Review Diving the Avelo System

[Jai Bar]

Still not sure why one would need to rely on a battery-dependent system with multiple failure points: battery itself, charging connectors, wiring, operating switch, pump with all its parts, etc) and for what? Buoyancy control??

It doesn't come to solve any problem, and whatever it "solves" creates more potential issues.. Seems like a gimmick trying to reinvent something that works just fine.

We shouldn't be against new technology development and innovation in scuba- on the opposite- but this thing just isn'it one of these.

 

[teksimple]

I have similar thoughts. The tank seems pretty awesome but only if you can get it up to 300 bar and make a real difference in the gas you have available. If you start getting complicated with a battery and pump, why not just go closed circuit and be able to stay down all day. IMHO.

 

[jadairiii]

.....I did not do the other two Avelo dives and switched back to my traditional gear for the rest of the day. Dive Friends found a defect in the wiring harness and repaired it by the end of the next day.

So if I go out and buy a set of Avelo gear, just make sure I also travel with a complete set of traditional gear. So much simpler......

 

[lowwall]

So if I go out and buy a set of Avelo gear, just make sure I also travel with a complete set of traditional gear. So much simpler......

It's rental gear. He said he used it for 3 days out of a 2 week trip.

I don't see this taking off for private sales any time soon. Especially for travel since you are tied to their rental centers anyway for tanks.

Avelo seems to be targeting a market of rich, casual divers. I'm not sure how large that market is. Maybe it's big enough to have a sustainable business, but the current requirements for expensive training that is additional to OW must be a real obstacle. If this market exists, to tap into it, they need to figure out how to offer their own DSD and OW - or at least Supervised Diver - courses.

 

[jadairiii]

It's rental gear.

Ya, I know, I was just being a troll, and making a point...