How well does the rEvo travel?

paulraymaekers said:
that is because you just make things up when you have no data!
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Paul, your burying your head in the sand. How an earth have you narrowed the possible causes of the rEvo fatalities down to "if people follow exactly the procedures as lined out, regarding pre-dive and pre-jump checks, cell replacement policy, and if medical issues would not exist at all, there would have been zero rEvo fatalities till now!" when you have not recovered the rEvo's that were being dived nor conducted any accident investigation into the incidents?

You know that before blackboxes were incorporated into planes and accident investigations formally done: pilots were blamed excessively as well!

OSEL offered you the ALVBOVs at a heavily discounted price, a price that OSEL makes no profit on, in order for you to offer them to your customers as a safety improvement. Because one (there are many) of the possible causes for the rEvo fatalities to date may have been the divers inability to quickly bailout to a known safe open circuit gas.
Other than adapters, needed to make use of the p-ports, the ALVBOV is a drop in replacement. This offer is open to any other rebreather manufacturers as well, as it improves divers safety. The last thing you want when you need it in anger is a BOV that has such a high WOB that you can't safely bail off onto it anyway!

Mikael said:
Engelen D spoke of doing a user writer up.
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Thanks Mikael, missed that. There may be a few other user write ups as well: the ALVBOV has proven quite popular for select rEvo owners.
 
Brad_Horn said:
.... when you have not recovered the rEvo's that were being dived nor conducted any accident investigation into the incidents?.
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shameless disgusting marketing tacticts, don't we all agree?

first posting a lie as a fact, and then telling we should buy the ALBOV to avoid the 'fact'

Brad, I already told you, if you have zero facts, and can only make up things: just ask the family or the police: they will gladly help you!
 
Phate said:
Oh dear, what's been started here...
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Brad is a shill for OSEL and never misses an opportunity to push his sad agenda. Regardless of the subject in hand, he'll manage to shoehorn into the debate the supposed benefits of the OSEL bail-out valve and the equally supposed drawbacks of all the others.
 
nickb said:
Brad is a shill for OSEL and never misses an opportunity to push his sad agenda. Regardless of the subject in hand, he'll manage to shoehorn into the debate the supposed benefits of the OSEL bail-out valve and the equally supposed drawbacks of all the others.
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Aha, makes sense!

Mikael said:
So what's your plan now, going to maybe do a test dive in a rEvo?
If you do let us know it goes.
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Right now I'm backpacking. I'm going back to Portugal for 3 weeks in March and on a quick look I can't find any rEvo Instructors in said Portugal so a try dive on one will have to wait until later in the year. I'll be in Egypt for most of Sept so may be able to get over to Tekdeep in Hurghada to have a nosey around the units then.

Although I have found an AP Instructor not too far from where we live in PT so might be able to at least try silent diving in March to wet my appetite, even if it is on an AP :)

In the mean time, google more, read more, ask more questions and go from there!
 
paulraymaekers said:
first posting a lie as a fact, and then telling we should buy the ALBOV to avoid the 'fact'
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Paul, forget the fatalities if that suits you better. The fact of the matter is that diving with a BOV is safer, and the rEvo has improved WOB and functional safety with the ALVBOV fitted.

nickb said:
the supposed benefits of the OSEL bail-out valve and the equally supposed drawbacks of all the others.
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Nick, The sad fact is that the ALVBOV offers the best performance available of any BOV in both OC and/or CC modes. The others should as well, but as they don't, the ALVBOV is the best available option for rEvo divers looking to improve their safety through immediate access to bailout gas. Feel free to prove I am wrong on this.
 
I'm at work on a public holiday and was just thinking, "I wish there was something on the messageboards that would keep me entertained all day."

And in, like an angel of salvation, sweeps Brad Horn riding a chariot of PDFs.

I especially enjoyed this little gem from one of the Facebook photos:
"This rEvo has been upgraded with our ALVBOV. "

OP: "How well does the rEvo travel?"
Me: rEvos travel very well. I don't own one but have many friends who do. Most of them either wear it like a backpack (usually with a cover to avoid startling the "normies") and put it in overhead or stow it in a Stormcase and check it.

Now that that's settled...
Has anyone ever actually seen an APOC or an ALBOV? Something that magically sweeps in and saves the lives of CCR divers in distress... but completely imaginary.
 
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oya said:
Has anyone ever actually seen an APOC or an ALBOV? Something that magically sweeps in and saves the lives of CCR divers in distress... but completely imaginary.
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We should really apologise to the OP for allowing this thread go be dragged miles off topic. But I hope that there was enough info among the pages to reassure that the rEvo travels very well indeed.

That said and apologies made, yes there's one for sale on eBay "never been used" now I wonder why that is?
 
Deepdave said:
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That said and apologies made, yes there's one for sale on eBay "never been used" now I wonder why that is?
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Seems to have had a funny effect on the owner as they have posted all their pictures upside down.
I wonder if the 'Australia effect' is listed among the BOVs selling points?
 
It's all good! I may rename the thread if possible and use this thread to continuing questions regarding the rEvo if folks have no objection?
 
Back to the original discussion on travelling. I fly about 20 times a year with my unit on expeds and research trips and as I am usually carrying a bunch of other kit have spent a while working it down to get on flights. Also considering what agencies like the TSA and ailine baggage handling I have become very protective of my unit and want it with me. Keeps security checks interesting as well;.
To that end my latest system has actually been this climbing pack from decathlon https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iS9V7BLL1IE

It fits my micro in it with all the dreams. mac etc passed over the back and the carry bar tilted. I was going to get a SF one which does the same but they need the standard revo harness to work whichI have replaced with a single strap webbing (sorry Paul). Nicely padded on sides and base as well.

Fits in overhead bin and carries well.

My two cent....
 
Edd said:
Back to the original discussion on travelling. I fly about 20 times a year with my unit on expeds and research trips and as I am usually carrying a bunch of other kit have spent a while working it down to get on flights. Also considering what agencies like the TSA and ailine baggage handling I have become very protective of my unit and want it with me. Keeps security checks interesting as well;.
To that end my latest system has actually been this climbing pack from decathlon https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iS9V7BLL1IE

It fits my micro in it with all the dreams.

Fits in overhead bin and carries well.

My two cent....
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Which size is it?


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Edd said:
Back to the original discussion on travelling. I fly about 20 times a year with my unit on expeds and research trips and as I am usually carrying a bunch of other kit have spent a while working it down to get on flights. Also considering what agencies like the TSA and ailine baggage handling I have become very protective of my unit and want it with me. Keeps security checks interesting as well;.
To that end my latest system has actually been this climbing pack from decathlon https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iS9V7BLL1IE

It fits my micro in it with all the dreams. mac etc passed over the back and the carry bar tilted. I was going to get a SF one which does the same but they need the standard revo harness to work whichI have replaced with a single strap webbing (sorry Paul). Nicely padded on sides and base as well.

Fits in overhead bin and carries well.

My two cent....
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no need for sorry Edd!! :-)

do you use the harness of the micro for walking, or the harness of the bag itsel?
 
Hi Paul,

I use the harness on the bag itself for carrying it. Unit fits in with the p-nut facing into my back so the internal padding of the bag protects the dreams and MAV which are flipped over to the tank slots. Wing rolls fwd and tucks under the sides of the split backplate to protect it from puncture.

I will post some photos when I am reunited with my unit in a week.
 
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