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Date: Mon, 26 Mar 2001 08:48:59 +0200
From: mat.voss@t-*.de* (Matthias Voss)
Organization: Harry Haller Memorial Fund
To: Art.Paltz@R2*.CO*
CC: techdiver@aquanaut.com
Subject: Re: Just returned from the Beneath the Sea Conference...
Art ,
all this shicky mickey stuff was created in order to spare a proper
diving education from the participants of this infamous camel trophy, an
idiosyncratic rally of marketing superfluous bullshit eqipment, with
Mares as a main sponsor.
Matthias

Art.Paltz@R2*.CO* schrieb:
> 
> Hi All,
> 
> I just returned from the Beneath the Sea Conference in NJ.  My friends and I
> stopped by at the Mares booth and saw what is possibly the most innovative
> product to hit the market in a long time.....  Thermo, Halcyon, OMS,
> Sherwood....  They all have it wrong!  Never again will your tank slip from
> a cam buckle because the cam buckle loosened up!  On display was the new
> pneumatically operated cam buckle tank adapter.....  Powered from a low
> pressure hose from your first stage.  Simple to use, exerting equal and
> consistent pressure all the time!  Simply slip the BC over the tank, connect
> the hose, push the button and the cam buckle automatically tightens around
> the tank.  It's probably depth compensating and as the pressure drops and
> the tank slightly becomes slimmer, the cam buckle automatically adjusts!
> Can you believe it, what an innovative product!  <<grin>>  I'M FUCKING
> KIDDING!!!!
> 
> Seriously, the product was real, actually had to stop by and see it work.
> We couldn't ask any questions cause I would have cracked up!  Can you
> imagine the stupidity of this product?  Adding another hose as a failure
> point just to tighten the tank strap!  We all could not believe what we were
> seeing!!  I guess in an out of air situation and the intermediate pressure
> drops, the cam loosens and the tank automatically ditches itself for faster
> surfacing?  :-)  We honestly had to focus all our strength not to start
> cracking up and saying this was the stupidest product we had ever seen.  We
> could not believe what we were seeing!  Truly the comedic highlight of the
> show!  Mares probably bought the rights from the same company that makes
> that pony system that charges itself from the HP port on your main.....  I
> think this one is even more stupid than that one.  I would not have imagined
> that a more stupid product could have been created but it was!  I honestly
> would love to know how much they expect to sell this product for?  Probably
> really expensive!
> 
> What's next, a pneumatically operated weight compensating weight belt
> buckle?  Keeps constant pressure as you increase depth?
> 
> Where will the stupidity stop, we were speechless.
> 
> Art.
> 
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