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matt t. · (This post was last modified: 12-26-2009, 04:42 PM by matt t..)

IMO a booster is a necessity if you own a rebreather or fill OC tri-mix at home. You would/will need one either way. Partner up with some other serious divers in your area and get set up to do your own fills. The time and hassle it saves is more than worth it. Re-breathers have their place, and most guys seem to be able to talk themselves into getting one pretty easily, but I have yet to see the "need" to own one myself, and the technology aspect doesn't interest me yet. I'm easily doing everything OC that the CCR divers in our crew are doing. A used entry level tri-mix capable unit with mod 1 instruction is easily $5,500-$6,000 (IE: Classic KISS). I put less than that into a booster and home compressor and cut my fill prices to less than 1/2 of what they were. YMMV.