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One of your former sales representative, when I asked where you were at the 2016 DEMA show, informed me that a one of your employees defrauded you and you had closed.

Compressed Gas Association (CGA) rules dictated the outlets for SCUBA. I have been trying to explain all of this for over 10 years. The 3442 cylinder design came about as a result of CGA ruling that any recognized agency rules could be applied. An engineer at PST used a European agency standard...

As a retired individual, I would love it if there was a website available for last minute discounted dive trips. Last minute cancellations, unfilled charters, etc. happen. I would love to dive more, but at an average of $500 a day for a good trip is more than I can justify. Your thoughts?

You sue the estate of the deceased.

One needs to understand that CE was developed to protect European manufacturers. I was there when it started up and Europe tried everything it could to keep foreigner companies out .

Each country has there own standards, kind of a legacy thing. That said there was an attempt to create a United Nations (UN) standard. I do not know where that is now, as I left the industry almost 10 years ago. 49 CFR 178.71 - Specifications for UN pressure receptacles.

You never answered my question. Who is more qualified?

They do forensics on all military diving equipment that result in both fatalities and incidents. They also will do, on a time available, forensics on recreational equipment. As you are so negative about NEDU capabilities, who do you say is more capable?

Before I bought my rebreather (2002), I read as many accident and incident reports as I could find. I didn't want to dive a device that was faulty or unproven. Reading these reports put my mind to ease. Every report I could find, at the time, showed operator error, and is some cased, incredible...

It would be interesting to see if properly done pre-checks (pre-breathing, vacuum, etc) would have identified any defects in the unit. Years ago, I attended a talk by the USN EDU, where they claimed they had never seen a catastrophic failure of a rebreather. Further, was a proper forensic study...

There is , usually, a one year exclusion for suicide.

When I ran my company distributing tanks, I did not trust any data on the web and used the following to develop buoyancy data; I filled a 55 gallon drum with fresh water and placed each variation of steel tank with valve we were distributing into the tank attached to a digital scale to get a...

Worthington bought Hy-Mark and operated it for a few years. When Worthington decided to close its steel cylinder plant in Canada (scuba & industrial cylinders) it sold its aluminium cylinder plant to THunderbird LLC, which is still making scuba cylinders

see High Pressure Cylinders on ThomasNet.com

There is no shortage of cylinder manufacturing companies. It would be like one grocery store buying another adn closing the doors. As a general rule you must control 75% of the market before being considered a monopoly.

Old post but will comment . DAN America and DAN Europe are two different organizations and the exclusion used applies to the European organization. In my opinion DAN America would pay for evacuation, but not medical expenses heart attack, like an appendicitis, is a medical condition, not an...

Bought by another manufacturer and Worthington's equipment was scrapped

Because another entity with more money than brains could buy it and enter the market. The purpose was to eliminate competitors, not make them.

You seem to think my remarks were directed to you, well they're not. They are just a statement of fact. As far as your statement that 18-34 year old's are active participants, please back up that with information from a reliable source, like SFIA. All, and I repeat ALL sporting activities are in...

I sold my business (dive equip. mfg) in 2007. I saw the crash coming. All that said there is always a place for an innovative company to carve out a successful niche in the recreational market. Scuba won't die, it just won't reach its potential.