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jptrealty:Just curious to see if anyone has and dives any of the following (and if so any feedback)?
AURA or the FROG or how about the Cocran unit??
Did these even exist?
What happened to the infineto unit ??
Now why would I do such a thing? :11:Crazyduck:This information is only good until Stefan pops in a blows me away with the exact- Historical stuff.
caveseeker7:Now why would I do such a thing? :11:
I know better its that Geman hardwiring- I am just jealous!
Well, thats my online statement-
FROG-
The Frog is indeed in production, and the unit that was shown at DEMA is covered on. It's an SCR with a needle valve and the option of two O2 sensors. The company promotes using it as a CCR with dil addition through the ADV and O2 addition by manually opening and closing the O2 tank valve. Certifying agency is some unknown outfit in Florida.
(I always thought that this was like bagging you a rebreather- check out there scubber. hehehehe)
Aura
extra charater- as required by software
The CCR 2000 is an on again off again propsition. The old website is still up, but afaik the unit isn't currently in production and hasn't been for two or three years. Some guy here locally has a bunch of those junk heaps, at least that's how I see them. No secondary display whatsoever! Instead when the electronics fail the unit is supposed to run automatically at 0.7 ata setpoint and you're supposed to trust it. Quite big, very heavy metal cannister, pita spheres ... they took the worst of the MK15 and made it worse.
I like the way it looked but that was about it.
Infineto-
The big mystery rig ... the company was supposedly busy building them for a military, but some rumors say they never filled the contract. Who knows ... my guess in regards to the civilian market: vaporware.
I think that you are being nice!
caveseeker7:Now why would I do such a thing? :11:
FROG-
The Frog is indeed in production, and the unit that was shown at DEMA is covered on Rebreather Worldwide . It's an SCR with a needle valve and the option of two O2 sensors. The company promotes using it as a CCR with dil addition through the ADV and O2 addition by manually opening and closing the O2 tank valve. Certifying agency is some unknown outfit in Florida.
Aura
The CCR 2000 is an on again off again propsition. The old website is still up, but afaik the unit isn't currently in production and hasn't been for two or three years. Some guy here locally has a bunch of those junk heaps, at least that's how I see them. No secondary display whatsoever! Instead when the electronics fail the unit is supposed to run automatically at 0.7 ata setpoint and you're supposed to trust it. Quite big, very heavy metal cannister, pita spheres ... they took the worst of the MK15 and made it worse.
Cochran-
Andrew is correct, Pete was involved with Cochran for a while. Didn't work out, and Cochran showed rigs at dive shows for years. Last time I saw it was 2002 or 2003. The picture by Wes Skiles below is a decade old and was shot in Florida, there are a couple more on Steam Machine's website.
Infineto-
The big mystery rig ... the company was supposedly busy building them for a military, but some rumors say they never filled the contract. Who knows ... my guess in regards to the civilian market: vaporware.
Yes. Caught me by suprise, too. Asked twice at the show and made a follow up byjptrealty:The company promotes using it as a CCR with dil addition through the ADV and O2
addition by manually opening and closing the O2 tank valve for real???
bruehlt:Frog - disposable scrubber??! ***??
Yes, the original idea was disposable pre-packed cannisters.bruehlt:Frog - disposable scrubber??! ***??