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**Howard Payne** · April 27th, 2008, 01:12 PM

So if it's not an issue - how do we account for two highly respected divers having hypoxic incidents on the RB80 recently?

I'm not sh*t- stirring chaps - but it seems like there is a genuine issue here. Bearing in mind the tiny number of people diving the RB80 - if you multiplied that incident rate up to a unit as common as say a YBOD - it wouldn't look good would it?

I understand how you avoid this kind of incident by either being on OC or switching gas - but it would appear that this isn't happening occasionally. These guys are hugely experienced - but maybe a redundant HUD type failsafe would have helped them?

April 27th, 2008, 01:12 PM	#7 (permalink)
Howard Payne(Offline) Strokey Dokily Doo Join Date: Nov 2005 Location: London Posts: 1,258	So if it's not an issue - how do we account for two highly respected divers having hypoxic incidents on the RB80 recently? I'm not sh*t- stirring chaps - but it seems like there is a genuine issue here. Bearing in mind the tiny number of people diving the RB80 - if you multiplied that incident rate up to a unit as common as say a YBOD - it wouldn't look good would it? I understand how you avoid this kind of incident by either being on OC or switching gas - but it would appear that this isn't happening occasionally. These guys are hugely experienced - but maybe a redundant HUD type failsafe would have helped them? __________________ The Foxturd Chimp