Feeling lucky? Russian O2 rebreather on Craigslist
Feeling lucky? Russian O2 rebreather on Craigslist
http://seattle.craigslist.org/tac/spo/3893006133.html
"Ida-71 russian Scuba rebreather $350.00 serious buyers only"
I had to look this thing up.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:IDA- ... 167777.JPG
NOT MY AD, I just thought it was interesting... and scary.
"Ida-71 russian Scuba rebreather $350.00 serious buyers only"
I had to look this thing up.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:IDA- ... 167777.JPG
NOT MY AD, I just thought it was interesting... and scary.
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Re: Feeling lucky? Russian O2 rebreather on Craigslist
Wow! My chance to get into a rebreather for cheap.
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Re: Feeling lucky? Russian O2 rebreather on Craigslist
Wow! My chance to get into a rebreather for cheap.
Re: Feeling lucky? Russian O2 rebreather on Craigslist
Nothing could go wrong, eh, Comrade?
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Re: Feeling lucky? Russian O2 rebreather on Craigslist
No! And no confusing directions. You can just do it like you want to.
Re: Feeling lucky? Russian O2 rebreather on Craigslist
I bought it, my ex needed a system
Re: Feeling lucky? Russian O2 rebreather on Craigslist
Russian rebreather dives YOU!
I bought it, my ex needed a system
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Re: Feeling lucky? Russian O2 rebreather on Craigslist
Russian Rebreather, don't leave land without it!
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Re: Feeling lucky? Russian O2 rebreather on Craigslist
O2 rebreathers actually pre-dated the invention of open circuit scuba. They are pretty safe units since they are depth limited. 20ft max since you don't have any diluent to lower the ppO2 in any way. The one on the wiki site is obviously pristine enough to dive. The $350 price makes me think the CL one is not in great shape though. Maybe Comrade Cameron will buy this one and show it off sometime?
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Re: Feeling lucky? Russian O2 rebreather on Craigslist
Some of these are modified to be full CCR's. Not my cup of tea to home build my own deep diving breathers though.. but, its been done.
But as-is you can either dive it as a pure O2 rebreather or as a semi closed nitrox rebreather.
quite frankly, all you are probably buying is the canister housings (it has dual canisters) and the loop and mouth piece, the cage/housing and maybe the counter lung.
i think it will be cheaper to buy a used KISS classic and much safer..
But as-is you can either dive it as a pure O2 rebreather or as a semi closed nitrox rebreather.
quite frankly, all you are probably buying is the canister housings (it has dual canisters) and the loop and mouth piece, the cage/housing and maybe the counter lung.
i think it will be cheaper to buy a used KISS classic and much safer..
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Re: Feeling lucky? Russian O2 rebreather on Craigslist
I wouldn't buy a rebreather from 40 years in the future much less one from 40 years ago.
Re: Feeling lucky? Russian O2 rebreather on Craigslist
Well, if it was a MK15.5 military breather from the early 70's it would probably be worth around $10k and they are still actively being used today in some amazing dives.
Dave Shaw used a MK15.5 down to almost 1,000ft
Dave Shaw used a MK15.5 down to almost 1,000ft
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Re: Feeling lucky? Russian O2 rebreather on Craigslist
And that worked out well.
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yeah because it was his 200th career dive and he got caught in a line entanglement. had nothin to do with his breather.. pretty much 100% user error.
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Re: Feeling lucky? Russian O2 rebreather on Craigslist
And I'm sure the new gear added for that dive and a body retrieval had nothing to do with it.kdupreez wrote:yeah because it was his 200th career dive and he got caught in a line entanglement. had nothin to do with his breather.. pretty much 100% user error.
Re: Feeling lucky? Russian O2 rebreather on Craigslist
I'd also categorize the addition of new equipment for a 900ft dive as user error.spatman wrote:And I'm sure the new gear added for that dive and a body retrieval had nothing to do with it.kdupreez wrote:yeah because it was his 200th career dive and he got caught in a line entanglement. had nothin to do with his breather.. pretty much 100% user error.
Wasn't it his 333rd? Not that it makes the slightest bit of difference... No one with so few dives has any business at 900ft.kdupreez wrote:yeah because it was his 200th career dive and he got caught in a line entanglement. had nothin to do with his breather.. pretty much 100% user error.
Re: Feeling lucky? Russian O2 rebreather on Craigslist
So just about complete then?kdupreez wrote: quite frankly, all you are probably buying is the canister housings (it has dual canisters) and the loop and mouth piece, the cage/housing and maybe the counter lung...
I suspect the counter lung on the CL one is rotted to no goodness, I think they were a natural rubber.
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Re: Feeling lucky? Russian O2 rebreather on Craigslist
It's worse. It's Soviet.spatman wrote:Russian rebreather dives YOU!
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Re: Feeling lucky? Russian O2 rebreather on Craigslist
Do you think he would have survived with a full face mask? I've seen that video and I thought it was an exertion related black out. I've read about crazy navy experiments where they narc'ed their divers out to the point of black out but they were 'safe' because they were wearing masks. I don't know anything about deep diving, did he have some sort of tiny time limit to be at 890?kdupreez wrote:yeah because it was his 200th career dive and he got caught in a line entanglement. had nothin to do with his breather.. pretty much 100% user error.
Btw discount divers has a Dolphin for $999.....and I know someone on this board who would beat any price they offer to get rid of theirs
http://www.discountdivers.com/fx/draege ... ather.html
Re: Feeling lucky? Russian O2 rebreather on Craigslist
probably not, he needed to do about 7-8 hours of deco iirc.winte.r wrote:Do you think he would have survived with a full face mask?
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