I'm involved in the business and it's very much an uphill road re-educating
the diving public about DIR. Many people love the d rings, gadgets, dual
bladders, deep air stuff. Many shops have pushed this very concept and it's
now very deeply ingrained. Go out on the boats and sit back and watch, if it
wasn't so sad and dangerous it would be funny. In their defense they don't
get it (the shops) and dive in the same manner. I don't see it changing
nearly as fast as we would like. Many shops up here don't even stock the DIR
equipment, much less teach it. The only answer as I see it is constantly
trying to drag the diving public into the mindset even if many of them go
kicking and screaming. It is very rewarding when some one tries it and
eventually admit it's a better system.
-----Original Message-----
From: Jim Cobb <cobber@ci*.co*>
To: Steve Lindblom <s_lindblom@co*.co*>; Tech Diver
<techdiver@aquanaut.com>
Date: Wednesday, February 03, 1999 10:49 AM
Subject: Re: Helo


>Steve-
>
>Transpac, transpak, whatever, they both suck. Look, the evil marketing
>drones know that for every person who knows what DIR is there are 500 who
>do not. And the margin is much more justifiable on a rig which looks like
>it's worth $595 rather than a simple one rig which go's for less.
>
>Many have tried to go against the evil marketing people (marketing people
>are law school dropouts) and have lost. About the best we can do is hope
>that DIR stuff is at least an option so that when the lightbulb finally
>comes on decent equipment is available.
>
>Both DiveRite and Scubapro are trying to offer what the divers need. It's
>all that we can do is try to talk folks out of the "D-ring Specials" and
>Do It Right the first time. If the Dring specials don't sell, then the
>marketing gnomes will have to try a different angle.
>
>   Jim
>
>Sender: Steve Lindblom  Date: 2/2/99 12:33 AM
>
>>Jim wrote:
>>>DiveRite sells the TransPac. Scubapro is now selling DIR rigged
>>>backplates and wings. In the defence of the industry I suppose that every
>>>company has to have some stroke gear to keep the marketing dweebs happy.
>>>Even Halcyon has some goofy stuff, for crying out loud.
>>
>>No, actually DiveRite does not sell the Transpac. DiveRite sells the
>>Transpac 2, Scubapro sells the Transpak, though under a different name -
>>bungey wings and all, last thing I knew.
>>
>>The point I am trying to make, it that it seems funny, considering how
much
>>grief the Transpak used to come in for here when DiveRite sold it, that no
>>one seems to care anymore now that SP does.
>>
>>I always thought DIR was like religion. It's not enough just to love good,
>>you got to eshew evil. If OMS added a one-piece harness to their SS
>>backplate, and a non-bungey wing (but went on selling the bondage wings)
>>would they be a DIR company?
>>
>>
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