Review Diving the Avelo System

[SouthernSharktoothDiver]

For those of us who are not familiar, what is Boot Dusseldorf? Presumably not a cobbler's convention, unless Avelo had some trouble with google maps.

Edit: I notice they won 3000 euro....less than the cost of one Avelo system+hydrotank. That seems rather...anticlimatic from their perspective. Makes you wonder why the contest bothered with the novelty check. Better IMO just to give them some sort of massive, gaudy, $3000 trophy to display in their lobby.

 

[scubadada]

For those of us who are not familiar, what is Boot Dusseldorf?...

boot Düsseldorf: Boat Show & Watersports Exhibition - boot 2025

boot Düsseldorf is the leading yacht and watersports show worldwide. The highlights include boats and yachts, boating equipment and yacht technology as well as diving equipment, surfing and kite equipment, canoes and fishing equipment. A separate area is dedicated to holidays and tourism around...

www.boot.com

 

[mr_v]

Avelo equipment prices are now listed on their website

Avelo - The Avelo System

diveavelo.com

$3,990​

Ok, so I did not read through the entire thread, but please tell me this is in Willy Wonka dollars. If this is USD, then WTF am I looking at? Rated to 600' single tank? Is this for suicide?

 

[CT-Rich]

Given the lack of innovation in this industry, this is hardly surprising. I wonder who the runner-ups were?

Probably collapsible travel fins

 

[lowwall]

Probably collapsible travel fins

Nailed it.

One of the runners up Scubapro Seawing Supernova modular fin.

The other is the Cressi Aquawing which is a conventional back inflate BCD that is styled to look like a BP/W. [Edit - this wasn't accurate. See next post.]

The 2024 winner was the "DIVEVOLK underwater touchscreen housing for smartphone."

The award was first given in 2023. The winner was the O'Dive. A quick reviews of the website suggests this is a Doppler bubble sensor and software that allows you to scan yourself after a dive. You then upload your computer's dive log and it will give you suggestions for adjusting your deco or DC settings on subsequent dives.

I likely got a lot of this wrong. If interested, it's here: The O'Dive solution - O'Dive

 

[SouthernSharktoothDiver]

@lowwall I actually dive an Aquawing Max. It’s a true bp/w bcd, just with a lighter, “hourglass” shaped alloy backplate that uses a set of plastic side slots rather than a full plate with cut in slots. I’ve checked, and you can absolutely remove that plate and put the wing/harness on a standard SS backplate if you wanted to, but the lighter plate is good if you’re wanting to travel with it or just save a couple pounds

 

[mr_v]

The 2024 winner was the "DIVEVOLK underwater touchscreen housing for smartphone."

That product is actually useful. Watch movies on deco. 60m depth rating.

 

[Khoujo1]

That product is actually useful. Watch movies on deco. 60m depth rating.

We have the Divevolk Seatouch 4 and use an older (iPhone 11) in it. We were worried about using our primary phones in case of leak. It has been bone dry and is an awesome diving camera. Takes much better pics and movies that our Olympus Tough with a housing. Have the red filter as we do mostly saltwater diving, Another benefit: it downloads all images and clips automatically to iPhoto automatically when we get back to a WiFi connection. I highly recommend it!

 

[mr_v]

We have the Divevolk Seatouch 4 and use an older (iPhone 11) in it. We were worried about using our primary phones in case of leak. It has been bone dry and is an awesome diving camera. Takes much better pics and movies that our Olympus Tough with a housing. Have the red filter as we do mostly saltwater diving, Another benefit: it downloads all images and clips automatically to iPhoto automatically when we get back to a WiFi connection. I highly recommend it!

That's the way to do it. I am buying a used phone that I'll use only to download and watch videos. I would not put my primary phone in any of these cases although many people swear by Divevolk quality.

 

[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?