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If you want to go with the SCBA setup, there is no need to buy a normal regulator or coupler but the cost is high.
Increase the number of your posts.
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Yes that coupler if you want to go with this hood.
9.4L
Don't worry about me, I'm still around. I just need a break to put things into perspective.
Neither. It's instant, like flicking a light switch.
Hey Das Nichts. Yeah, @Mare Imbrium thought you had maybe ctb'd, along with Gasmonkey. He'll be glad to still have your expertise around!
Best of luck if you go through with that tomorrow!
The search bar is working again... SCUBA megathread here.
I did a blackout test with my SCUBA setup and it wasn't rough at all. It felt more like falling asleep, maybe a little bit more strange. It also goes really fast and no suffocating feeling. I also guess SI isn't a big issue here, because you don't have the feeling that you're dying.
Thank you, this method seems easy to implement and effective, I will definitely go like that
Sounds good. Out of curiosity: Did you notice any smell? Did the gas feel cold? Basically, was there any difference between breathing air and pure nitrogen?
I was, as you can read in my previous post in this thread, nervous. I was really focused on blacking out. So my judgement might be a little bit clouded on this aspect, but I didn't smell anything and it also didn't feel cold. I stored my cylinder at normal room temperature so that might have helped. If you look from a theoretical perspective it also makes sense. Normal air contains 80% nitrogen and doesn't smell neither. Divers basically have the same setup only without O2 and CO2 and their air is also not cold I guess.
Thank you. I know the theoretical details - inert gas: colorless, odorless, and tasteless, non-flammable and so on. I've also seen videos of people passing out on inert gas more or less instantly and without knowing what's going on. But, well, better be sure about it. I guess if there were a smell the cylinder might be compromised.
Have you done your test with the full face rubber diving mask (sold with the brand names Poseidon and Pegasus) please? Because I plan to go with this mask, but I haven't ordered them yet
No I have the Ocean Reef neptune III. I pressed the mask against my face during the test without the straps tightened, so it could fall off when I lost consciousness.
No, Nitrogen is odorless, and its not cold, i did 5 tests with my EEBD hood on, its just like breathing regular air
Many years--When you turn the valve on, it will jump to the PSI number--MY PSI was originally 2200 back in April 2022, now its down to 1600(huge 3500 liter tank so there's still enough to kill me more than ten times), so very slow leakage
I also had prepared the things for this method with eebd, but I have seen too many comments where they try it for minutes, and not "A couple of breaths" For a while I felt like this would be a peaceful and reliable way out, but I'm to scared about this method now, and ask myself. Will I pass out? If I pass out will I wake up again? Will I end up with serious brain damage?
I think the problem is none of this is standard and item being used not for their intended purpose and as such it could be a your mileage may vary situation based on where you source your parts and what kind and purity of gas because the principal behind it is sound. I think the take way is test your setup not that this doesn't work reliably. I am definitely still keep going with inert gas but I am definitely gonna try a blackout test first before the actual CTB moment.
