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See your point on the dive travel.  Personally I'd like to see less but
it's OK since I just walk by.  This year I didn't make it to any of the
seminars although I did last year.  I agree they were excellent.
Actually I didn't talk with anyone in the Brownie's booth, I just kind
of took the backplate/harness off the rack and starting showing it to
some people.  I guess I should have paid more attention as I would like
to have put a face to the name and talked with JJ for a while.  A friend
told me he was there but this was after the show was over.  I agree,
plenty of money to be made  in the "tech" gear market.

Art.

	-----Original Message-----
	From:	Art Greenberg [SMTP:artg@ec*.ne*]
	Sent:	Tuesday, March 24, 1998 12:26 PM
	To:	Paltz, Art
	Cc:	techdiver@aquanaut.com
	Subject:	Re: Beneath the Sea and the DUI "Tech" BC

	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*
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