[whataretheysaying] Mary Madigan: Rebreather

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Posted by Mary Madigan:
Rebreather 
http://whataretheysaying.powerblogs.com/posts/1154979337.shtml


   Instapundit on [1]Dive Tech

     I don't want to give away the article, but although I found the
     rebreather dive interesting -- you don't make bubbles, which means
     fish are less scared of you, and you can stay down for three or
     four hours -- I don't think I'm ready to take the, er, plunge and
     do the full certification course. But from comparing the unit I
     used (two years old) to one of the newest cutting-edge units, I can
     say that the technology in this area is on a steep learning curve,
     and that might well make it a lot easier, safer and more
     user-friendly in the near future. Right now, the need to
     continuously monitor your oxygen levels via triply-redundant
     analyzers (one of which had to be replaced during the gear-up
     because it wasn't working right -- see the gauges strapped to my
     arm in the photo below), and a variety of other necessary tasks
     makes this more trouble than I'm really willing to go to,
     especially with the cost of equipment running around ten grand.
     Happily, lots of tech-diving enthusiasts are driving the market
     here, and that should fix things.

   I'm happy to swim around and look at fishies, but I'm glad the tech
   divers are early-adopting this too..

References

   1. http://instapundit.com/archives/031804.php