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Of course the more instructors that are out there and the more new rebreathers made mean more divers having access to use this stuff. It is a great thing for diving, as it will only drive the prices for the gear down. Eventually rebreathers will be right in line with dry suits; expensive but something your average diver could afford if they really wanted it.
When I started diving, I never saw a diver with a rebreather. Now I see at least one of them on most of the boat dives I do. We even see them pop up at the quarries from time to time.
P.S. Now that your Inspiration is going to be replaced with a newer, better and less expensive unit what happens to the value of your Inspiration? Maybe I should start thinking about a used Inspiration?
Ok, here are the photos I took of the new Cis-Lunar Mk VI Discovery rebreather designed for new divers to start straight into rebreathers and skip open circuit altogether.
Their below dive surface valve/ bailout valve (DSV/BOB) is the lightest and smallest DSV/BOV I've seen and handled. The 2nd photo is where the Juergensen Marine vibrating/LED Heads Up Display DIVA is.
Their below po2 controller and integrated dive computer is a masterpeice of engineering. I really liked the flexible, small gauge wire going to it, as well as how thin and light it was. There are two of these on the Mk VI.
We've interviewed both Dr. Bill Stone and Dr. Richard Pyle about the Mk VI and future plans. We shot the interview in HDV. The HDV video is in post right now.
We have video footage of the cad-cam 3D animation drawings of the hydrophobic membrane scrubber as well as Dr. Stone, in no uncertain terms, said it was a hydrophobic scrubber suitable for lithium hydroxide and such will be an option.
Some other interesting things in the video were they took the concept of the Mk VP's manual diluent puffer across the cell faces and incorporated that concept into the Mk VI, but it is done automatically by micro-solenoids that present the gas to the cell face in the form of a vortex. They said ongoing cell validation consumes just a few CC's of gas each time so it is insignificant from a gas use standpoint.
I was assured repeatedly on camera by both Stone and Pyle that neither would have gotten involved had there not been a master plan for a subsequent tech version. Stone said this will most likely have two heads for redundancy.
From a marketing concept, what they have done is spot on with an entry level version to develop a market base and generate sufficient numbers.
Their compact DSV/BOV is an engineering masterpiece, using Juergensens DIVA HUD mounted horizontally at the top of the unit.
The unit shown at DEMA was a working prototype, the injection mold resins will be different, the hoses and ends will be different, etc.
Getting Dr. Stone and Dr. Pyle involved on the project was quite the coup on the part of DP Scandinavia, and DP has the significant capital for continued development.
Those naysayers on the MkVI really need to watch the video when it is ready.
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