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38 1 2800 35 Jun-02 Dave Thompson IANTD 38 Male Instructor Normoxic Trimix 9B36910 15/06/2002 Second-hand Large Large Normal 16Kg ABS (new style) Seeman Sub Yellow Old, Solid metal protection stub Externally, clips to T fitting Unlit Yes Yes Steel Backplate for comfort Yes Dive Rite Rec Wing Yes Bob Howells T Piece Yes Yes Yes No No No Yes Yes No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No Yes No No No No No No No No No No Yes Yes 12 180 10 Yes 5.7 Carry Yes No R22-2BUD form APD Sofnolime 1 - 2.5 mm 45 40 35 80 60 VR3 DDplan No 0
35 1 300 20 Oct-02 Andrew Driver IANTD 36 Male New Large Large Normal 16Kg ABS (new style) Apeks White New, Coloured plastic protection stub cap White PTFE Externally, clips to T fitting Back lighting No Yes With a Diverite Backplate No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No Yes Yes Yes 180 15 No Carry Yes Yes R22-2BUD form APD Sofnolime 1 - 2.5 mm 36 30 20 90 Tables 1
27 1 2500 60 Jan-02 Alan Wright IANTD 48 Male Jan-02 New Large Large Large 22.5kg ABS (new style) Apeks White New, Coloured plastic protection stub cap White PTFE Externally, clips to T fitting Back lighting Yes Its Crap No No No No No Yes No Yes Yes Yes No No No No Yes No No No No No No No Yes Yes No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No Yes 12 240 10 No Carry No No R22-2BUD form APD Sofnolime 1 - 2.5 mm 55 35 60 80 60 VR3 1
30 2 1300 100 Nov-02 Richie Stephenson TDI 45 Male Nov-02 New Medium Medium Normal 16Kg ABS (new style) Apeks White New, Coloured plastic protection stub cap Grid with Diverter Externally, clips to T fitting Back lighting Yes fitted cyclon DV No No No Yes Yes No No metulsub brackets for 1lO2 and suit inflation 2l Yes No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No Yes No No No No No Yes Yes No No No No No No No No No Yes 12 180 10 No Carry Yes Yes R22-2BUD form APD Sofnolime 1 - 2.5 mm 72 55 46 75 45 Tables DDplan 2
22 3 2000 278 01/10/1999 Patrick Bryan IANTD 43 Male Oct-99 New Large Large Normal 16Kg ABS (new style) Apeks Yellow New, Coloured plastic protection stub cap White PTFE Externally, clips to T fitting Unlit Yes Changed wing Yes Custom Divers for comfort Yes Custom Divers for comfort Yes Other Yes Yes Yes No Home made LED bargraph PO2 display No No No No Yes No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No Yes Yes No No Yes No No No 12 160 10 No Carry No No R22-2BUD form APD Sofnolime 1 - 2.5 mm 55 36 94 155 70 Abyss Explorer 2
5 1 150 17 Jun-02 Dave Crockford TDI 53 Male 1I112808 0ct-01 New Large Medium Large 22.5kg ABS (new style) Apeks White New, Coloured plastic protection stub cap White PTFE Externally, clips to T fitting Back lighting No No No Yes Bob Howells T Piece Yes No No Yes reverse catch bolts so they don't gouge the tanks. Yes Yes No No No No No No No No No No No No No Yes No No No No No No No Yes No No No No No No No No No 10 No Alpinist No No 35 20 15 65 35 Tables DDPlan 2
16 1 300 12 Apr-02 Don Townsend IANTD 43 Male New Medium Medium Large 22.5kg ABS (new style) Apeks White New, Coloured plastic protection stub cap Grid with Diverter Externally, clips to T fitting Back lighting No No No No Yes Yes No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No Yes No No No No No No No No Yes Yes Yes No No No No No Yes 12 300 22 No Carry Yes Yes R22-2BUD form APD Sofnolime 1 - 2.5 mm 30 20 10 120 60 VR3 5
12 1 300 18 May-02 Andy Hetherton TDI 26 Female May-02 Second-hand Medium Medium Normal 16Kg ABS (new style) Apeks White Old, Solid metal protection stub White PTFE Externally, clips to T fitting Back lighting No No No No No No No No Handsets ungraded to Lit, non-calibrate underwater software Yes No No No No No No No No No No No No No No Yes No No Yes No No No No No No No No No No No No Yes Yes 12 180 10 Yes 5.5 Alpinist No No R22-2BUD form APD Sofnolime 1 - 2.5 mm 36 20 75 50 VR3 1
12 1 625 42 29/08/2002 Peter Roberts IANTD 36 Male 29/08/2002 New Large Large Large 22.5kg ABS (new style) Apeks White New, Coloured plastic protection stub cap White PTFE Externally, clips to T fitting Back lighting No No No No No No No Yes 3ltr offboard dil+02 No Yes No No No No No No No No No No No No No No Yes No No No No Yes No Yes No No No No No No No No Yes Yes 180 No Carry Yes Yes R22-2BUD form APD Sofnolime 1 - 2.5 mm 55 45 42 120 75 Tables Proplanner 2
26 1 625 25 10/11/2001 Sunset House IANTD 45 Male Rescue Diver / Sports Diver Basic Rebreather Diver Longer bottom time less deco Jan-01 New Large Large Normal 16Kg ABS (new style) Apeks Yellow New, Coloured plastic protection stub cap White PTFE Externally, clips to T fitting Back lighting No No No No No No No No No No No No No No Yes No No No No No No No No No No No No Yes No No No No No No No No No No No No Yes 12 180 15 No Carry Yes Yes R22-2BUD form APD Sofnolime 1 - 2.5 mm 50 40 25 90 70 VR3 No 1
10 2 500 100 01/05/2002 Gary Fox TDI 37 Male Instructor Full Trimix I started using SCR for stealth and gas cosumption and then progressed to CCR New Large Large Large 22.5kg ABS (new style) Apeks White New, Coloured plastic protection stub cap White PTFE Externally, clips to T fitting Back lighting No No No No Yes No No Yes Offboard Cylinders No Yes No No No No No Yes No No No No No No No No No No No No No No Yes No Yes No No No No No No No No Yes Yes 12 210 24 No Reserve RB Yes Yes R22-2BUD form APD Sofnolime 1 - 2.5 mm 68 45 60 110 60 VR3 No 3
7 5 1000 500 Feb-98 Dave Vincent TDI 31 Male Instructor Full Trimix May-00 New Medium Medium Large 22.5kg ABS (new style) Apeks White New, Coloured plastic protection stub cap White PTFE Externally, clips to T fitting Back lighting No No No Yes Bob Howells T Piece Yes Yes Yes Yes Hammerhead, Auo dump No Yes No No Yes Yes No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No Yes No No No Yes Yes No No No No No Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes 12 360 10 No Alpinist Yes Yes PSR-11-39-MD Sofnolime 1 - 2.5 mm 80 40 100 300 60 VR3 No 5
12 1 365 39 02/06/2002 Jan Jørgensen IANTD 33 Male Instructor Basic Rebreather Diver I wanted more with my diving. 9A34703 02/06/2002 Second-hand Large Large Normal 16Kg ABS (new style) Seeman Sub Yellow Old, Solid metal protection stub White PTFE Externally, clips to T fitting Unlit Yes I wanted the regulator in a strap round my neck Yes Steel plate fits me better Yes 22kg boddy redwing. To support Jan box No Yes Yes No No Jan Box No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No Yes 18 210 15 No Carry Yes Yes R22-2BUD form APD Chemimpo BV 1.5-5,0mm 43 28 39 66 45 Nexus No 3
27 2 600 50 Jun-01 Gary Fox TDI 42 Male Dive Master / Dive leader Basic Rebreather Diver Longer bottom times. Quieter for photography. New Medium Medium Normal 16Kg ABS (new style) Apeks White Old, Solid metal protection stub White PTFE Externally, clips to T fitting Back lighting No No No No Yes Yes No No No Yes No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No Yes No No No No Yes No No No No No No No No Yes 150 8 No Alpinist Yes Yes R22-2BUD form APD Sofnolime 1 - 2.5 mm 40 30 20 90 60 Nexus No 3
34 2 1000 45 28/05/2001 Andrew Driver IANTD 48 Male Instructor Basic Rebreather Diver I dove the Drager and liked it but it wasen't what I wanted to dive. When a buddy of mine saw the Inspiration he liked it and checked it out and was happy with it so we purchased them and did the training on it. It was just what I wanted. 1D99405 May-01 New Medium Medium Normal 16Kg ABS (new style) Apeks White New, Coloured plastic protection stub cap White PTFE Externally, clips to T fitting Back lighting Yes Did not like it. It was to limited. Yes SS Back Plate No Yes Other No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No Yes Yes 180 20 No Carry Yes No R22-2BUD form APD Sofnolime 1 - 2.5 mm 60 37 25 100 45 Dive Rite Nitek 3 Yes 1
26 2 3000 80 09-Jan John Thornton IANTD 43 Male Instructor Full Trimix Diving at depth on trimix is costly and limited by the amount of gas you can carry. Because of there gas capacity I feel they are safer for this type of diving 07-Jan Second-hand Large Large Large 22.5kg ABS (new style) Apeks Yellow Old, Solid metal protection stub White PTFE Externally, clips to T fitting Back lighting Yes I dont like them, they freeflow and are of little use as a hand off reg to a buddy in trouble Yes I have modified harness for ease of donning and removal yes Fitted OMS as I use a Jan box and carry 300Bar 7ltr cylinders and like additional bouyancy No Yes Yes No Yes Case removed and Jan box fitted Yes No No No Yes Yes No No No No Deliberate No No No No No Yes No No No No No No No Yes No No No No No No No No Yes Yes Yes Yes 12 210 10 No Carry No No R22-2BUD form APD Sofnolime 1 - 2.5 mm 68 40 50 110 60 VR3 No 2
8 2 500 100 May-02 Nigel Band IANTD 51 Male Dive Master / Dive leader Full Trimix Silent, bubble free diving, also having dived SCR for several years, Inspiration did not require Nitrox, merely O2 which is more readily available here in Asia 05/07/2000 New Large Medium Normal 16Kg ABS (new style) Apeks White New, Coloured plastic protection stub cap White PTFE Externally, clips to T fitting Back lighting Yes Provide O/C bailout to buddy Yes Backplate and webbing for Tx dives Yes OMS double bladder for Tx diving, otherwise now fitted Redwing 22.5kg Yes Bob Howells T Piece Yes Yes Yes No Offboard cylinder mountings using Mule clamps; see my piccy's in the archives Yes Yes No No No No No No No No No No No No No No Yes No No No No Fitted APV BuddyBlast to AutoAir; O ring failure requiring closing Dil cylinder. BuddyBlast removed and for sale! Yes Yes No No No No No No No No Yes Yes 18 210 28 No Carry Yes Yes R22-2BUD form APD Sofnolime 1 - 2.5 mm 85 40 50 95 55 Nexus Proplanner No 4
20 4 2000 200 Dec-96 Dave Thompson IANTD 46 Male Advanced Diver (BSAC) Basic Rebreather Diver Gas and decompression efficiency. Oh and i like gadgets. May-98 New Large Large Large 22.5kg ABS (new style) Seeman Sub Yellow Old, Solid metal protection stub Grid with Diverter Externally, clips to T fitting Unlit Yes Unreliable No Yes Custom divers TDB Yes Other No No No No Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes No No No Yes Vr3 t piece came apart. No No No No No No Yes No No No No No No No No Yes Yes Yes Yes No No No Yes Yes Yes 18 180 16 No Carry Yes Yes R22-2BUD form APD Sofnolime 1 - 2.5 mm 75 60 60 150 90 VR3 Yes 6
