Racer1_NC

"AFNOR" is the standard of the connection as best I can tell. It looks like from the pics that the valve is considered part of the tank as in the UK and not swapped from tank to tank as needed as we do in the US. Am I correct or am I just looking at it wrong?

This is a problem I've been wanting to address. Different countries have different connections and it's hard for someone in the US to say exactly what you might need. I have the vision of putting together a guide for different areas of the world. I guess I should get started....... Let's start with you posting a couple of pics of the tank and regulator fittings you are working with in Belgium and we will go from there. No such thing as hopeless.....difficult maybe.....not hopeless.

The barb fitting has an output of 25 LPM. The DISS will be more like 60 on these cheaper ones, more than enough for our uses.

I am not all that surprised at this news. Mad as hell? Yes. Surprised? Not even a little bit.

This is my belief, but I am as unqualified as you to say for a certainty. I can say with absolute certainty getting a bad concussion has not a single positive aspect involved with it. Not a damn one.

Unfortunately I have not had much to do with this list in quite a while...... Perhaps we can get it restarted.

Thanks for the pictures Tony. Looks like it was a great event.

Early arrivals....

Anne-Marie McMillan.....

Eric Renshaw tells of his 40 year journey with clusters.

Dr. Emmanuelle Schindler discussing her research.

"FLASH" recounts his discovery.

Bob talks about the history of CB...

First.....while I can't be certain I doubt you are defeating the exhaust valves. I guess anything is possible though..... Normally, I'm in the hyperventilation camp. That's not to say other techniques are wrong or don't work. In fact, I tell people to experiment to find what works the fastest / best for them. @CHfather mentions the typical method....using this you can vary your cycle speed to find what works best for you. To me...the most important thing to remember is a deep inhale and a complete exhale (abdominal crunch) to remove as much air as possible from your lungs. Do this no matter what your breathing cycle might be. Personally, I can't speak to Batch's method. I've never been able to bring myself to try it during a hit, knowing that I have a routine that works well for me. I do however keep it in the back of my head so if I'm caught out somewhere and only have a low flow available to me, I might stand a chance of aborting a hit. The CB YouTube channel HERE has a few videos of my demos through the years. Making a couple of short breathing technique videos is on my list of things to do this summer.

If I recall correctly, the last one I did had me at 60 for a week and then tapered off.