Aqualung Aquasense announced (aquanounced?)

[Badger7]

Not sure who the target customer for this

private equity, justifying some investment capital due to "innovation in the hot market of vacation/sport/travel/leisure". Think Shark Tank at a corporate level.

The product itself doesn't exist, at least not yet, and I really wonder if it ever will. If it does, it will be for the guy who wanders into a random scuba shop looking to pick up equipment for his next dive vacation asking "whats the best you got"?

 

[SouthernSharktoothDiver]

So I finally got around to watching the video and noticed something...odd.

Either we have a decompression diver (probably using trimix as well, to avoid "deep air") or some clueless vacation diver's gone too deep and will incur deco shortly with less than 1500 PSI left. Or (most likely) whoever made this video has no idea how to scuba dive.

Seriously though, are they marketing this to tech divers? Because I could see an application if it build in, say, a suite of gas sensors. Told you, for example, when your gas mix became unsafe for your depth, thus preventing narcosis based errors or mistaken gas switches. I don't tech dive, so idk if that's enough an issue to warrant a product like this, but I can at least see the application. Which is better than...whatever vague pile of slogans their current market niche is supposed to be.

 

[scubadada]

@scubadada Don’t speak so loudly—they’ll do a merger

Avelo: Now with Aqualung Aquasense (tm) (and nothing else!)

/j

As long as Aquasense has a 300 bar DIN connector, it can be used with Avelo. Of course, then there is the Avelo Mode, currently only available on Shearwater and Scubapro.

 

[iliketopetsharks]

Apparently it also has a trim sensor, like the Symbios. Curious if this is even relevant to the target audience.

 

[ChrisMBC]

Their claims of 'patents pending' got me curious - here's the only relevant one I can find, which is for the sonar system. Looks like Aqualung acquired it from Michael Hollis/PPG a few years ago.

Compared to Garmin's, it looks relatively similar, but the integration of a beamforming array could offer some interesting features in terms of isolating the source of a signal, as well as helping cut down on the noise from a more distant signal (like from a boat).

 

[Badger7]

noticed something...odd.
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Good catch, I didn't notice that at first glance either. GTR (gas time remaining) of 43 minutes, at 139 ft, and only 1387psi left in the tanks?

Can we do some math here? 139 feet is around 5.2 ATA right? Most people would be in the neighborhood of 3.6ft^3/min at that depth? So that means he/she would have 3.6x43 = 155 ft^3 of back gas remaining?

Even a set of HP130 doubles at 1387psi would be less than 100 ft^3 remaining, right? What size cylinders are these? Is my math off or is this dude diving a pair of 200 cubic foot high pressure doubles? Maybe a single 400ft^3 bank cylinder?

 

[SouthernSharktoothDiver]

@Badger7 I didn't know what GTR stood for (I don't have an AI dive computer). Yeah, that's a point in the "Whatever intern designed this video knew nothing about scuba, and they never grabbed a focus audience to test it before posting." Honestly pretty funny.

 

[scubadada]

Their claims of 'patents pending' got me curious - here's the only relevant one I can find, which is for the sonar system. Looks like Aqualung acquired it from Michael Hollis/PPG a few years ago.

Compared to Garmin's, it looks relatively similar, but the integration of a beamforming array could offer some interesting features in terms of isolating the source of a signal, as well as helping cut down on the noise from a more distant signal (like from a boat).

I'm not at all surprised that the intellectual property for Aqualung came from the acquisition of Pelagic Pressure Systems in 2015. Their entire computer portfolio came from PPS with some recent modifications/updates.

 

[Jim Lapenta]

And now it will connect to facebook that is being run by aliens since Zuck ate a bad piece of fruit and blew up!
Aqualung should be ashamed of themselves.

 

[Jai Bar]

You know, I am just going to do a solid pass on this. The LEDs that color code your breathing rate, oh dear God! I need the air I need, God designed us to automatically know when we need to breath, I do not need AI to tell me that. One of my often dive buddies says he looks at his SAC rate on his computer and adjusts his breathing to conserve air, yeah, okay, whatever. All I need is for my regulator to give me the air I need, when I need it. No batteries included please.

I don't think that an average diver can sufficiently twist his head in order to observe the LED color on the first stage.

These must be oriented for the buddy, or the dive guide. It also makes more sense if the LED color reflects the tank pressure rather than breathing rate, so buddy can see the tank pressure without needing to ask? This could be a nice feature. One can tell the buddy's breathing rate simply by observing the bubbles- at least in open circuit- so it makes no sense to dedicate the LED color scheme for that purpose. Tank pressure makes sense and can be actually useful.

Personally, I like the idea- why not integrate the AI transmitter right into the first stage? Color-code a LED for the benefit of buddy? If they have sensors amd accelerometers for pitch/tilt/roll maybe they can not only show you information about your trim status (of which too many divers are unaware,
unfortunately) but also provide rudimentary inertial navigation info (such as Mares Ocean tried to introduce)? This could also be nice.