Actually just to throw some crap in the game I'll say that it looks like a
slick product for a niche market.

While I don't think this unit would have much of a draw for the consumer
market due to the limitations imposed by a 31 cu ft cylinder, it would be
just the ticket for the resort course industry. Just think, nothing to put
together, just slip on this backpack (you can't even see anything except the
hoses coming out of it). For someone who gets a 2 or 3 hour resort course
(read "lecture") and then is  taken on a hand-held 30 minute reef dive in
20-30 ft of water, it is perfect. Certainly it is not the ticket for a "tech
diver" but neither is about 90 % of the dive gear on the market. The biggest
problem I see with this is that it is priced for the consumer market where
it really wouldn't sell. Also since it would be used in warm water where no
exposure suit would be required other than maybe a thin vest, you could skip
the buoyancy compensator.

10 year olds diving is another thing. While I would not propose 10 year olds
out diving on their own, I have no particular problem if they are diving
with their parents or an instructor - both of whom, for the sake of this
argument, are qualified, competent & safe divers. Remember, you can fly a
plane at younger than that age if accompanied by an instructor, a far more
dangerous activity, I might add!

And, no Paul, we don't know what effect it will have on their budding little
bodies. But I do know that the crap they sell kids in schools in vending
machines (candy, sodas, & other junk food) will make them obese and diabetic
in later life. Haven't seen the government come in and ban that activity,
now have we!

There, that ought to start something!

Dave Dalton



----- Original Message -----
From: "Cody Towns" <Cody.Towns@mc*.co*>
To: "'Paul Braunbehrens'" <Bakalite@ba*.co*>; <techdiver@aquanaut.com>
Sent: Sunday, March 11, 2001 4:21 PM
Subject: RE: WARNING - Coffee Alert


> I really like the demonstrative picture of the ten-year-old putting it on.
> Couple of dives with this and he'll be ready for PADI cave training!
Wonder
> how bad a hit the SCUBA market will take as soon as a ten-year-old panics
at
> 50' and embolizes on the way up and 60 minutes comes to town?  Wonder how
> long until the government gets involved after that?  Are these
manufacturers
> and agencies really this fucking stupid?
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Paul Braunbehrens [mailto:Bakalite@ba*.co*]
> Sent: Sunday, March 11, 2001 12:16 PM
> To: mark; Christian Gerzner; techdiver@aquanaut.com
> Subject: Re: WARNING - Coffee Alert
>
>
> I agree, I think if you take this thing on a little beach in Hawaii
> and use it to extend your snorkeling so you can look at the turtles,
> it's fine.  But for that you don't need to spend $600...
>
> mark wrote:
> ~
> >not so bad for some non-diver to use it in the pool. it's the morons
> >that will try and take it on the boat and do a real dive.
> >
> >At 03:56 AM 3/11/01, Christian Gerzner wrote:
> >
> >><http://www.mini-breather.com/>
> >>
> >>I'm just SO pleased that:
> >>
> >>>  It only comes in one size, as one size fits all!
> >>>  But, it does come in a variety of lively colours and styles.
> >>
> >>3.8 litres of cylinder at 232 bar (I presume standard pressure)
> >>equates to 882 litres of gas (31 cu ft). This for a brand spanking new
> >>diver without even an OW cert.
> >>
> >>Talk about Spare Air meets genetic clone.
> >>
> >>I suppose it _would_ be funny if it wasn't so tragic.
> >>
> >>Christian
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