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At 09:41 AM 3/24/98 -0500, Paltz, Art wrote: >Hi All, > >Went to Beneath the Sea this weekend and figured I'd give a short >report. Lots of dive travel so that basically sucked. For those who do like to get away once in a while (like Tina and me), this was one of the highlights of the show. I also enjoyed the seminars that discussed tropical destinations, both the promotional ones and the others done by "ordinary" folks who wanted to share their experiences. I also thought the Saturday evening film festival was great. >Stopped by the Brownie's booth and was trying to >convert people to Hogarth rigging. I think I saw the light bulb go on >in a couple of heads. Then you might have had a chance to meet JJ, if you hadn't before. I was surprised to see him there, since I thought he was just a technical advisor to the company. But his being there did make sense. After all, who could do a better job of explaining the gear than those who really use it? >The highlight for me was trying on the new DUI "tech" BC. What a crazy >set up. Way too cluttered with TONS of straps and snaps (all plastic >naturally). The pockets, although angled the correct way (forward), >were placed too far back. In addition there were two waist buckles you >had to use and chest one to boot. The first was for the harness and the >other for the pockets (lots of them). Big ones on the sides (which you >had to contort to get in) and small billow like (4x4 maybe) along the >belt. Weight was integrated naturally like every one seems to be doing >these days. > >All in all it gets two thumbs down on the "Art" scale. Way too much >money, you could easily make 2 Hog. configurations for the same amount >of money (wings included). I say highlight since it justifies all the >time and research I put in when building my setup. > >Sorry to bash as I usually don't do that (at least not in public) but I >know people have asked about the setup. Anybody else try it on and >agree/disagree? > >Art. I didn't try it on. Seeing it was enough. What a joke. But you can't blame them, with every tom, dick and harry SCUBA manufacturer getting into the "technical BC" market. SOMEBODY is buying this garbage, so there's money to be made - and Dick Long is no fool. Art Greenberg artg@ec*.ne* -- Send mail for the `techdiver' mailing list to `techdiver@aquanaut.com'. Send subscribe/unsubscribe requests to `techdiver-request@aquanaut.com'.
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