20 2 8000 950 06/04/2000 Robert Bergestad TDI 33 Male Dive Master / Dive leader Full Trimix I`m working as a commercial diver,and dive a lot,so the idé was to save the hassle with getting o2(i bougt 120 50x200bottles a year,and the advance of constant po2 in comparancy to use a decogass,and to do my sportdives cheaper(He cost) Oct-99 Second-hand Medium Medium Normal 16Kg Fibre Glass (old style) Seeman Sub Yellow Old, Solid metal protection stub Grid with Diverter Externally, clips to T fitting Unlit No Yes OMS Yes bad lift, OMS No Yes Yes Yes No Votinglogic from original cells to vr3 and hud on own readings as well Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes No Yes lost mouthpice once and once cous of bad fitted nutt after cellchange No Yes No Yes Yes 540 Yes No Yes No No Yes leake in counterlung(hole) Yes No No No Yes No No No No No Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes 12 360 10 No Carry Yes Yes R22-2BUD form APD Sofnolime 1 - 2.5 mm 110 35 502 420 180 VR3 GAP No 5
10 4 590 81 26/05/1998 Dave Thompson TDI 35 Male Instructor Basic Rebreather Diver depth/time advantages Jun-98 New Medium Medium Normal 16Kg Fibre Glass (old style) Apeks Yellow Old, Solid metal protection stub White PTFE Externally, clips to T fitting Unlit Yes supposedly difficult to adjust No No No Yes Yes No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No Yes No No No No Yes No No No Yes Yes 24 300 20 No Alpinist Yes Yes R22-2BUD form APD Sofnolime 1 - 2.5 mm 101 40 4 130 60 Suunto Yes 5
25 5 98 Logan Apperley TDI 48 Male Instructor Basic Rebreather Diver Some thing new to do Feb-98 New Large Medium Large 22.5kg Fibre Glass (old style) Seeman Sub White Old, Solid metal protection stub Grid with Diverter Externally, clips to T fitting Unlit No No Yes Gone to 22kg for deeper diving Yes Bob Howells T Piece Yes No Yes No Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes No Yes Several times all my own faultn No No No No Yes 270 Yes Yes No No Yes Yes No Yes No Yes No No Yes Yes No Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes 18 360 20 No Alpinist Yes Yes R22-2BUD form APD Medisorb 100 55 100 60 VR3 Yes 8
4 2 300 150 Jul-01 Andrew Driver IANTD 32 Male Dive Master / Dive leader Full Trimix Became intersted in diving deep wrecks and couldn't stand spending all that money on gas that I would just blow away ever dive.  Also, a technology buff and computer engineer who found the mystique of electronically controlled CCRs appealing. Aug-01 New Large Large Normal 16Kg ABS (new style) Apeks White New, Coloured plastic protection stub cap White PTFE Externally, clips to T fitting Back lighting Yes Because it sucks. Yes Because I was used to diving backplate and webbing with doubles. No Yes Bob Howells T Piece Yes Yes No No Shortened Wing power inflator house.  Added colored hose protectors to denote Oxygen (green) from diluant (blue) hoses direct from 1st stages, for all hoses.  Added hose protectors to mouthpieces (Oxycheq).   Exclusively use R22D sensors from Oxycheq.  Just purchased Hammerhead, waiting for delivery.  Don't plan to use 4th sensor, but can't wait for HUD with Hammerhead.  Will be discarding case and going to open style with larger (40cf cylinders) on back for 2 diluant bottles, onboard O2 will be tucked under right armpit and small black cover over electronics/scrubber (not over cylinders).  Special plate to hold all under development.  Adding bailout DSV/OC reg from Filip Krolak shortly, now using one from a KISS rebreather, but too heavy.  Cell warnings/failures detailed below only occured with old R22BUD sensors, never with new R22D Yes Yes Yes Yes No No No No No Yes Diver error at 100feet during gas switch from trimix to air. No No No No Yes 5 No Yes No Yes No No Both handsets went to "sleep" twice do to right and middle swithes being bumped up simultaneously and inadvertantly.  Effectively shuts off the handset when this happens (though black toggle switch is still in up position) No Yes No No Yes No No No No Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes 18 210 20 No Carry Yes Yes R22D from Teledyne Sofnolime 1 - 2.5 mm 95 50 150 165 75 VR3 Zplan No 6
13 1 500 50 01-Nov John Garvin IANTD 49 Male Rescue Diver / Sports Diver Basic Rebreather Diver I'm a computer geek, it was technically interesting Feb-02 New Large Medium Normal 16Kg ABS (new style) Seeman Sub White New, Coloured plastic protection stub cap White PTFE Externally, clips to T fitting Back lighting Yes It's cheap and it's crap. It's very irritating to find a ten cent component on a $5000 piece of equipment No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No Yes Diluent inject button not correctly screweed on No No No No No Yes Yes Yes No No No Not sure if this is covered...but I find the seating of the diluent and O2 injector buttons "challenging" (i.e. you can get it wrong and not know it). AP's QC on the O rings in those components is poor (bad fit) and they fall out *very* easily. Yes No No No No No No No No No No Yes 25 No Carry Yes Yes R22-2BUD form APD Sofnolime 1 - 2.5 mm 65 30 50 150 90 Nexus No 2
27 1 400 20 Oct-02 Baz SSI 44 Male AOW Full Trimix Ability to use helium, deep diving Oct-02 New Medium Medium Large 22.5kg ABS (new style) Apeks White New, Coloured plastic protection stub cap White PTFE Externally, clips to T fitting Back lighting No No No No Yes No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No Yes No No Yes No No No No No No No No No No No No Yes Yes Yes Yes 6 360 15 Yes 5.4 Carry Yes Yes R22-2BUD form APD Medisorb 75 50 20 90 45 VR3 Vplan No 1
11 2 5000 400 Feb-01 Guy Hayward IANTD 32 Male Instructor Full Trimix too much money on OC trimix. Ex navy diver, way ahead Jan-02 New Medium Medium Large 22.5kg ABS (new style) Apeks White New, Coloured plastic protection stub cap White PTFE Externally, clips to T fitting Back lighting Yes load of shit, better off without Yes s/s backplate with single weave harness Yes Custom divers TDB No No Yes Yes No changed guages, shorter hoses,top mount cylinder No Yes Yes No No No No No No No No No No No No No Yes No No No No wiring to cell 1 u/s possible molex connector is fu*t No No No No No No No No No No Yes 18 220 26 Yes 5.2 Alpinist Yes Yes R22-2BUD form APD Sofnolime 1 - 2.5 mm 150 90 250 150 75 VR3 DecoPlanner No 4
9 2 500 75 Richie Stevenson IANTD 38 Male Advanced Diver (BSAC) Full Trimix Video work 209 New Medium Medium Large 22.5kg ABS (new style) Apeks White New, Coloured plastic protection stub cap White PTFE Externally, clips to T fitting Back lighting Yes They are crap and freeflow for no reason Yes SS backplate & halcyon webbing No No No Yes No No Yes Yes Yes Yes No No Yes Yes No No No No No No No Yes Yes No No No No Yes No Yes No No No No No No No No Yes 12 180 12 No Alpinist Yes Yes R22-2BUD form APD Sofnolime 1 - 2.5 mm 68 30 8 90 60 Tables DDplan No 3
24 1 3000 233 Oct-01 Richie Stevenson TDI 45 Male Open Water / Ocean diver Full Trimix Because I wanted to explore deep sites but can't be faffed with all the cylinders to do it OC. Oct-01 New Medium Medium Normal 16Kg ABS (new style) Apeks White New, Coloured plastic protection stub cap White PTFE Externally, clips to T fitting Back lighting No No No No No No Yes No I normally dive without the 4th sensor (VR3 type) and use the original hose. No Yes Yes Yes No No No No No No No No No No No No No No Yes Yes Yes Wing puncture due to ambient pressure at 100m Yes No Yes No No Yes No No Yes No No Yes Yes Yes 4 480 30 No Alpinist Yes Yes R22-2BUD form APD Sofnolime 1 - 2.5 mm 150 30 233 270 150 VR3 No 5
6 2 500 100 10/10/2000 Peter Roberts IANTD 36 Male Instructor Normoxic Trimix less weigth less gas more time 10/08/2001 New Large Large Large 22.5kg ABS (new style) Apeks White New, Coloured plastic protection stub cap White PTFE Externally, clips to T fitting Back lighting No No No No Yes No No Yes No Yes No No No No Yes Yes No No No No No No No No Yes No No No No battery contacts in makeing low battery alltime even when new batter fited No No No Yes Yes Yes Yes No No No Yes Yes 12 180 10 No Carry Yes No R22-2BUD form APD Sofnolime 1 - 2.5 mm 65 50 60 90 60 Tables Vplan No 2
31 2 4500 183 10/11/2000 Richie Stevenson IANTD 47 Male Instructor Full Trimix Had a back injury, unable to carry full OC trimix kit, plus video camera 03/11/2000 New Medium Medium Normal 16Kg ABS (new style) Apeks White New, Coloured plastic protection stub cap White PTFE Externally, clips to T fitting Back lighting Yes Leaks No No Yes Bob Howells T Piece No No Yes No No Yes No No No No No No No Yes hole in mouthpiece No No No Yes No Yes Yes No No No No Yes Yes Yes No No No No No No No No Yes Yes Yes 18 240 10 No Carry Yes No R22-2BUD form APD Sofnolime 1 - 2.5 mm 78 30 92 120 50 VR3 DDplan No 4
10 4 700 200 Mar-98 Dave Thompson IANTD 32 Male Instructor Basic Rebreather Diver less deco 203 Aug-98 New Large Large Normal 16Kg Fibre Glass (old style) Seeman Sub White Old, Solid metal protection stub White PTFE Externally, clips to T fitting Unlit No No No Yes Bob Howells T Piece Yes Yes No No jan box design in progress Yes Yes Yes No No No No Yes No No No No No No No No No Yes No No No Dual Master No No No No No No No No No No No Yes Yes Yes 14 180 20 No Carry Yes No Siemans Sofnolime 1 - 2.5 mm 55 50 32 180 120 Tables Proplanner Yes 2
8 1 1000 30 Mar-02 J.-P. Kock IART 35 Male Instructor Basic Rebreather Diver Apr-02 Second-hand Large Large Large 22.5kg ABS (new style) Apeks White New, Coloured plastic protection stub cap White PTFE Externally, clips to T fitting Unlit Yes cause it was not proper working -bubbling No Yes to small with stages No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No Yes No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No Yes 240 10 No Carry Yes Yes R22-2BUD form APD Sofnolime 1 - 2.5 mm 50 25 30 90 60 Nexus No 2
