Question Is DIVEVOLK SeaTouch 4 MAX PLUS housing compatible with SeaLife tray?

[Scuba-74]

Cross posting from the Videography forum, maybe I'll have better luck here, lol:

I have a couple of SeaLife trays (picture of one is attached, the other one is slightly longer). I'm wondering if DIVEVOLK SeaTouch 4 MAX PLUS can be mounted on it?

I tried google, and it gave me two seemingly opposite answers to two slightly differently worded questions (see below).

I'm hoping someone here has tried it and can report on the results?

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Answer 1:

"Yes, a DiveVolk SeaTouch 4 MAX PLUS can be mounted on a SeaLife tray by using a compatible adapter or a universal tray with a 1/4-inch screw mount. The DiveVolk housing has a 1/4-inch screw thread, and adapters like the DiveVolk SeaTouch 4 Max Expansion Clamp are available to provide the necessary mounting points for trays and other accessories."

Answer 2:

"No, the DIVEVOLK SeaTouch 4 MAX PLUS Underwater Housing is not designed to be compatible with a SeaLife tray, as it is a standalone smartphone housing with a robust body, unlike the modular SeaLife SportDiver housing, which uses a tray and is controlled via Bluetooth, according to the UW Photography Guide."

 

[rmorgan]

I don’t think the tray in the picture is long enough to reach the DiveVolk’s threaded receivers. The DV is fairly wide.

 

[Scuba-74]

By sheer chance I was able to see and even hold one at an LDS yesterday. So I can answer my own question now:

- No, it won't connect, as it doesn't have the standard photo tray threaded openings
- No, I won't be buying one, as it literally weighs like a brick and is huge

 

[lairdb]

The regular housing requires the expansion clamp to add a threaded hole; the “platinum” housing has one inherently. (Still might not fit your tray, as it is pretty wide.)

Not to sound like an apologist, but: it’s same or smaller in most dimensions than the competitive housings, and lighter than nearly all.

 

[Scuba-74]

Not to sound like an apologist, but: it’s same or smaller in most dimensions than the competitive housings, and lighter than nearly all.

I have been using and still have this Watershot housing for iPhone5/5s. Had I not misplaced the darn phone, I'd still be using it. While it may not be a direct competition, as it doesn't have touchscreen, I think it weighs about half of the DiveVolk. Having said that, I do realize that the phones are also larger than they used to be.

DiveVolk does look wicked cool though, I'll give it that.

And, in the words of Boris from "Snatch": "Heavy is good, heavy is reliable. If it doesn't work you can always hit them with it"

 

[lairdb]

I have been using and still have this Watershot housing for iPhone5/5s.

Um…

 

[Scuba-74]

Um…

Um... "I do realize that the phones are also larger than they used to be"

So, will the housing for iPhone 15 be smaller? Or the same size, with internal adjustments.

Cause when I looked it up on the web site yesterday, it still had "Max Plus" in the name, for both sizes.

 

[lairdb]

It’s all the same housing, just different tray inserts.*

*IIRC they made the “plus” because the iPhone 16 was just a hair too thick for the non-plus. Check first, but I think the 15 might fit the non-plus, so you might be able to score one cheap from an upgrader.