Review Diving the Avelo System

[SouthernSharktoothDiver]

So I found a thread on here discussing the dacor nautilus back in 2009. As it was something of a precusor to the Avelo (Ie, both are constant buoyancy systems) that has been compared to Avelo several times in this thread, I thought I'd link it here: Dacor Nautilus

Anyone here who used a nautilus/was around when it was around, why didn't it work out? It seems like Avelo is probably much lighter/more streamline due to integrating the air supply/buoyancy tank, but the Nautilus appears to have had the advantage of requiring less of a paradigm shift (you can use your normal air tank, no DIN required, no special computer program for air calculations). My guess is it died on weight, as someone in the thread from '09 said it weighed as much as small fridge, but I'm curious, since I have personally thought Avelo would potentially have an easier time being adopted if it didn't integrate your air with your buoyancy as it does.

So somebody who knows more than me about both of these systems...thoughts?

 

[Eric Sedletzky]

I wonder how the carbon fiber tanks will fare with the kind of abuse that Al80s get in rental. Carbon getting banged around on rocks, pavement, fill stations and truck beds does not sound like a good idea.

The Catalina rental shop says they are spraying Rhino liner on their tanks to protect them but that will prevent a proper visual inspection -- that's one of the main reasons that vinyl-coated steel tanks fell out of favor.

spraying Rhino Liner on aluminum tanks sounds like about the worst thing they could do.
They should just strip the tanks down to bare aluminum and let them breathe, who cares how they look? They would never get any hidden corrosion damage that way.