Late last week, after scrubbing the $800,000 campaign, the Triton team launched a second, more honest campaign — complete with additional info on how it works, as well as an uncut 12-minute video of the mask being used in a pool. So in all fairness, it appears that the Triton scuba mask does indeed work — it just doesn’t work at all like the creators originally claimed.
According to the new campaign, the mask relies on a combination of filters andreplaceable liquid oxygen cartridges. Unfortunately Triton’s founders are holding back any further details about the technology because they’re worried about intellectual property theft, but the new video does suggest that the technology actually works, which is reassuring.
The downside, however, is that if this new information is true, it means that Triton users will need to purchase special liquid oxygen cylinders in order to use the mask. The company says its working on developing refillable cartridges, but until that happens, users will need to purchase two new cartridges for each 45 minute use. Depending on the price of these cartridges, using Triton on a regular basis could be pretty expensive.