12 3 900 300 Sep-99 Nigel Band IANTD 36 Male Instructor Full Trimix Cave/Tri-Mix was becoming 'difficult' on OC - going any further was about to become impossible Sep-99 New Large Large Normal 16Kg ABS (new style) Apeks Yellow New, Coloured plastic protection stub cap Grid with Diverter Externally, clips to T fitting Back lighting No No No No No No No No Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes No No No Yes User Stupidity No No No No No No Yes No Yes No No No No Yes No No Yes No Yes No No No Yes Yes Yes Yes 12 120 35 Yes Carry Yes Yes R22-2BUD form APD Sofnolime 1 - 2.5 mm 150 50 100 330 90 Abyss Explorer Zplan No 3
11 1 1500 100 10/11/2001 Gary Fox TDI 34 Male Instructor Basic Rebreather Diver to do safer nad longer deeper dives 10/12/2001 New Large Large Normal 16Kg ABS (new style) Apeks White New, Coloured plastic protection stub cap White PTFE Externally, clips to T fitting Back lighting No No No No Yes Yes Yes No Yes Yes Yes Yes No No Yes No No No No No No No No Yes No No No No No Yes No Yes No No No No No No No No Yes 180 10 No Carry Yes Yes R22-2BUD form APD Sofnolime 1 - 2.5 mm 52 30 100 150 75 Nexus No 2
29 4 2000 150 Apr-00 Richie Stevenson IANTD 49 Male Instructor Basic Rebreather Diver Principally for deep trimix diving 9C40402 Jun-99 New Medium Medium Normal 16Kg ABS (new style) Apeks Yellow New, Coloured plastic protection stub cap Grid with Diverter Externally, clips to T fitting Back lighting Yes Kept accidentally catching inflate button Yes backplate to improve stage cylinder handling No No No Yes No No No Yes No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No Yes No No Yes Yes Yes Yes 15 180 10 Yes 6 Carry No No R22-2BUD form APD Sofnolime 1 - 2.5 mm 98 60 50 150 75 VR3 DDplan Yes 2
6 3 350 150 May-00 D.V. Diving TDI 34 Male Dive Master / Dive leader Full Trimix Economical use of mixed gas May-00 New Large Large Normal 16Kg ABS (new style) Apeks Yellow New, Coloured plastic protection stub cap White PTFE Externally, clips to T fitting Unlit No No No Yes Bob Howells T Piece No No No No Added metalsub brackets to both left and right side of case to hold torch battery and argon suit inflation cylinder No Yes No No No No No No No No No No No No Yes 30 No No No No No No No No Yes No No No No No No No Yes Yes Yes 12 150 8 No Alpinist Yes No R22-2BUD form APD Sofnolime 1 - 2.5 mm 80 60 40 120 80 VR3 Proplanner No 2
6 1 500 50 Feb-02 Andy Hetherton TDI 38 Male Dive Master / Dive leader Basic Rebreather Diver logical progression in diving having reached trimix stage on OC. Feb-02 New Large Large Normal 16Kg ABS (new style) Seeman Sub White New, Coloured plastic protection stub cap White PTFE Externally, clips to T fitting Back lighting No No Yes 22.5 kg wing from AP Yes Bob Howells T Piece Yes Yes Yes No No Yes No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No Yes Yes 200 10 No Alpinist Yes Yes R22-2BUD form APD Sofnolime 1 - 2.5 mm 45 30 50 80 55 VR3 Yes 4
826 45 21/03/2002 Steve Copeland TDI 34 Male Instructor Basic Rebreather Diver I enjoy the freedome a rebreather gives em, plus the silence and warmth. Feb-02 Second-hand Medium Large Normal 16Kg ABS (new style) Apeks White Old, Solid metal protection stub White PTFE Externally, clips to T fitting Back lighting No No No No No Yes No No No Yes No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No Yes 10 No Alpinist Yes Yes R22-2BUD form APD Sofnolime 1 - 2.5 mm 35 25 45 110 Nexus No 2
20 1 150 39 Dec-01 Neil Mathews IART 38 Male Rescue Diver / Sports Diver Basic Rebreather Diver Gas consumption on trimix dives Jan-01 New Large Large Large 22.5kg ABS (new style) Apeks White New, Coloured plastic protection stub cap White PTFE Externally, clips to T fitting Back lighting Yes Heard it leaked No No No No No No No Yes No Yes No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No Yes Yes No No No No No No No No No No No Yes 12 180 10 No Carry Yes Yes R22-2BUD form APD Sofnolime 1 - 2.5 mm 52 30 35 90 50 VR3 No 1
8 3 650 250 Nov-99 Martin Dennison SSI 26 Male Dive Master / Dive leader Basic Rebreather Diver I saw John Thortons dive ship (Karin) in Scapaflow and was fascinated.98 Second-hand Medium Medium Normal 16Kg ABS (new style) Apeks White Old, Solid metal protection stub Grid with Diverter Externally, clips to T fitting Unlit Yes to big, freeflowing No Yes to small in buoyancy, 23l Red-Wing with 0.5 l bottle  No Yes Yes Yes No the plastic box is exchanged aginst a stainless steel tube, only the scubber is in it  - the tanks (5L) are outside Yes Yes Yes No Yes No No Yes No Yes my fault - breathing hose was attatched quite bad No No No No No Yes Yes No Yes No No Yes No No No No Yes No No No No No Yes Yes Yes 10 300 13 Yes 5.8 Carry Yes Yes R22-2BUD form APD Sofnolime 1 - 2.5 mm 80 50 100 120 90 VR3 Yes 5
4 1 250 11 25/10/2002 Dave Thompson IANTD 38 Female Dive Master / Dive leader Basic Rebreather Diver Was diving twin 12's with 7 stages and wantedo extend diving without going t to twin 15's (Am petitte 5'2") Oct-02 New Medium Medium Large 22.5kg ABS (new style) Seeman Sub White New, Coloured plastic protection stub cap White PTFE Externally, clips to T fitting Back lighting Yes Very twitchy, also all my Inspiration diving friends did so Yes Will be replacing shortly with ss backplate.  Hate soft harness No Yes Bob Howells T Piece No Yes Yes No No No No Yes No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No Yes Yes 6 180 12 No Carry Yes No R22-2BUD form APD Sofnolime 1 - 2.5 mm 35 35 11 100 60 VR3 DDplan Yes 1
10 4 1700 200 Apr-00 Steve Copeland TDI 42 Male Instructor Full Trimix cut down on gear and deco Apr-00 Second-hand Large Large Large 22.5kg ABS (new style) Seeman Sub Yellow Old, Solid metal protection stub Grid with Diverter Externally, clips to T fitting Unlit No No Yes 22.5 kg wing from AP Yes Bob Howells T Piece Yes Yes Yes No No No No No Yes No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No Yes 15 210 10 No Alpinist Yes Yes R22-2BUD form APD Sofnolime 1 - 2.5 mm 80 40 50 120 60 Abyss Explorer No 4
26 3 2000 118 27/04/2000 Dave Crockford TDI 56 Male First Class Diver (BSAC) Basic Rebreather Diver Needed a new challenge in diving & SCR did not suit my type of diving. Feb-02 New Large Large Normal 16Kg ABS (new style) Apeks Yellow Old, Solid metal protection stub Grid with Diverter Externally, clips to T fitting Unlit No No No Yes Bob Howells T Piece Yes No Yes No Yes Yes No Yes No No Yes No No Yes slight partial flood due to nylon mouthpiece split. Not sufficient to need bailout No No No No Yes 180 No No No No No No Yes Yes Yes No No No No No No No Yes Yes Yes Yes 18 180 10 No Carry Yes No R22-2BUD form APD Sofnolime 1 - 2.5 mm 65 50 36 113 60 VR3 Proplanner Yes 5
27 1 2500 70 Jan-02 Alan Wright IANTD 48 Male Open Water / Ocean diver Basic Rebreather Diver Want to do dives longer and deeper than I'm able to do with twin 12's and 10 ltr stages. Jan-02 New Large Large Large 22.5kg ABS (new style) Apeks White New, Coloured plastic protection stub cap White PTFE Externally, clips to T fitting Back lighting Yes It's crap - within 5 dives it was leaking and free-flowing No No Yes Bob Howells T Piece No No Yes No Yes Yes Yes No No No No Yes No No No No No No No Yes Yes No No No No Yes No Yes No No No No No No No No Yes 12 240 10 No Carry No No R22-2BUD form APD Sofnolime 1 - 2.5 mm 55 35 60 75 60 VR3 No 2
5 2 400 100 Jul-01 Dave Crockford TDI 29 Male Dive Master / Dive leader Full Trimix I have a keen interest in the phisics, and phisiology of mixed gas diving, so the inspiration seemed a good way to combine all I had learned, with the things that I already knew! 1I112809 Jul-01 New Large Large Large 22.5kg ABS (new style) Apeks White New, Coloured plastic protection stub cap White PTFE Externally, clips to T fitting Back lighting No No No Yes Bob Howells T Piece No No Yes Yes second O2 injector on exhale counterlung Yes Yes No Yes No No No No No No No Yes No No No Yes No Yes Yes No No No No Yes No No No No No No No No Yes Yes 12 240 17 No Carry Yes No R22-2BUD form APD Sofnolime 1 - 2.5 mm 70 60 100 112 90 VR3 Vplan No 2
15 2 1000 250 Aug-01 Ed Betts ANDI 36 Male Instructor Full Trimix Too many cylinders on deep OC dives New Large Large Normal 16Kg ABS (new style) Apeks White New, Coloured plastic protection stub cap Grid with Diverter Externally, clips to T fitting Back lighting No No No No No No No No ordered without cylinders and valves use DOT faber 3l and Seahornet valves No No Yes No No No No Yes No Yes didn't tighten top bulkhead enough after changing cell No No No No No No No No No No No Yes Yes Yes No No No No No No No No Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes 12 240 10 No Carry Yes Yes R22-2BUD form APD Sofnolime 1 - 2.5 mm 91 50 150 210 90 Abyss Explorer No 4
30 2 1000 80 Nov-00 Steve Bagaerts TDI 49 Male Instructor Basic Rebreather Diver Worked Wakulla 2 project. In looking at the cis lusnar and gas savings was VERY intrested. Saw a couple inspirations sitting in playa adventuras, talked to Steve and Matt Mathes about same and signed up. Nov-00 New Large Large Large 22.5kg ABS (new style) Apeks White New, Coloured plastic protection stub cap White PTFE Externally, clips to T fitting Back lighting Yes free flows occured AND i carry bailout anyway No no but modified. i refused to throw away with out an honest attempt to make workable alterations No No No No No No changed right hand waist belt to return forward appox. 4 inches, catch light battery canister and enter an additional weight belt buckle to secure same No Yes No No No No No No No No No No No No No Yes No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No Yes Yes 15 600 17 No Carry Yes Yes R22-2BUD form APD Sofnolime 1 - 2.5 mm 56 34 35 240 180 Nitek 3 Yes 4
10 1 260 25 20/03/2002 Richie Stevenson TDI 33 Male Dive Master / Dive leader Basic Rebreather Diver Why not!!I was doing extended range nitrox dives and this is the tool for the job. 2c132106 15/03/2002 New Medium Medium Normal 16Kg ABS (new style) Apeks White New, Coloured plastic protection stub cap White PTFE Externally, clips to T fitting Back lighting Yes One breath from death!! No No No No Yes No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No Yes 180 10 No Carry Yes Yes R22-2BUD form APD Sofnolime 1 - 2.5 mm 49 25 25 94 60 Cochran No 1
