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If you can’t deal with it, stay at home, it’s voluntary. The last person you want on a recovery is a judgemental whinger.

More diving than you’ve had hot dinners, in multiple overheads, including caves. Fresh and salt.

Thankfully in Ireland you’re free to roam, dive, climb whatever, mostly. But there’s always control freaks and rule makers who hate to see a free thinker and doer. It makes them uncomfortable. As for searching for you in the case of an accident, Not once in 50 years of been involved in search...

Are people putting to much weight on the rig? In a drysuit it’s easier once the weight is split between rig and suit. A neutral rig is very easy to don and doff.

Identify the wreck first, then try to find who paid the loss if it was insured and then buy the rights to it. With that done on the quite find out who are the local archaeologists with a view to doing a survey and dig. Insurance companies are only too happy to offload liability so buy it with a...

CCR divers must have been non-CCR divers at some stage Did you actually believe , “that a rebreather is a nice self-contained little unit that is just a better version of, and a replacement for, any use of a scuba bottle. Like a super-tank that will eventually replace a tank once people get...

I’ve owned Scubapro Nova Scotia and Hollis Neotec, there very like what you’re looking for but not sure if you can get one MTM. A bit cold compared to my Elios MTM.

Have a look at Elios, https://www.eliossub.com/our-wetsuits/

years ago it was “ rapture of the deep” and stories of mermaids luring divers into the depths. Starting off you didn’t know what to expect with excitement and fairly tales. As you make more dives, you’re there to do a job and have a plan, and just get on with it. Narcosis doesn’t get a second...

So where does someone wishing to start on CCR go,

Maybe TDI or any agency in fact as none required decompression diving. TDI is 20 open water dives and TDI nitrox or equivalent for their air dil CCR course. https://www.tdisdi.com/tdi/get-certified/air-diluent-closed-circuit-rebreather-diver-course/

Training agencies and clients make their own decisions.

Any diver with open water experience to NDL that’s comfortable carrying a side mounted cylinder can switch to CCR. With training and experience they can advance at their own pace if they wish or simply stay at no deco limits.

Seems to be a lot of false advertising going on with DIvesoft, they say the liberty is bailout ready in standby mode like OC until switched to CCR or the PPO2 drops to 0.8%. Thanks I’ll do some more research.

Thanks, so would a liberty bailout rebreather eliminate both OC tanks and also track your dive making the switch in the case of bailout very simple.

I have no experience on a rebreather, I was asking, why would someone bother with OC, if they intended to only use a rebreather. Maybe you can explain why someone couldn’t use a rebreather to NDL for training and experience and then use a similar rebreather for bailout. Isn’t the liberty...

They wouldn’t be new CCR divers when switching to bailout rebreather. A diver could start their CCR diving to NDL using a back mount rebreather and slung Al80 bailout. When trained and experienced they could simply swap the Al 80 for a bailout rebreather similar to what they’re already using...

Why can’t he start on one to NDL and when trained and experienced go to bailout rebreather, why bother with OC deco dives if you have a rebreather.

Isn’t that what the OP asked about, skipping OC and going straight to rebreather. He can train to NDL on a main unit using his al80 bailout and then switch to rebreather bailout. No more OC.

Why does it have to be OC? Use another rebreather as bailout. No need for OC. Why bother with OC if you intend to dive a rebreather. The bailout can’t be any more complex than the main unit.