News
October 2007 - Mohammad Khattam from beruit, Lebanon who is currently the Middle East Open Circuit Solo Scuba Depth record holder at 220 metres, recently Mohammad completed his Megalodon CCR & Megalodon CCR Normoxic Trimix course with Tek Training.
Mohammad will use his Megalodon CCR for his next record atempt of 250 metres. After making a decent to 250 metres on Open Circuit Scuba, Mohammad will acsent to around 30 metres and two Megalodon support divers will help him change from his Open Circuit equipment to his Megalodon to complete a lengthy decompression profile.
Decompressing on Closed Circuit Rebreathers is fastly becoming a new trend for depth record atempts using Open Circuit Scuba, but because Hypercapnia can become an issue at extreme depths on Closed Circuit Rebreathers divers tends to be rule them out for the whole dive. But the advantages of minimal gas usage, maintaining a fixed PO2, the ability to keep a divers core temperature warm and their body hydrated is a major advantage over Open Circuit Scuba. After many years of looking for a Closed Circuit Rebreather to complete his next record Mohammad finally decided after many e-mails to Tek Training to go for the Megalodon CCR over many other units on the market today. For information on Mohammads recent 220 metre dive see the "TDI Middle East Website".

Megalodon Hardware & Software Updates
October 2007 - The Megalodon CCR has recently been updated to APECS 2.60. This hardware update also includes a software update which includes an "Automatic Setpoint Switch" (ASP) and the new varible Oxygen injection rate algorithim to keep in line with CE requirements. The next update to the Megalodon is likley to be early next year which will be APECS version 3.0 which will have bulit in Nitrox/Trimix computers and CE certification.