7 1 150 25 Feb-02 Jan Jørgensen IANTD 34 Male Rescue Diver / Sports Diver Basic Rebreather Diver Many reasons, top of the list: Longer bottomtimes and training for deeper dives forced me to consider tanks larger than 2x12. I didn't want to go that route, I had been looking into Rb for a couple of years and it just seemed like the right time. Also I had the financial oppertunity to do so at this particular time. Bottom line, smaller package for longer dives. Now that I have it, the no. one thing I would miss if I had to give it up, THE SILENCE :-) Absolute bliss, and the lack of time pressure on the bottom. With regards to instruments, I was paranoid before I switched... dec o1 Second-hand Medium Medium Large 22.5kg ABS (new style) Apeks White New, Coloured plastic protection stub cap White PTFE Externally, clips to T fitting Unlit Yes Had one on Commando BCD. POS piece of kit ! No Yes Larger RED tek wing I already had, because the color is easier to see Yes Bob Howells Plug N Play No Yes No No Divematics OC/CC mouthpiece No No No No No No No No No Yes mouthpiece too small, I couldnt hold on to it tightly enough. Everytime I turned my head, water poured in at the side of my mouth. 5£ for a larger mouthpiece and the problem was solved.  No No No No No No No No No No No Right now I have a broken O ring, it looks like it happened when I took it apart for maintenance. I have had low bat 2 or 3 times, switched master and continued without problems, no deco dives of course and I changed bat before next dive Yes No No No No Yes No No No No No Yes Yes 18 300 10 No Carry Yes Yes R22-2BUD form APD Sofnolime 1 - 2.5 mm 25 15 25 90 50 VR3 Proplanner Yes 6
15 3 1000 300 15/04/1999 Richie Stevenson IANTD 35 Male Advanced Diver (BSAC) Basic Rebreather Diver I was Physically unable to carry any more cylinders but wanted to dive deeper and longer apil 99 New Large Large Normal 16Kg ABS (new style) Seeman Sub Yellow Old, Solid metal protection stub White PTFE Externally, clips to T fitting Unlit Yes Fitted new wing Yes Stainless backplate, one piece webbing.more rugged & stable Yes Wanted more lift both above & below water. Halcyon 70lb(to big should of bought the 55lb) No No No No No Lead wieght fitted to stainless back plate Yes No Yes No Yes Yes Yes No No Yes No precheck, lose diluent butten No Yes No No No No Yes No No No No No Yes Yes No Yes No No No No No No Yes Failure 180 10 No Carry Yes Yes R22-2BUD form APD Sofnolime 1 - 2.5 mm 147 60 70 240 90 Tables DecoPlanner Yes 5
4 2 400 100 Feb-01 Pat Bryan IANTD 33 Male Rescue Diver / Sports Diver Basic Rebreather Diver another challenge  and the silence  also its damn cool Feb-01 New Large Large Normal 16Kg ABS (new style) Apeks White New, Coloured plastic protection stub cap White PTFE Externally, clips to T fitting Back lighting No No No Yes Bob Howells T Piece No Yes No No Yes No No No Yes No No No No No No No No No No Yes No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No Yes 18 240 10 No Alpinist No Yes R22-2BUD form APD Draegersorb 48 36 44 115 55 VR3 No 4
20 5 3000 1000 Jan-97 Dave Thompson IANTD 38 Male Instructor Full Trimix It was for work, but I have not swaped as I still teach both, though all fun dives are on cc. Jan-98 New Large Medium Normal 16Kg fibre Glass (old style) Seeman Sub Yellow Old, Solid metal protection stub White PTFE Externally, clips to T fitting Unlit Yes At the time it was not compulsory Yes Trans pac 2, for back problems Yes Custom divers, for more lift, the 22k wing was not availble then No Yes Yes No No 3mm neoprene sleeve round inlet lid to t piece hose. Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes No No No No No No No No Yes Yes 540 Yes No Yes No No No No No No Yes No No No No Yes No No Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes 12 180 10 Yes 6 Carry Yes Yes R22-2BUD form APD Sofnolime 1 - 2.5 mm 95 60 100 240 120 Tables Zplan No 2
7 1 250 12 Oct-02 Martin Robson IANTD 41 Male Advanced Diver (BSAC) Basic Rebreather Diver for more bottom time on deep wrecks Oct-02 New Medium Medium Normal 16Kg ABS (new style) Seeman Sub White New, Coloured plastic protection stub cap White PTFE Externally, clips to T fitting Back lighting No No No Yes Bob Howells T Piece No Yes No No No No No No No No No No No Yes from new flooded every dive till swapped 4 orings, not impressed at all. No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No Yes 12 180 14 No Carry No No R22-2BUD form APD Sofnolime 1 - 2.5 mm 70 36 12 60 60 Tables Zplan No 1
10 1.5 589 115 May-01 Neil Mathews IART 29 Male Dive Master / Dive leader Normoxic Trimix I was impressed by the range of opportunities, a CCR opens to a diver and I was always interested in becoming Trimix-certified. So, I decided to do it more economic. IL8H96906 Mar-01 Second-hand Large Large Large 22.5kg Fibre Glass (old style) Seeman Sub Yellow New, Coloured plastic protection stub cap White PTFE Externally, clips to T fitting Back lighting No No Yes in order to use the 22 litres wing No No No No Yes Jan Box Yes Yes Yes No Yes Yes No Yes No No No No No No No No No No No No Yes No No Yes Yes No No No No Yes No No No Yes Yes Failure 240 10 No Carry No Yes R22-2BUD form APD Spherasorb 3.0-4.0 mm 60 45 80 90 50 Nexus No 3
14 1 1500 22 12/10/2002 John Thornton IANTD 33 Male Instructor Basic Rebreather Diver New direction of my diving, easing remote area diving, maybe save some money on helium. 12/10/2002 New Large Large Large 22.5kg ABS (new style) Apeks White New, Coloured plastic protection stub cap White PTFE Externally, clips to T fitting Back lighting Yes Freeflows, unreliable and piss poor design Yes As for Auto Air except freeflow No No No Yes No No Yes No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No Yes No No No Yes No Yes No No No No No No No No No No Yes 12 180 10 No Carry Yes Yes R22-2BUD form APD Sofnolime 1 - 2.5 mm 42 30 85 45 Suunto Zplan No 1
23 1 1200 7 01/11/2002 Phill Short IANTD 42 Male Advanced Diver (BSAC) Basic Rebreather Diver Unable/do not want to shift more than twin 12 and side slung 7's + cost of Trimix 2J1561110 01/11/2002 New Large Large Normal 16Kg ABS (new style) Seeman Sub White New, Coloured plastic protection stub cap White PTFE Externally, clips to T fitting Back lighting No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No Yes Hole in hose / malformed T piece No No No No No No No No No No No Yes Yes No No No No No No Yes No No No Yes 180 15 No Carry Yes No R22-2BUD form APD Sofnolime 1 - 2.5 mm 32 15 7 90 89 Cochran No 1
12 1 700 80 May-01 Steve Bagaerts TDI 50 Female Dive Master / Dive leader Basic Rebreather Diver To extend the limits for exploration in caves.  Optimize decompression time. Lessen number of bottles and weight May-01 New Medium Medium Normal 16Kg ABS (new style) Seeman Sub White New, Coloured plastic protection stub cap White PTFE Externally, clips to T fitting Back lighting Yes Don't like - Use bailout bottle Yes Prefer webbing harness as I am used to.  allows more D-ring placement  changes No No No No No No Yes Yes Yes No No No No Yes No No No No No No Yes No No No No No No No Yes No No No No No No No No No Yes Yes Yes 450 10 No Carry Yes Yes R22-2BUD form APD Sofnolime 1 - 2.5 mm 75 43 80 210 90 Nexus Yes 4
20 2 1000 100 Nov-02 Sunset House IANTD 54 Male Open Water / Ocean diver Normoxic Trimix More bottom time, more gas available on deep dives, less deco. Mar-01 New Large Large Normal 16Kg ABS (new style) Apeks White New, Coloured plastic protection stub cap White PTFE Externally, clips to T fitting Back lighting No No No No No No No No No No No No Yes No No Yes No No No No No No No No Yes Yes No No Yes No No No Yes No No No No No No No No Yes 12 180 10 No Carry Yes Yes R22-2BUD form APD Sofnolime 1 - 2.5 mm 60 47 50 180 90 VR3 No 2
11 3.5 1200 350 Apr-00 Richie Stevenson IANTD 37 Male Instructor Full Trimix Ease of deep diving and gas cost 9C40401 15/05/1999 New Medium Medium Normal 16Kg ABS (new style) Apeks Yellow Old, Solid metal protection stub White PTFE Externally, clips to T fitting Back lighting No No No Yes Bob Howells T Piece Yes Yes No Yes Did have a Jan box but now back with original configuration No Yes Yes Yes No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No Wiring to one of the O2 sensors No No Yes No No No No No No No No Yes Yes 18 10 No Carry Yes Yes R22-2BUD form APD Sofnolime 1 - 2.5 mm 127 35 210 60 Hydrospace Explorer No 3
15 1 229 37 22/05/2002 David Sawatzky IANTD 48 Male Open Water / Ocean diver Basic Rebreather Diver 9E45207 21/04/2002 Second-hand Medium Medium Large 22.5kg fibre Glass (old style) Apeks White New, Coloured plastic protection stub cap White PTFE Externally, clips to T fitting Back lighting No No No No No No No No No Yes No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No Yes Yes No No No No No No No No Yes 18 180 8 No Carry No No R22-2BUD form APD Sofnolime 1 - 2.5 mm 42 25 37 180 60 Nitek 3 No 2
7 1 191 35 22/05/2002 David Sawatzky IANTD 45 Female Open Water / Ocean diver Basic Rebreather Diver 1E104710 21/04/2002 Second-hand Medium Medium Normal 16Kg ABS (new style) Apeks White New, Coloured plastic protection stub cap White PTFE Externally, clips to T fitting Back lighting No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No Yes No No No No No No No No No Yes No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No Yes 18 180 8 No Carry No No R22-2BUD form APD Sofnolime 1 - 2.5 mm 42 25 35 180 60 Suunto No 1
22 1 30 Sep-01 Mike Fowler IANTD 51 Male Instructor Basic Rebreather Diver Keep up with new technology. Need to do longer and deeper dives(wrecks and world w1 stuff) Sep-01 New Medium Medium Normal 16Kg ABS (new style) Seeman Sub White White PTFE Externally, clips to T fitting Back lighting No No No No No Yes No Yes No No No No No No No Yes No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No Yes No No No No No No No Yes Yes 180 10 No Carry Yes No R22-2BUD form APD Sofnolime 1 - 2.5 mm 50 65 25 120 60 Tables Buhlmann Yes 2
