Shallow Water Rebreather

[pipedope]

You mean, you will consider the small rebreather dangerous to use even for shallow water? Because there is no electronics to measure the internal status? Or... ?

In many ways, rebreathers are MORE DANGEROUS in shallow water.
The faster changes in volumes and PPs (partial pressures of gasses) cause more problems not less.

Just notice that there have been a number of people die on RB in swimming pools.

For more detail you might read Bozanic's "Mastering Rebreathers", also lots of material online. A good RB course will teach and SHOW you much more.

If the goal is time underwater then a hooka rig is cheaper and far less dangerous but does make bubbles.
If the goal is no bubbles then you are talking full closed circuit RB and that is always serious money and serious training along with lots of diving the rig to maintain profiency.

 

[robway034]

Pipedope's right.
No matter how small, it's life support equipment that will still have to keep you alive!

Besides, no telling if it would work for you, another japanese rebreather, the Fieno SCR, had counterlungs so small that most caucasians would have a hard time venting their lungs properly. You'd be exhaling part of your breath through the OPV and inhaling it from the tank like a huge, really bad regulator.

So what does that mean for me, as an African American/Black dude (or whatever is the PC phrase to refer to my ethnicity this decade)? LOL

 

[Mr.X]

So what does that mean for me, as an African American/Black dude (or whatever is the PC phrase to refer to my ethnicity this decade)? LOL

Pretty much a throwaway item unless you are under 5 feet tall.

A tricked out Megalodon looks good on almost anyone. X

 

[caveseeker7]

If your avatar is any indcation to your fitness level and lung capacity, Rob,
you may just be able to implode a Fieno on inhalation.