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I like Olaf. Sounds like the kind of cat who asks you for belly rubs and then fwaps you with his front paws and tears your hand to shreds.

I think for big cattle boat operators (like Beaches in my own experience) it does gives a way to maximize the experience for divers who don't have to deal with rookie issues like ear clearing and lousy weighting. So it has its advantages.

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I was playing with the the fixed mount vhf AIS capable (receive only) radio on my boat this morning. Also checking the manual.... There is no ability to distinguish AIS distress transmissions. There's nothing in any Icom of Standard Horizon manuals about receiving AIS distress signals on even...

Sea creature of habit

If you can make a $15 casio watch waterproof to 100m, why not a PLB? ACR? Are you hearing us???

To be fair, AIS is not DSC and while DSC is mandated on new US mounted vhf radios, AIS is not. (although vhf radios with AIS reception capability is becoming widely available). However, unlike DSC, a AIS transmitter does not need a USCG permanently assigned MMSI number which makes it suitable...

Oh for f*@k's sake.

Still not waterproof to diving depths however it solves the AIS vs 406MHz debate...

In all fairness, I can relate to OPs situation. I got certified in the 80s and had been diving off and on for about 20 years on vacations. I was at beaches turks and caicos about 12 years ago and it took me a bit to figure out why my group wasn't going below 65'. I didn't have the cert. A...

This thread is going exactly how I thought it would.:coffee:

I want a sponge bath:eyebrow: Also boynton.... But not as recent

You need more practice. That's all.

I think the endgame is for avelo to become the defacto dive operator at every major resort. Each resort would have one tech who should procure and maintain and upgrade all systems as necessary and have eventually have their own training "agency". Resorts will contract out to avelo and have no...

Every recreational sport typically adopts new technology after trickling down from professional or extreme athletes. This is technology developed specifically for recreational users. Hence the apprehension by both expert divers here on this forum and probably also by non expert vacation divers...

Are they gearing this setup towards bulk sales to resorts? Is that the end goal...i.e. to provide gear to resorts on an annual contract basis including service and regular upgrades?

When I think of carbon fiber wrapped pressure vessels...

What I don't understand is why the need to solve the "problem" of neutral buoyancy. It seems like the selling point of the avelo system is to move up and down the water column with no need to add or remove air to a bcd thus making it a thoughtless process. However, ascending and descending...

Why does the avelo system need to be incorporated within the main cylinder? Why not a separate, uncompressible volume, say a second cylinder with a bladder or piston system connected to a low pressure inflator hose as well as a battery powered water pump?

Yes. Perils of skimming mass quantities of email.