19 1 200 6 Jun-02 Peter Roberts IANTD 47 Male Dive Master / Dive leader Basic Rebreather Diver Extend underwater duration Nov-02 New Large Large Normal 16Kg ABS (new style) Seeman Sub White New, Coloured plastic protection stub cap White PTFE Externally, clips to T fitting Back lighting No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No Yes No Carry No No R22-2BUD form APD Sofnolime 1 - 2.5 mm Tables No 0
7 3 900 300 Mar-00 Steve Copeland TDI 35 Male Instructor Full Trimix Cost of Trimix. Lazy git that doesn't like to carry twin 15's + deco . Sound of Silence . Likes to dive looking like a spaceman (more tech the better). Simplicity of thesystem vs. O/C deo configuration. Shall I go on ! Mar-00 New Medium Medium Large 22.5kg ABS (new style) Apeks White New, Coloured plastic protection stub cap White PTFE Externally, clips to T fitting Back lighting No No Yes For Large AP version Yes Bob Howells T Piece Yes Yes Yes No Manual Diluent Inject removed (ADV does the job). 1.5ltr O2 external tank always attached. Button guages on cylinders - Tanks checked before dive. Devolution theory. Yes Yes No No No No No No Yes No No No No No No No No Yes No No No No Yes Yes No No No No Yes Yes No No No Yes Yes Yes 10 180 19 No Alpinist Yes Yes R22-2BUD form APD Sofnolime 1 - 2.5 mm 70 60 90 210 60 VR3 No 3
8 1 700 80 10/12/2001 John Thornton IANTD 50 Male Dive Master / Dive leader Basic Rebreather Diver Diving with rebreather divers regularly showed what they could do and twin 300bar 12's with stage bottles was doing my back in. 16/12/2001 New Medium Medium Large 22.5kg ABS (new style) Apeks White New, Coloured plastic protection stub cap White PTFE Externally, clips to T fitting Back lighting Yes I prefer a tidier inflator and seperate 2nd stage. No No No No Yes No No Twin dumpy 3l ponies back mounted on metalsub brackets. No No Yes No No No No Yes No No No No No No No No No No No No No No First stage on 02 creeping and blowing pressure releif valve. No No No No No No No No No No No Yes Failure 240 10 No Carry Yes Yes R22-2BUD form APD Sofnolime 1 - 2.5 mm 70 55 80 75 60 Tables GAP Yes 3
10 1 1500 14 Sep-01 Richie Stevenson TDI 37 Male Advanced Diver (BSAC) Basic Rebreather Diver Am interested by rebreathers anyway ( was on SCR for 1 yearbefore the Inspiration ). Want to move onto deeper trimix diving but know that I don't want to carry shed loads of OC gear !!. Am a qualified mechanical engineer having trained with the MOD and am now working in computers.Basically am very interested in how things work etc. Technology fascinates me . 2h145002 Sep-01 New Large Large Large 22.5kg ABS (new style) Apeks White New, Coloured plastic protection stub cap White PTFE Externally, clips to T fitting Back lighting Yes I prefer my bailout reg on a neck strap under my chin. Yes Have dived with the 'DIR' plain straps for 3-4 years - the harness is a MESS !! - now on OMS backplate with plain webbing. No No Yes Yes Yes No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No Yes 180 10 No Carry No No R22-2BUD form APD Sofnolime 1 - 2.5 mm 35 25 14 85 60 VR3 No 0
26 4 1000 1000 Jan-98 Kevin Gurr IANTD 43 Male Instructor Full Trimix Gas management for deeper dives New Large Large Normal 16Kg ABS (new style) Seeman Sub White New, Coloured plastic protection stub cap White PTFE Externally, clips to T fitting Back lighting Yes piece of shit Yes oms double bladder with steel backplate & harness Yes oms double bladder with steel backplate & harness Yes Bob Howells T Piece Yes Yes Yes No did have 7l cylinders but back to 3l now No Yes No No No No Yes No No Yes twice at 100m due to mouthpiece comming loose No No No No Yes Bypass Yes No No No No No No No Yes Yes No No No No No No No Yes Yes 12 240 15 No Carry Yes Yes R22-2BUD form APD Sofnolime 1 - 2.5 mm 100 70 10 210 60 VR3 No 5
30 10 7000 2000 Jan-92 Self Taught 52 Male Instructor Full Trimix too many big cylinders Jan-92 New Medium Large Large 22.5kg ABS (new style) Seeman Sub Yellow Old, Solid metal protection stub Grid with Diverter On scrubber lid Unlit Yes Crap Yes SS backplate Yes Rec Wing Yes Bob Howells T Piece Yes Yes Yes No Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes No Yes buddy cut hose!!!!! Yes Yes Yes Yes No yes Yes Yes Yes No Yes Yes Yes No No No No No No No No Yes No Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes 10 180 12 No Carry Yes No R22-2BUD form APD Sofnolime 1 - 2.5 mm 120 60 80 180 60 VR3 DDplan No 1
16 1 2000 30 Self Taught 35 Male Instructor Basic Rebreather Diver To maximise dive times and minimise gas cost Jun-02 Second-hand Large Large Normal 16Kg fibre Glass (old style) Seeman Sub Yellow Old, Solid metal protection stub White PTFE Externally, clips to T fitting Unlit No Yes CD TDB Yes CD TDB No Yes No No No stainless jan type box Yes Yes Yes No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No Yes Yes No No No No No No No No Yes Yes Yes 12 210 10 No Carry Yes Yes R22-2BUD form APD Sofnolime 1 - 2.5 mm 110 60 180 120 Tables Zplan Yes 4
18 1 475 30 Jul-02 Ronny Lindskog ANDI 34 Male Rescue Diver / Sports Diver Basic Rebreather Diver more bottom time, benefits while filming, to go further with my diving Jul-02 Second-hand Medium Medium Normal 16Kg ABS (new style) Apeks White New, Coloured plastic protection stub cap White PTFE Externally, clips to T fitting Back lighting No No No Yes Bob Howells T Piece No No No No Yes No No No No No No No No No Yes No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No Yes 180 10 No Carry Yes No R22-2BUD form APD Sofnolime 1 - 2.5 mm 45 35 64 60 Nexus No 0
12 1 3500 158 10/10/2001 Gary Fox TDI 26 Male Instructor Basic Rebreather Diver Extended dive times.Can't physically lift the amount of OC gas for many of the dives I want to do in the future due to back problems.  Also my semi-closed units were not delivering performance compared to my CC buddies 1J120109 Dec-01 New Medium Medium Large 22.5kg ABS (new style) Apeks White New, Coloured plastic protection stub cap White PTFE Externally, clips to T fitting Back lighting Yes I run a service centre and see too many with problems, also I'd prefer a good quality regulator as bailout and to hand off to buddies rather than my inflator. Yes None of the AP harnesses will fit (I am a Racing Snake), visiting AP they told me to replace it with the back plate and harness from my twinset configuration. No No Yes Yes Yes No Yes No No No No No Yes No No No No No No No No No No No No No No Yes No No No No No No Yes No No No Yes Yes 12 180 10 No Carry Yes Yes R22-2BUD form APD Sofnolime 1 - 2.5 mm 60 40 158 150 60 VR3 DDplan Yes 2
22 4 1600 203 Jan-99 John Thornton IANTD 47 Male Instructor Basic Rebreather Diver For use with deep trimix. Cost of OC was becoming prohibitive. Jan-99 New Large Large Normal 16Kg ABS (new style) Apeks Yellow Old, Solid metal protection stub Grid with Diverter Externally, clips to T fitting Back lighting No Yes OMS Yes OMS - changed backplate and it was already on it.  Nothing wrong with original harness - very good in fact No Yes Yes No No I have a second unit with Triton 7 ltr fibreglass case for deeper trimix Yes Yes Yes No No No No No No No No No Yes No Yes 165 No No Yes No No No No Yes Yes No No No No No Yes No No Yes Yes 14 120 10 No Alpinist Yes Yes R22-2BUD form APD Sofnolime 1 - 2.5 mm 80 65 65 120 90 Tables Zplan Yes 6
7 1 400 10 25/10/2002 Peter Roberts IANTD 37 Male Instructor Basic Rebreather Diver less deco,longer duration in water,warmth, interest in new technology 25/10/2002 New Medium Medium Large 22.5kg ABS (new style) Apeks White New, Coloured plastic protection stub cap White PTFE Externally, clips to T fitting Back lighting No No No No No No No No No Yes No No No No no No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No Yes No No No No No No No No Yes 12 300 10 No Carry Yes No R22-2BUD form APD Sofnolime 1 - 2.5 mm 30 15 10 85 60 Alladin Pro No 2
8 4 220 120 Apr-98 Dave Thompson IANTD 39 Male Dive Master / Dive leader Normoxic Trimix Liked the idea of CCR Jul-98 New Large Medium Normal 16Kg Fibre Glass (old style) Seeman Sub Yellow Old, Solid metal protection stub Grid with Diverter On scrubber lid Unlit No No Yes 22Kg for use with side mounts Yes Bob Howells Plug N Play Yes No No No Velcro cylinder straps now cam bands. ABS case. T sounder No Yes Yes No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No Yes No No No No No Yes No No Yes No No No No No Yes 6 180 10 No Carry No No R22-2BUD form APD Sofnolime 1 - 2.5 mm 55 35 30 70 45 Tables GAP No 2
8 1 100 6 01/09/2002 Martin Denison SSI 41 Male Dive Master / Dive leader Basic Rebreather Diver more dive time, less hang time, increased safety and comfort, new challenge 01/05/2002 New Large Medium Large 22.5kg ABS (new style) Apeks White New, Coloured plastic protection stub cap White PTFE Externally, clips to T fitting Back lighting No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No Yes 180 20 No Carry No No R22-2BUD form APD Sofnolime 1 - 2.5 mm 30 50 Tables DivePlanner No 0
8 1 550 26 01/06/2001 Carl Spur IANTD 32 Male Instructor Basic Rebreather Diver Warmer, cheaper trimix dives, longer and deeper dives...(Open Circuit Qualifications CMAS Instr. and IANTD Normoxic Trimix diver) OJ82301 04/07/2002 Second-hand Medium Medium Normal 16Kg ABS (new style) Apeks White New, Coloured plastic protection stub cap White PTFE Externally, clips to T fitting Back lighting Yes think its crap.. Yes SS Backplate Yes Dive Rite Classic Yes Bob Howells Plug N Play No Yes No No Yes No Yes No No No No No No No No No No No No No No Yes No No No No No No Yes No No Yes No No No No No Yes 210 10 No Carry Yes Yes R22-2BUD form APD Sofnolime 1 - 2.5 mm 65 34 6 116 70 Tables zplan Yes 4
