Who uses what brand of SCBA?

When I started out years ago,we still had a couple of demand model MSA packs.We had Survivair Sigmas for the past 14 years and just upgraded last week to Sperian Warriors.Just curious as to who uses what brands and likes and dislikes of any of them.

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Permalink Reply by Chris Moyer on September 7, 2010 at 1:13pm

We use MSA 's . Thats all we have ever used so I know nothing about other scba's. But I like them. Hope this helps?

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Permalink Reply by John Karl Ambrusch, III on September 7, 2010 at 1:21pm

MSA all the way.

Those Scott packs are a pain. It's too easy to confuse those metal jacketed hoses with an entanglement hazard in confined areas and the built-in PASS devices make for one less thing to worry about. It's also a great deal easier to hook up a second air supply (i.e. RIT pack) to an MSA than a Scott.

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Permalink Reply by Mark C. Oswald on September 7, 2010 at 1:28pm

My department uses Scott, though we are looking to transfer to the ISI Viking series... Doing a bit of reasearch online shows who has the best pack, that's why I sell them! In Australia I used to wear the Sabre model packs which were archaic in comparison to what we have here, wasn't a fan...

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Permalink Reply by Paul Montpetit on September 7, 2010 at 1:29pm

Scott 4.5......45 minute bottles (Fiber bottles)

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Permalink Reply by Paul Montpetit on September 7, 2010 at 1:31pm

John....its not a problem if your Scott pack has the EBSS system....and if you train with it.....and yes the Scott's have built in PASS....

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Permalink Reply by Matt Moore on September 7, 2010 at 1:31pm

We've got MSA's on every rig except our main engine, it's got Firefox's? I think that's what they're called...

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Permalink Reply by Bob McCartney on September 7, 2010 at 1:56pm

MSA. all we have ever used, I have not used any other brand of scba.

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Permalink Reply by Jason on September 7, 2010 at 2:47pm

My old department had the old 2216 steel bottle Scott with the supply and demand regulator. Then they swithced to MSA. Now our entire county has switched to MSA 4500 composit bottle with the intergraded pass alarm built into the air gauage. Had this for a while now. Alot of the guys like Scott.