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From: "William Allen" <william@ca*.co*>
To: "Phi Le" <PLe@Se*.co*>, "Errol Kalayci" <errol@ga*.ne*>,
     "Maria D. Maggio" ,
     "Tech Diver" ,
     "'Jim Cobb'"
Subject: Re: Scooter recommendations?
Date: Wed, 28 Jul 1999 12:21:57 -0400
Hey Phi, the difference between a man and a boy is the price of his toys.
You know this:-)
-----Original Message-----
From: Phi Le <PLe@Se*.co*>
To: Errol Kalayci <errol@ga*.ne*>; Maria D. Maggio <mdm@wa*.zk*.de*.co*>;
Tech Diver <techdiver@aquanaut.com>; 'Jim Cobb' <cobber@ci*.co*>
Date: Wednesday, July 28, 1999 12:23 PM
Subject: RE: Scooter recommendations?


>Jim,
>
>Wouldn't it be much cheaper to spend $5 and buy a shovel to dig a hole
>instead of a $1200 scooter ? :-)
>
>-Phi
>
>> ----------
>> From: Jim Cobb[SMTP:cobber@ci*.co*]
>> Sent: Wednesday, July 28, 1999 9:56 PM
>> To: Errol Kalayci; Maria D. Maggio; Tech Diver
>> Subject: Re: Scooter recommendations?
>>
>> No doubt George's scooters are the best, but if you only have $1200 to
>> spend... Plus when you are digging holes it is much better to have the
>> handles on the body rather than the shroud.
>>
>>    Jim
>>
>> Sender: Errol Kalayci  Date: 7/27/99 10:12 PM
>>
>> >I have a short body Gavin with several hundred dives on it, many in the
>> sub
>> >250' range.  I have yet to experience any problem with it.  I couldn't
>> >imagine owning any other scooter, especially since I have seen so many
>> >problems with other scooters in the 130' or less range.
>> >Errol
>> >----- Original Message -----
>> >From: Jim Cobb <cobber@ci*.co*>
>> >To: Maria D. Maggio <mdm@wa*.zk*.de*.co*>; Tech Diver
>> ><techdiver@aquanaut.com>
>> >Sent: Thursday, July 08, 1999 8:12 PM
>> >Subject: Re: Scooter recommendations?
>> >
>> >
>> >>
>> >>Dacor or Apollo are the hot setup for saltwater diving. You can beat
the
>> >>crap out of them and they still keep ticking. The trigger will get a
>> >>little sticky past 200' but they work fine at those depths. Get 2
>> >>batteries for best longevity.
>> >>
>> >> Jim
>> >>
>> >>Sender: Maria D. Maggio  Date: 7/8/99 5:34 PM
>> >>
>> >>>
>> >>>I'm thinking about getting a scooter for local (NE) ocean diving,
>> >>>but haven't got a clue what's out there or what's any good.
>> >>>
>> >>>Can anyone make recommendations, preferably with ones that you've
>> >>>actually used?  In particular, I'm looking for specs such as
>> >>>weight (in and out of water), length, burn time, speed, etc.
>> >>>
>> >>>I'm definitely not looking for one of those monster sized scooters
>> >>>that I've seen, but something as light and as small as possible with
>> >>>a couple hours burn time at slow speeds.
>> >>>
>> >>>Thanks!!
>> >>>
>> >>> -Maria
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