Scuba Force founder and president Horst Dederichs explains his motivation and approach in designing the SF2 rebreather, and highlights the rebreather’s key features.
Instructors Jens O. Meissner and Helmut Spangler discuss diving operations with the SF2 and how it performs in the hands of new inexperienced rebreathers and those...
by Paul Haynes. Lead image: RB80 diver by Sean Romanowski While there has been considerable recent interest in frontmounted and sidemount rebreathers, backmounted counter lungs (BMC)...
By Jeffrey Bozanic, Ph.D. Images courtesy of the author unless noted. Unlike training to pilot aircraft, automobiles, or open circuit scuba gear, current rebreather training is...
Continuing with our review of tech rebreathers, we take a deep dive into the Scuba Force’s SF2 eCCR, launched in 2012. Scuba Force founder and president...
Global Underwater Explorers (GUE) standardized its training and dive operations on a specially configured, backmount JJ-CCR rebreather more than a decade ago. Though the configuration is...
Karst Underwater Research (KUR) exploration divers Bob Beckner, and KUR executive director Matt Vinzant discuss their journey and experience with bailout rebreathers including a discussion of...
What are the advantages of using rebreathers for cave diving? It’s a question that cave instructor and author Stratis Kas, and colleague Lionel Wolovitz explore in...
Rebreather instructor trainer Dave Gration takes us for a dive into one of the newest breathers on the block, the Lungfish Orca V6, which attracted lots...
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