20 2 2000 200 Sep-00 Bill Nadeau TDI 40 Male Instructor Normoxic Trimix Weight of the unit for the types of diving I was doing. Aug-00 New Large Large Normal 16Kg ABS (new style) Apeks White New, Coloured plastic protection stub cap White PTFE Externally, clips to T fitting Back lighting Yes Piece of Shiite, 6 mins of dil on OC. No No Yes Bob Howells T Piece No No No No Crotch strap, Standout D rings on waist belt,  small scubapro gauges and oral inflator for the BC, Aluminum chair to support the canister (removable) Yes Yes Yes Yes No No No No No No No No No No Yes 240 No No No No No No No Yes No Yes No No Yes No No Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes 18 180 No Alpinist Yes Yes R22D from Teledyne Draegersorb 72 50 100 180 90 VR3 Zplan Yes 6
29 4 550 120 Jan-98 Nigel Band IANTD 55 Male Advanced Diver (BSAC) Normoxic Trimix Thought it was the way to go - wasn't anticipating tragic events of `98 1l7k62809 Mar-98 New Large Medium Large 22.5kg ABS (new style) Seeman Sub White Old, Solid metal protection stub Grid with Diverter Externally, clips to T fitting Unlit No No No Yes Other Yes No No No +4 D rings 4 sidemouts/bat. pack LHS/1L cyl RHS Yes Yes Yes No Yes Yes No No No No No No No No No No No No No No Yes No Yes Yes Yes No No No Yes Yes Yes No No Yes Yes 15 240 10 No Alpinist No Yes R22-2BUD form APD Sofnolime 1 - 2.5 mm 50 30 15 92 60 Zplan No 5
11 2 2000 90 Sep-00 Richie Stevenson IANTD 36 Male Advanced Diver (BSAC) Basic Rebreather Diver had open circuit stolen, replaced with cc after major brain storming session Sep-00 New Large Large Normal 16Kg ABS (new style) Apeks White New, Coloured plastic protection stub cap Grid with Diverter Externally, clips to T fitting Back lighting No No No Yes Bob Howells Plug N Play No No No No Yes No Yes No No No Yes No No No No No No No No No No Yes No No No No dil and o2 hoses unclipping from buttons in early dives No No No No No No No No No No No Yes Yes 24 240 10 No Carry Yes Yes R22-2BUD form APD Sofnolime 1 - 2.5 mm 45 35 40 120 50 VR3 Proplanner Yes 4
25 3 500 40 Aug-00 Steve Copeland TDI 39 Male Instructor Basic Rebreather Diver Interested in the potential of the technology. Mar-01 New Medium Medium Normal 16Kg ABS (new style) Apeks White New, Coloured plastic protection stub cap White PTFE Externally, clips to T fitting Back lighting No No No No No No No No Yes No No No No No No No No No No No No No Yes 180 No No Yes No No No No No No No No No No No No No No Yes Yes 12 180 10 No Carry Yes No R22-2BUD form APD Sofnolime 1 - 2.5 mm 46 30 20 60 45 Nexus No 1
14 1 620 73 20/11/2001 John Thornton IANTD 38 Female Dive Master / Dive leader Basic Rebreather Diver Wanted more flexibility in terms of ideal gas for depth, which can vary by 40m from plan due to weather, He difficult to get locally (Shetland Isles), also starting to find back gas limiting duration of dives too much. 11112904 Oct-01 New Medium Medium Large 22.5kg ABS (new style) Apeks White New, Coloured plastic protection stub cap White PTFE Externally, clips to T fitting Back lighting Yes Took off then put back again, didn't always want a bail-out reg, if needed take a stage No No yes Bob Howells Plug N Play Yes No No No Yes Yes No No No No No No No No No No Yes Yes No No No No No No No No Complete nightmare initially, first 10 dives or so got intermittent cell errors, graduated to intermittent fault where master and slave read completely differently, master fine, slave cell error no dive , sent back to factory 3 times, eventually sorted out and replaved electronics by MP ( 05/02) explanation given dry joint in slave unit. Loan unit whilst own away solenoid failed shut on first dive ( on bottom) then after clean out, battery change, periodically failed to inject - corrosion on wiring - beginnning to give up by that point and go back to OC, Touch wood no problems since 05/02, however am on the ferry to Orkney on Friday, and still am vaguely surprised when it calibrates and works OK Yes No No No No No No No No No No Yes Yes 180 8 No Carry No No R22-2BUD form APD Sofnolime 1 - 2.5 mm 85 73 97 45 Tables DDplan Yes 1
7 2 400 98 27/04/2001 Dave Crockford TDI 29 Male Advanced Diver (BSAC) Basic Rebreather Diver started with a draeger for a year then wanted better deco times and duration Apr-01 New Medium Medium Large 22.5kg ABS (new style) Apeks White New, Coloured plastic protection stub cap White PTFE Externally, clips to T fitting Back lighting Yes too big and there crap Yes metal back plate a better fit on the back No Yes Bob Howells Plug N Play No Yes No No Yes Yes No Yes No No No No No No No No No No No No No Yes No No No No No No Yes No Yes No Yes No No No No Yes Yes 18 180 12 No Carry Yes Yes R22-2BUD form APD Sofnolime 1 - 2.5 mm 72 50 58 90 60 Nexus Yes 4
3 1 270 50 14/09/2002 Ron Benson IANTD 22 Male Dive Master / Dive leader Normoxic Trimix Lots of reasons, I was very well informed on the unit and I didn't really see any reason not to.  OC is for bailout 14/09/2002 New Medium Medium Normal 16Kg ABS (new style) Apeks White New, Coloured plastic protection stub cap White PTFE Externally, clips to T fitting Back lighting No No No No No No No No Yes No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No Yes Yes 240 8 No Carry No No R22-2BUD form APD Sofnolime 1 - 2.5 mm 65 45 50 120 60 Vplan No 1
22 1 500 23 Feb-02 Andrew Driver IANTD 42 Male Instructor Basic Rebreather Diver Longer bottom times, less tanks to carry, warm air for cold diving May-02 New Large Large Large 22.5kg ABS (new style) Seeman Sub White PTFE Externally, clips to T fitting Back lighting No Yes SS Backplate No No No No Yes No No No No No No No Yes Yes No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No Yes Yes No No No No No Yes 210 10 No Carry Yes Yes R22-2BUD form APD Sofnolime 1 - 2.5 mm 26 18 22 60 35 VR3 No 4
6 1 500 40 Mar-01 Andrew Driver IANTD 35 Male Instructor Basic Rebreather Diver I haven't completely. I still do OC especially on wrecks in the area. I'm currently building experience and comfort. The reason for the switch is shorter hangs, less restrictive diving. il1j202408 Mar-01 New Large Large Normal 16Kg ABS (new style) Apeks White New, Coloured plastic protection stub cap White PTFE Externally, clips to T fitting Back lighting No Yes OMS w/ backplate, instructor recommendation No No Yes Yes No No No No No No No No No No No Yes user error, didn't snug up a TEE fitting,didn't leak check No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No Yes Yes No No No No No Yes 180 15 No Carry Yes Yes R22-2BUD form APD Sofnolime 1 - 2.5 mm 42 34 40 90 60 Abyss Explorer No 4
9 1 630 60 Nov-01 Ryan Cicanski TDI 46 Male Instructor Full Trimix Go deeper and stay longer Nov-01 New Medium Medium Large 22.5kg ABS (new style) Apeks White New, Coloured plastic protection stub cap Grid with Diverter Externally, clips to T fitting Back lighting No No No No No Yes No No North American legal tanks 20 F3 OMS with APD valves No Yes Yes No No Yes No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No Yes 15 180 10 No Carry No No R22-2BUD form APD Carb-O-Sorb 75 36 60 75 45 VR3 No 1
28 2 1869 200 Apr-01 Don Townsend IANTD 50 Male Dive Master / Dive leader Basic Rebreather Diver Gas duraation; lighter than twinset New Medium Medium Normal 16Kg ABS (new style) Apeks White Old, Solid metal protection stub White PTFE Externally, clips to T fitting Back lighting Yes Leaks- failure point, wanted larger wings Yes OMS backplate & harnes Yes DiveRite rec wings No No No No No No No No No No No Yes Yes No No No No No No No No Yes Yes No No No No Yes No No Yes No No Yes Yes No No No Yes Yes Yes 15 330 20 No Carry Yes Yes R22D from Teledyne Sofnolime 1 - 2.5 mm 76 26 100 270 60 Proplanner Yes 5
16 2 429 28 May-01 Andrew Driver IANTD 40 Female Dive Master / Dive leader Basic Rebreather Diver Less "stuff" (e.g., bottles) to take along on a boat trip May-01 New Medium Medium Normal 16Kg ABS (new style) Seeman Sub White New, Coloured plastic protection stub cap White PTFE Externally, clips to T fitting Back lighting No Yes SS No No No No No No fastened 4 lbs lead weight inside case; replaced plastic 'hook' (that holds hoses inside unit) with ss No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No Yes Yes 180 15 No Carry No No R22-2BUD form APD Sofnolime 1 - 2.5 mm 36 30 28 40 60 Nexus No 0
23 1 600 40 May-02 David Sawatzky IANTD 34 Male Instructor Basic Rebreather Diver To Diving any deeper who require me to start carring more or bigger tanks than I could personally carry.  Using double 100's on back and 2 63's as sling bottles. plus argon 0D64106  May-02 Second-hand Medium Medium Normal 16Kg ABS (new style) Apeks Yellow New, Coloured plastic protection stub cap White PTFE Externally, clips to T fitting Back lighting No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No Yes 12 180 8 No Carry Yes No R22-2BUD form APD Sofnolime 1 - 2.5 mm 36 30 40 120 60 Tables zplan No 0
14 4 3000 200 Jul-98 Dave Thompson IANTD 43 Male Instructor Basic Rebreather Diver Saw the unit in Pre-production and liked it 8E15309 Jul-98 New Medium Medium Normal 16Kg Fibre Glass (old style) Seeman Sub Yellow Old, Solid metal protection stub Grid with Diverter On scrubber lid Unlit No No No No No No No No Apek O2 first stage, buzzer on a stalk (from APV) Yes No Yes No Yes Yes No No No No No No No No No No Yes No No No No No No No Yes No No No No No No No No Yes Yes Failure 240 25 No Carry Yes Yes R22-2BUD form APD Sofnolime 1 - 2.5 mm 110 70 30 100 70 Tables Zplan Yes 3
13 2 900 75 Oct-00 Mike Fowler IANTD 30 Male Dive Master / Dive leader Basic Rebreather Diver Use of helium in bottom mix becomes more affordable even at shallow dives. Extended bottom times, warmer dives since the gas is "reused". 9C40405 Nov-00 Second-hand Large Large Normal 16Kg ABS (new style) Apeks Yellow Old, Solid metal protection stub White PTFE Externally, clips to T fitting Unlit No Yes Wanted a "slimmer" machine +used to backplate. Steel backplate specially designed for inspiration case and "own" design harness. No No No No No No Separated lungs, shortend hoses, Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes No No No No No No No No No No No Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes No Had problems with wiring to cell2. APD replaced wiring and solenoid. Yes Yes No No Yes No No No No No Yes Yes Yes Yes 14 330 12 No Carry Yes Yes R22-2BUD form APD Sofnolime 1 - 2.5 mm 85 65 40 140 100 Nexus Yes 6
