FFM Configuration

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Permalink Reply by Richard on April 2, 2009 at 11:32am

You can't donate what you're breathing to an out-of-air diver with a FFM, so apart from some specialized circumstances like in-water recompression its not part of our gear configuration.

I use one for my non-DIR/UTD aquarium diving (max 18ft in a huge tank) because I am required to have a communication wire there. I find the AGA to be: slightly warmer on the face but much colder overall since the wet hood must be cutback for the big skirt, leaky, prone to CO2 accumulation when the inner valves aren't gas tight, hard to clear (although not all that hard), and super bouyant - maybe 4lbs positive. In general, I don't understand the appeal of FFMs for open water diving.

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