Re: wet vs dry

["Alan D. Secor" <secor@btv.ibm.com>]

The rebreathers I'm certified on are the Drager Atlantis semi-closed 
units
that used to be sold by Uwatec.  These are nitrox rebreathers that use a 
constant mass flow for gas injection.  The price of these rebreathers
are in the $4K-5K range.

Al

>
>Rebreathers? Man, that gets my attention. I was just reading about the 
>Draeger systems on their web page. Jean-Michel Cousteau and team are using 
>them in some of the diving they are doing. Seems like a really dandy addition 
>to someone's wet-sub. Purr up nice and quiet and swim out to investigate, all 
>in blissful (near) silence. Wow! I hear the price is coming down. True? Don't 
>have a spare $8K to invest, but I'd love to try it out.
>
>Anyone interested should drop in on Cousteau at www.OceanFutures.com
>
>Lots of interesting stuff for divers and ocean cranks alike, and it's a free 
>membership--all done on the web.
>
>Vance
>

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Alan D. Secor
e-mail: secor@btv.ibm.com