23 2 2500 150 Mar-00 Dave Thompson IANTD 46 Male First Class Diver (BSAC) Basic Rebreather Diver To reduce trimix bills, to extend nitrox dive times, new toy Jun-00 New Large Medium Normal 16Kg ABS (new style) Apeks Yellow New, Coloured plastic protection stub cap White PTFE Externally, clips to T fitting Back lighting No No No No No No No No Yes Yes Yes Yes No No No No No Yes Inverted pressure relief mushroom (did -ve pressure test test with valve open)) No No No No No No Yes No No No Yes No No O2 cell failure due to blocked holes in sensor (3 cells) Yes Yes Yes No No No No No No No No Yes Yes Yes Yes 24 210 10 No Carry Yes Yes R22-2BUD form APD Sofnolime 1 - 2.5 mm 55 35 50 90 50 Nexus DDplan Yes 6
17 3 2500 225 Oct-00 Richie Stevenson IANTD 36 Male Advanced Diver (BSAC) Full Trimix Reached my cylinder limit for wreck diving of twin 18L, centre 7L and sidemounted 12L,s and still wanted to go deeper and longer.  Besiders its easier and safer at depth. Mar-01 New Medium Medium Large 22.5kg ABS (new style) Apeks White New, Coloured plastic protection stub cap White PTFE Externally, clips to T fitting Back lighting Yes Its a piece of shit.  Wanted my wing to use the same inflate hose as all my other fittings. Yes Custom Divers SS backplate and harness. No Yes Bob Howells Plug N Play No Yes Yes Yes 2nd O2 injector on O2 side, which I use to connect a 50% Yes Yes Yes No No No No No No Yes Minor flood - not enough to come off the loop.  Slack on pre-dive +ive check. No No Yes No No No No No Yes No No No No Accidentally turned off the Master a few times when changing setpoint from low to high on the bottom.  Clumsy with 5mm gloves. Yes No Yes No No Yes No No No No No Yes Failure 270 10 No Carry Yes Yes R22-2BUD form APD Sofnolime 1 - 2.5 mm 127 70 60 240 130 Tables Vplan No 4
5 4 800 600 Jun-99 Chisel IANTD 39 Male Dive Master / Dive leader Full Trimix Heliox, no worry about running out of gas... Apr-01 New Medium Medium Normal 16Kg ABS (new style) Apeks White New, Coloured plastic protection stub cap White PTFE Externally, clips to T fitting Back lighting Yes It's useless for my requirements Yes One piece + backplate No No No No No No Removed weight pocket Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes No No No No No No No No No No Yes No Yes No No No No No No Yes No No No No No No No No Yes 10 360 12 Yes 5.75 Alpinist Yes Yes R22-2BUD form APD Sofnolime 1 - 2.5 mm 44 27 200 280 110 Brain No 4
15 2 2000 300 Feb-00 Martin Dennison SSI 35 Male Instructor Basic Rebreather Diver Needed it for u/w film work Feb-00 New Medium Medium Normal 16Kg ABS (new style) Apeks White New, Coloured plastic protection stub cap White PTFE Externally, clips to T fitting Unlit No No No No Yes Yes No No No Yes Yes Yes No No No No No No No No No No Yes 420 No No No No Yes No No Yes No No Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes No No Yes Yes Failure 330 15 No Carry Yes Yes R22D from Teledyne Sodasorb 80 30 100 330 90 VR3 No 6
13 1 500 120 30/07/2001 John Thornton IANTD 30 Male Instructor Basic Rebreather Diver 30/07/2001 New Medium Medium Large 22.5kg ABS (new style) Apeks White New, Coloured plastic protection stub cap White PTFE Externally, clips to T fitting Back lighting Yes Free flowing No No No No Yes No No Yes Yes No Yes No No No Yes No No No No No No No No No Yes Yes Yes No No Yes No No No No No Yes Yes No No No No Yes Yes Yes 12 180 10 No Carry Yes Yes R22D from Teledyne Sofnolime 1 - 2.5 mm 55 40 80 100 60 VR3 Yes 4
15 1 2000 100 May-00 L Spagnol TDI 30 Male Instructor Basic Rebreather Diver less deco than OC. Aug-02 New Medium Medium Large 22.5kg ABS (new style) Apeks White New, Coloured plastic protection stub cap White PTFE Externally, clips to T fitting Back lighting Yes kept freeflowing No No Yes Bob Howells T Piece Yes Yes No No o2 2nd injector button No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No Yes No No No No No Yes No No No No No No No No No No Yes Yes Yes 12 180 20 No Carry Yes Yes R22-2BUD form APD Sofnolime 1 - 2.5 mm 60 35 110 90 VR3 Yes 2
16 1 1200 26 06/09/2002 Gary Fox TDI 35 Female Advanced Diver (BSAC) Basic Rebreather Diver After 3 years OC Trimix I felt due to kit requirements I needed to switch to CC even if I had to take time out of Trimix to build up CC experience Oct-02 New Medium Medium Large 22.5kg ABS (new style) Apeks White New, Coloured plastic protection stub cap White PTFE Externally, clips to T fitting Back lighting No No No No No No Yes No Had unit supplied with second inflator holes in the counter lung but with blanking plugs fitted. No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No Yes No No No No No Yes No No No No No No No No No No Yes 12 No Carry Yes No R22-2BUD form APD Sofnolime 1 - 2.5 mm 25 10 26 90 60 VR3 No 0
18 2 2000 100 01/03/2002 Chris Ullmann IANTD 36 Male Instructor Full Trimix Cave diving, long distance and long time diving, best mix, safety 01/03/2000 New Large Large Normal 16Kg ABS (new style) Apeks White New, Coloured plastic protection stub cap White PTFE Externally, clips to T fitting Unlit Yes open water with AA, cave no AA: risk of freeflow, no advantage. Bailout with OC cylinder No No No No No Yes No lots of: new case (similar to Greisen), 4th cell inside the scrubber lid, optional belts with D-rings, sergical tubing to give a better fitting to the harness, VR3 attached to the handset, bailout and trimix cylinder on the l und r side No Yes No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No low battery. In the manual was written 40 hours for master. in fact it is about 15. Yes No Yes No No No No No No No No Yes Yes Yes Failure 240 13 No Carry Yes Yes R22-2BUD form APD Sofnolime 1 - 2.5 mm 100 60 50 240 120 VR3 No 3
12 1 470 35 01/05/2002 Andy Hetherton TDI 38 Male Dive Master / Dive leader Basic Rebreather Diver Wanted to extend diving and eventaully go to trimix Apr-02 New Medium Medium Normal 16Kg ABS (new style) Apeks White New, Coloured plastic protection stub cap White PTFE Externally, clips to T fitting Back lighting No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No Yes Forgot to put mouthpiece in!! No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No Yes 18 180 14 No Carry Yes No R22-2BUD form APD Sofnolime 1 - 2.5 mm 38 30 70 45 Nexus No 2
4 2 250 40 Aug-00 Steve Cowley TDI 39 Male Instructor Basic Rebreather Diver Advised by my instructor, badly, selling the unit now. Aug-00 New Medium Medium Normal 16Kg ABS (new style) Apeks Yellow New, Coloured plastic protection stub cap White PTFE Externally, clips to T fitting Back lighting No No Yes 22Kg version No Yes No No No 2 x G-snaps for offboard 3litres & Buddy Blast air horn No No No Yes No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No Yes No No No No No Yes 12 15 No Carry No No R22-2BUD form APD Sofnolime 1 - 2.5 mm 50 30 10 70 40 VR3 Proplanner No 1
30 1 8000 130 Mar-02 John Garvin TDI 49 Male Instructor Full Trimix More bottom time and a quiet dive, more flexibility on deco dives Mar-02 New Large Large Normal 16Kg ABS (new style) Apeks White New, Coloured plastic protection stub cap White PTFE Externally, clips to T fitting Back lighting Yes Preferred a standard 2nd stage configuration No No No No No No No No No Yes No No No No No No No No No No No Yes 90 No No Yes No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No Yes Yes Yes Yes 150 8 No Carry Yes No R22-2BUD form APD Sofnolime 1 - 2.5 mm 68 30 130 120 60 VR3 No 2
15 3 1900 52 06/05/2001 Rob Postma IANTD 41 Male Instructor Normoxic Trimix New challenge, Technical Interest, Tired of OC,want deeper dives,interesting public ;) Jun-05 Second-hand Large Large Large 22.5kg fibre Glass (old style) Apeks Yellow Old, Solid metal protection stub White PTFE Externally, clips to T fitting Unlit No No No Yes Other Yes No No Yes Yes No No Yes No No No Yes No Yes could not close mouthpiece during diluent connector failure No No No No No Yes No Yes No Yes No No No mouthpiece would not close, diluent connector jumps of the connector, cell errors caused by unknown reasons No No No No No No No No No No No Yes Yes 9 180 14 No Carry No No R22-2BUD form APD Sofnolime 1 - 2.5 mm 55 30 18 98 50 Nexus GAP No 1
5 2 110 50 Aug-01 Simon Townsend IANTD 34 Male AOW Basic Rebreather Diver Gas efficiency Aug-01 Second-hand Large Large Normal 16Kg fibre Glass (old style) Apeks White New, Coloured plastic protection stub cap White PTFE Externally, clips to T fitting Unlit No Yes Custom Divers backplate and harness for comfort No No No Yes No No Yes Yes No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No Yes 12 210 10 No Carry No Yes R22-2BUD form APD Sofnolime 1 - 2.5 mm 45 25 40 120 70 Tables DDplan No 2
10 4 2000 600 Oct-98 Steve Ward IANTD 27 Male Instructor Full Trimix new technology Nov-98 Second-hand Large Large Large 22.5kg ABS (new style) Seeman Sub Yellow Old, Solid metal protection stub White PTFE Externally, clips to T fitting Back lighting Yes shite No Yes OMS 100 Kg Yes Bob Howells Plug N Play No No Yes Yes Silver Cover Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes No Yes No No No No No No Yes No Yes No No Yes No No No No No Yes Yes No No No No No No No No Yes 12 180 10 No Alpinist No Yes R22-2BUD form APD Sofnolime 1 - 2.5 mm 95 70 100 150 70 VR3 No 3
26 6 1000 140 Jan-97 Phill Short IANTD 46 Male Advanced Diver (BSAC) Basic Rebreather Diver 7L00801 Jan-98 New Medium Medium Normal 16Kg ABS (new style) Seeman Sub Yellow Old, Solid metal protection stub Grid with Diverter Externally, clips to T fitting Back lighting Yes To allow O2 to be plumbed through wing Yes Prefer hogarthian rig No Yes Bob Howells Plug N Play No No No No Yes No Yes No No No No Yes No Yes cos I'm an idiot and hadn't assembled correctly No No No No No No No No Yes No No No No No Yes Yes No No No No No No No No Yes 80 5 Yes 6 Carry Yes Yes R22-2BUD form APD Sofnolime 1 - 2.5 mm 100 56 15 300 60 Tables Yes 5
