Feedback Suggestions for the Nautilus Lifeline

[Pearlman]

It’s all about perspective IMHO. Saying that just because one may never need it in life or need it just once if ever does not mean there should be no striving for product design improvement. A survivor that loses it will need to buy a replacement cap after the rescue - maybe cheap for US continental residents, more like $15 shipping international for a $5 part that shouldn’t be lost so easily in the first place, add a few weeks for replacement. What if the rescue happened within a couple of hours (only a non-emergency position information report was needed), and the experience wasn’t so traumatic and the diver wants to continue his dive vacation (that cost him $$$$) with the safety of the lifesaving LL and feels extremely anxious hitting the water without it? The inconvenience of replacement is frankly quite disproportionate due to the lack of a suitable retainer mechanism. Diving with prolonged anxiety due to recent near-miss then on a subsequent dive, a mishap like an equipment malfunction is further aggravating the stress…

Suggestion#1 is an even more critical feature to fix IMHO -
For that one instance in life what if a boat is maintaining a course that is a tangential path to the circle (say 9km radius) where it could intercept the SOS Signal as seen below?

(Q: Is the circle an oblong in the real world?)

What if it’s the only boat you had a chance with and it crossed this line in the first few hours in a 15 min window when your arms were too tired to hold it up 6ft above the water line? And then you die a slow agonising death over the next 48 hrs … Not just Malpelo but most of APAC I would add… (The Malpelo thread on SB read like a racy novel BTW, sadly it was a true life story of a tragedy).

 

[PamelaH]

You need to understand that this device is something that you will most likely never use, and hope you will never use. As a diver, your midset should always be to do everything possible so you never, ever have to use such a device. And it's certainly not something that you'd ever use twice! If you lose the cap, who cares? I

That is a lovely thought but the fact is, if you dive a lot and you dive in places with strong current you might need it twice. Probably not, but it could happen. Besides that, it's not that hard to knock the cap off - I still think it would benefit from a better design.

 

[Pearlman]

I did not get any response from info@nautiluslifeline.com for an email I sent 10 days back. Does anyone know the screw size and thread pitch specifications for this? @Nautilus Explorer ?

I need to buy some locally to replace the ones on mine and after hearing the report of the cracked case (waterproofing gone!) and so I don’t want to risk threading the wrong screw.

 

[Still Kicking]

I did not get any response from info@nautiluslifeline.com for an email I sent 10 days back. Does anyone know the screw size and thread pitch specifications for this? @Nautilus Explorer ?

I need to buy some locally to replace the ones on mine and after hearing the report of the cracked case (waterproofing gone!) and so I don’t want to risk threading the wrong screw.

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Do you have a hardware store with a thread checker? Failing that, start picking out nuts at the store and use trial and error. I would start with metric.

 

[Pearlman]

Looks like a M2.5x6mm countersunk screw to me… is there such a spec? In pic#2 if I exclude the head seems to be 6mm…

 

[tridacna]

I’d appreciate it if Nautilus were to put up a few instructional videos on Youtube. The manual is a joke. Perhaps a better explanation of the programming and what it all means for us non-nautical types. And I still can’t get the blue light to stop flashing.

 

[O-ring]

I’d appreciate it if Nautilus were to put up a few instructional videos on Youtube. The manual is a joke. Perhaps a better explanation of the programming and what it all means for us non-nautical types. And I still can’t get the blue light to stop flashing.

Check out this dude's videos. I found them to be better than most.