Mixed gas closed circuit and semi-closed circuit rebreathers have become essential tools for technical and scientific divers. But what about...
Semi-closed rebreathers (SCR) were the first purpose-built breathers for sport divers circa 1995—Thank you Draeger! But while tekkies clearly needed mixed-gas units, many believed that recreational...
By Ashley Stewart and Michael Menduno. Images by Jason Brown, BARDOPhotograhic unless noted. Header image: Professor Timmy Gambin discussing their shipwreck documentation efforts. The latest Rebreather...
One of the deliverables of Rebreather Forum 4 was a set of “consensus statements” that reflected the views of participants on issues deemed important to the...
Once dubbed the “Johnny Appleseed of Rebreathers” Peter Readey was a ubiquitous figure in the early pre-CCR days of technical diving. He would show up with...
As hundreds of rebreather professionals prepare to head to Malta for the three-day industry and scientific symposium, Rebreather Forum 4, we thought it timely to offer...
In two weeks time, many of the leaders of the global civilian and military rebreather diving communities will gather to assess the state of our rebreather...
There’s lots of buzz these days among sidemount rebreather aficionados: there’s a new sidemount mCCR in town, which has resulted in increased noise on the socials....
Third party rebreather testing is expensive and arguably provides limited data to users and or rebreather builders about scrubber performance. As such, it is rarely used...
Dr. Clarke’s geeky new monograph on the inner workings of rebreather scrubbers represents the culmination and synthesis of more than three decades of Naval research, as...
