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New motor and controller on the Genesis 3, plus new handle with battery charge LED. Tail redesign to save some weight. Older magnetic coupling/prop assembly are NOT compatible with the Genesis 3. Do not swap prop assemblies between the two, but actual propellers are the same.

That's what I do on liveaboards. Takes less than 10 seconds to plug in the charger after a dive and then go eat lunch. Same for unplugging and ready to get in for the next dive. No opening the DPV where it may get splashed or dripped in with water, no removing batteries, no cleaning and...

All good replies, but if by "help on the surface swim back" you mean with your head out of the water and breathing free surface air instead of back gas from a regulator, that is not what you should plan on. DPV's operating at the surface will pull down air and "ventilate" the propeller when too...

Use a soft polyester webbing, instead of a hard nylon webbing for the crotch strap. It's the edges of the webbing that cause the damage. Y style strap is even better. .

A rigid urethane foam in the 15-20lb/cuft range works, but needs to be coated/sealed after shaping. Easier is to just make some syntactic foam out of glass microballoons & epoxy and mold it onto whatever you need. 3rd option is PVC pipe. Just cut and glue on end caps. .

After a few emails directly to the Bonaire customs general email and also directly to the airport customs supervisors direct email, they never replied to my multiple requests for their written procedures for getting a Temporary Import Document on island or a refund on exit. I heard from...

It goes inside the tube on the "top" of the battery. Just tape it in place at the corners.

We have a laminated mu metal sheet that goes on top of the battery stack and shields of most of the effect of the 18650 cells. ...at least on my Sea Rover compasses that are no longer available. I only get a max of about 3deg of deviation when installed. Different compasses have different...

That's like asking Lamborghini to make a 4 cylinder compact. I'll let the other brands battle it out in their race to the bottom. Genesis owners understand the benefits of investing in higher performance and quality, often because they started with a lower budget scooter and learned the hard...

If you have to OPEN A SEALED PORT to recharge, it's not external recharging, it's marketing. Adding another o-ring seal (aka possible failure point) that needs to be opened and closed on a regular basis, instead to the main body o-ring, is more of a liability than a marketing "feature." .

You are forgetting something... The cost of missed opportunity for the dives you couldn't go on because your little plastic DPV didn't have enough thrust or range. Priceless! .

It looks like a Genesis 600 that was upgraded to 2.1 last year. Be careful with Facebook, there have been reports of people getting scammed with DPV sales on marketplace. .

I emailed Bonaire customs directly to request documentation of the process for Temporary Import Documents and I'm awaiting a reply, since Tourism CORPORATION Bonaire is not a government agency either. Their message provides no specifics and is "one post based on second-hand hearsay" that "...

infobonaire.com is not an official government website. I would not rely on their legal interpretation, which is probably why they also put a link to the actual government customs website at the bottom of the page. I doubt the airport custom agents are looking at average diver's gear, since...

From the Netherlands government website. Translated Brochure Link ...in Dutch only It's not only DPVs that they are singling out, based on the local import companies (Cavalier, eZone, Rocargo) remarks and it is a recent change in customs enforcement. It seems someone decided to begin...

Reposting link here. https://scubaboard.com/community/threads/bonaire-airport-customs-starting-to-tax-personal-baggage-items.655353/ .

I just heard from a customer this weekend that there is a customs agent at the airport in Bonaire now confiscating anything expensive looking, for temporary import taxes. Customs confiscated their DPV, gave them no paperwork and told them they had to get a temporary import document and they...

There's a lot of "it depends" for boat entries with a DPV. Is it a 1-2ft drop for a giant stride or a 4-6ft drop? Is it a 1-2 ft drop back roll or a +4ft drop back roll? (yeah, that's a thing some places) Single tank, or doubles and stage? Calm seas or rough enough to require holding on to the...

Here you go... https://scubaboard.com/community/threads/dpv-rigging.641775/

The Genesis DPV tube OD is 7.85" except for the last couple inches that taper up to 7.95" for the tail connection. Length is around 11" of constant 7.85" OD on the short tube and 19" on the long tube. There have been minor length changes over the years last 13 years as the battery weight...