Rebreather vs. OC cost comparisons

[DiverMole]

APD sell the service kits for the first stages on the Inspiration so you can do them yourself easily. The head service is a red herring, just inspect and clean, lube. All the electronics are sealed in resin so APD cant check those, They just resolder the connectors if they are dodgy (Molex's, dirt cheap from radio shack), Solenoid is £30 to replace yourself, I just carry a spare

APD are great in that they will sell ALL the stuff you need to service the unit yourself and will even provide instructions on how to do it!!!

My sofnolime works out at £7 for 3 hours of diving (roughly £7 a day), My fills are £10 for both cylinders, so a weekends deepish diving, 2 dives a day, costs me approx £24 as opposed to 2 x £35 back gas, plus £15 for deco gas (£85)

But with the cost of the unit and the cells each year, you have to be doing a lot of diving for it to work out cheaper

Cost is NOT a reason to get a rebreather, thats why YBOD really stands for "Yellow Box of Debt!". Lots of other things about RB's do make the cost more than worthwhile. After all you cant justify a Ferrari on cost or insurance risk, but I bet you'd all like one!!!