28 2 5000 270 22/04/2001 Garret Weinberg IANTD 42 Male Instructor Full Trimix for the girls! 1b93609 & 1b93607 22/04/2001 New Large Large Normal 16Kg ABS (new style) Apeks White New, Coloured plastic protection stub cap White PTFE Externally, clips to T fitting Back lighting Yes it was as big as a house and too sensitive to leaks No No No No No No No replaced auto air with both a standard bcd inflator, then seaquest auto air not sure what is best at this point, jury is still out Yes Yes Yes No Yes Yes No Yes No No No Yes No No No No No No Yes Yes No No No mouthpiece screw has stripped,  pin holes in hose,  oxygen inflate button has un-screwed / fallen off,  No Yes Yes No No Yes No No No No No Yes Yes Yes Failure 300 15 No Carry Yes Yes R22D from Teledyne Sofnolime 1 - 2.5 mm 100 45 200 180 80 VR3 Zplan No 5
4 1 514 27 09/08/2002 Steve Ward TDI 26 Male Instructor Basic Rebreather Diver  1, Lot safer and lighter for the types of dives we are doing. 2H144202 05/08/2002 New Medium Medium Large 22.5kg ABS (new style) Apeks White New, Coloured plastic protection stub cap White PTFE Externally, clips to T fitting Back lighting No No No No No No No No just 2 off board tanks on either side mounted with g snaps Yes Yes Yes Yes No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No Yes Yes No No No No No No No No Yes 240 15 No Carry No No R22-2BUD form APD Sofnolime 1 - 2.5 mm 36 30 125 90 Tables Zplan No 3
15 2 1000 50 Jan-00 Dave Vincent TDI 36 Male First Class Diver (BSAC) Full Trimix To reduce equipment load Mar-00 New Medium Medium Normal 16Kg ABS (new style) Apeks White New, Coloured plastic protection stub cap White PTFE Externally, clips to T fitting Unlit Yes Change of wing No Yes OMS Yes Bob Howells T Piece No Yes No No Yes No Yes No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No Yes No No No No No No No No No No Yes 24 240 10 No Carry Yes No R22-2BUD form APD Sofnolime 1 - 2.5 mm 65 45 20 90 45 VR3 No 2
15 5 1200 250 Dave Thompson IANTD 36 Male Dive Master / Dive leader Basic Rebreather Diver Deep Diving New Large Large Normal 16Kg Fibre Glass (old style) Seeman Sub White New, Coloured plastic protection stub cap White PTFE Externally, clips to T fitting Unlit Yes No No Yes Bob Howells T Piece No Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes No No Yes No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No Yes No No Yes No No No Yes Yes Yes Yes 12 180 12 No Carry No Yes R22-2BUD form APD Sofnolime 1 - 2.5 mm 76 50 15 150 90 VR3 GAP Yes 4
10 3 200 100 24/12/2000 Nigel Band IANTD 37 Male Instructor Full Trimix MORE GAS. MOVING WITH THE TIMES 11/02/2001 New Large Medium Normal 16Kg ABS (new style) Apeks White New, Coloured plastic protection stub cap White PTFE Externally, clips to T fitting Back lighting No No No Yes Other No No Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes No No Yes Yes Yes Yes O2 INFLATER CAME OFF DIDNT DO POSS TEST BUT DID NEGITAVE Yes Yes No No No No No No Yes Yes Yes No Yes Yes No No No No No No No No No No Yes Yes Yes 18 420 15 No Carry Yes Yes R22-2BUD form APD Sofnolime 1 - 2.5 mm 70 50 50 135 100 VR3 Zplan No 4
32 1 300 22 23/09/2002 Mike Fowler IANTD 45 Male Instructor Basic Rebreather Diver I dove Semi closed for 2 years I took the next step to bubble free. New Medium Medium Normal 16Kg ABS (new style) Apeks New, Coloured plastic protection stub cap White PTFE Externally, clips to T fitting Back lighting No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No Yes 180 No Carry No No R22-2BUD form APD Sofnolime 1 - 2.5 mm 33 25 22 80 60 VR3 No 0
20 1 3500 70 Jan-02 Alan Wright IANTD 42 Male Instructor Basic Rebreather Diver Extended time and gas duration at depth 60m plus 1j120115 Jan-02 New Large Medium Large 22.5kg ABS (new style) Seeman Sub White New, Coloured plastic protection stub cap White PTFE Externally, clips to T fitting Back lighting Yes It's crap No No Yes APD's No No Yes No Yes Yes Yes No No No No Yes No No No No No No No No No No No No Yes No No No No No No No No No No No No No Yes Yes Yes Yes 6 240 12 Yes 5.9 Carry Yes No R22-2BUD form APD Sofnolime 1 - 2.5 mm 60 40 60 90 65 VR3 Yes 2
15 1 800 65 Apr-02 Phil Hodson TDI 44 Male Advanced Diver (BSAC) Basic Rebreather Diver I was doing alot of OC trimix stuff & the kit I had to carry to do the dives I wanted to do was getting excessive. CCR seemed to be the way to go...and it certainly is! 2D132905 Apr-02 New Medium Medium Normal 16Kg ABS (new style) Seeman Sub White New, Coloured plastic protection stub cap White PTFE Externally, clips to T fitting Back lighting No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No vague bleeps as batteries get to end of life, not a failure as such Yes No No No No No No No No No No Yes Yes 12 180 13 No Alpinist Yes Yes R22-2BUD form APD Sofnolime 1 - 2.5 mm 82 40 65 120 60 Tables DDplan Yes 3
7 1 478 53 15/06/2002 Pim v.d. Horst IANTD 36 Male Dive Master / Dive leader Full Trimix To lower the cost of breathing gas as He is extremely  01/05/2002 Second-hand Medium Medium Normal 16Kg ABS (new style) Seeman Sub Yellow Old, Solid metal protection stub White PTFE Externally, clips to T fitting Unlit No Yes SS backplate, better versatility when carying stages + ilimination of weight on weightbeld No No No Yes No No etalsub blockplate on left (diluent) side of the casing to carry external 4 liter bailout Yes No Yes No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No Yes No No No No No No No No No No Yes Yes Yes 180 7 No Alpinist No No R22-2BUD form APD Sofnolime 1 - 2.5 mm 85 40 53 80 60 Tables Decoweenie No 1
8 4 605 130 11/10/1998 John Thornton IANTD 47 Male Instructor Full Trimix It made more sense to me than diving deep on OC. Sep-98 New Large Large Large 22.5kg ABS (new style) Apeks Yellow Old, Solid metal protection stub Grid with Diverter Externally, clips to T fitting Back lighting Yes If I'm bailing out I want to bail out to a reg. I trust (anf they seem to have a tendency to leak) Yes Aluminium backplate and webbing yes APV RedTek No Yes Yes No No ABS case and backlit lights were installed post purchase. Yes Yes Yes No Yes No No Yes No No No No No No Yes 360 No No No No Yes No Yes No No Yes Yes No No No No No No No No Yes Yes Yes 12 270 10 No Carry Yes No R22-2BUD form APD Sofnolime 1 - 2.5 mm 70 30 29 90 48 Tables Zplan No 4
7 2 2500 250 Mar-00 Deep Blue Diving IANTD 31 Male Advanced Diver (BSAC) Basic Rebreather Diver Mar-00 New Medium Large Normal 16Kg ABS (new style) Apeks White New, Coloured plastic protection stub cap White PTFE Externally, clips to T fitting Back lighting Yes No yes Dive Rite Classic Wing  No No No Yes No No No No No No No No Yes No No No No No No Yes 325 Yes No No Yes No No No No No No Yes No No No No No No No Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes 14 240 10 Yes 5.7 Alpinist Yes Yes R22-2BUD form APD Sofnolime 1 - 2.5 mm 110 55 115 160 100 VR3 Yes 8
12 4 540 112 Feb-99 John Thornton IANTD 31 Male Advanced Diver (BSAC) Basic Rebreather Diver The whole deal seemed safer than OC and it would also save money on mixed gas diving. Feb-99 New Medium Medium Normal 16Kg ABS (new style) Apeks Yellow Old, Solid metal protection stub Grid with Diverter Externally, clips to T fitting Back lighting No Yes OMS for s/s backplate...easier to get into than inspiration harness yes OMS single bladder 100 lbs AP wing never seemed to give me enough head out of water. No Yes Yes No No Removed seeman sub 1st stage and fitted apeks. Auto air acts as dil reg. Yes Yes Yes No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No Broken wire off solenoid causing solenoid failure Yes No No No No No No No No No No Yes Yes Failure 210 7 No Alpinist No Yes R22-2BUD form APD Sofnolime 1 - 2.5 mm 80 60 40 120 85 Tables Zplan Yes 4
9 1 7000 17 20/10/2002 Andy Hetherton TDI 47 Male Advanced Diver (BSAC) Basic Rebreather Diver to reduce my gas bill 2H153607 07/10/2002 New Large Medium Large 22.5kg ABS (new style) Apeks White New, Coloured plastic protection stub cap White PTFE Externally, clips to T fitting Back lighting Yes Too Big  No No No No Yes No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No Yes 12 180 10 No Carry No Yes R22-2BUD form APD Sofnolime 1 - 2.5 mm 36 25 85 58 VR3 Proplanner No 1
16 2 604 32 Jun-01 Dv Diving TDI 40 Male Advanced Diver (BSAC) Basic Rebreather Diver New challenge, increased deco margin in line with increased age. Jun-01 New Medium Medium Normal 16Kg ABS (new style) Apeks White New, Coloured plastic protection stub cap White PTFE Externally, clips to T fitting Back lighting No No No No No No No No No Yes No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No Yes No No No No No No Yes Yes No No No No No No No No Yes 180 9 Carry Yes No R22-2BUD form APD Sofnolime 1 - 2.5 mm 38 20 22 110 60 Monitor II No 2
12 1 1500 75 Bill Nadeau IANTD 31 Male Instructor Full Trimix Deeper, Longer, Smarter New Large Large Normal 16Kg ABS (new style) Apeks White New, Coloured plastic protection stub cap White PTFE Externally, clips to T fitting Back lighting No No No No No No No No Yes Yes No No Yes Yes No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No Yes Yes Yes Yes Failure 360 20 No Carry No No R22-2BUD form APD Sofnolime 1 - 2.5 mm 100 60 100 210 120 VR3 No 2
29 4 2000 30 May-99 Vincent Schutte TDI 43 Male First Class Diver (BSAC) Basic Rebreather Diver Jan-99 Second-hand Large Large Large 22.5kg Fibre Glass (old style) Seeman Sub Yellow Old, Solid metal protection stub White PTFE Externally, clips to T fitting Unlit No No No No Yes No No No No No No No Yes Yes No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No Yes No No No No No No No No No No No Yes 14 150 15 Carry Yes Yes R22-2BUD form APD Sofnolime 1 - 2.5 mm 30 23 90 45 No 2
10 1 800 100 Aug-01 Richie Stevenson IANTD 46 Male Instructor Full Trimix The only way to go for gas planning / duration Aug-01 New Large Large Normal 16Kg ABS (new style) Apeks White New, Coloured plastic protection stub cap Grid with Diverter Externally, clips to T fitting Back lighting No No No No Yes No No No No Yes No No Yes No No No No No No No No No No No No Yes Yes No No No No No No Yes No Yes Yes No No No No No