not even properly field tested, i.e. non factory field tested and given to the masses, but looking at its ancestory, i.e. C2R/VR3/Boris i am putting a big bit of trust in that previous development, and again IMVHO its sounds like a pretty good ancestory to me for a Rebreather dont you think? and certainly well within my comfort zone

but i think as a starter for 10, you could do a lost worse than a sentinel.

Mark Chase

I hope and pray the Sentinel is all its cracked up to be. If it is then you have to go for it over the Vision.

On paper the Hammer Head and the Sentinel seem the front runners in the all singing all dancing ECCR market. I personally love the design of the HH in that you can add a manual system to it. That gets me all excited.

I also love the Sentinels rear mounted lungs and water dump idea.

Both units have a BOV which the Vision doesn't as yet and both units are far more flexible in their approach to letting you dive the way you want to dive.

Mind you, Having struggled to get my KISS in a suitcase and under weight for Mexico the thought of diving one of these leviathans again fills me with dread.


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And shortly the HH CCR will have a BMCL option...

nigelh

Well the Sentinel fan club is certainly out in force tonight...

I suppose you just have to balance it against buying life support equipment that hasn't even been released yet so you're the crash-test-dummy.

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nigelh

Depth-junkie

Having seen the sentinel in action in the flesh, it looks a nice bit of kit and i wish Kevin all the best with it.

Is it any better than my inspo vision?? IMHO no but as i have not dived it myself i cant really compare the 2 units for inwater use, other than on physical appernace and on paper specs, but does provide an alternate product for consumers which can only be a good thing.

Call me old fashioned but those 2 big 7ltr's each over the shoulder counterlungs on the inspo that everyone seems to slag do have some good potential ususes, just ask the kiss owners



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