Symbios

[jcwalsh]

I have been eagerly awaiting the launch of the Symbios. Just saw this picture on Instagram yesterday. I really hope she is 5'1" and 95 pounds otherwise it looks bigger than I was expecting.

 

[Big-swede]

Is the unit strapped around her neck?

 

[RedSix]

I have been eagerly awaiting the launch of the Symbios. Just saw this picture on Instagram yesterday. I really hope she is 5'1" and 95 pounds otherwise it looks bigger than I was expecting.

There is also a small video with @johnkendall:
link to facebook

 

[happy-diver]

Yeah it is hanging from her neck, chestmounts used to do that and wearing all that gear
she does not look small, I sure she must have won some husband carrying competitions

What's magnificent is the independent open circuit gear you can wear with these things

The unit looks long

you can get a short one, with just a harness

What is Andrew Goring building these days

 

[grantmac]

Would off board O2 make for a much smaller unit?
Seems like it would integrate with mixed teams much easier than the JJ based on them both in GUE-style twinsets.

 

[happy-diver]

They're already off board but not really offbard but incorporated into these units

Unlike off board slung elsewhere indepedently and using QC6 connectors

It's long, wonder what's in there

 

[ChrisMBC]

Stumbled across a fairly long overview here, with a ton of pics and some underwater video as well.

Notable stuff (for me anyway):

• Custom-looking reg for the O2 bottle with 3 hoses coming off (assume MAV, solenoid, HP to transmitter?). Would make it a little more annoying to BM the O2 cylinder with 3 hoses.
• Targeting 4Q25 launch

 

[sea_ledford]

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[ChrisMBC]

The other thing I realize, looking at the images: everyone is diving it with a necklaced 2nd stage, as well as the long hose. Don’t know if that perhaps means that they’ve nixed the fancy integrated-BOV double-hose reg option?

 

[kammel78]

The other thing I realize, looking at the images: everyone is diving it with a necklaced 2nd stage, as well as the long hose. Don’t know if that perhaps means that they’ve nixed the fancy integrated-BOV double-hose reg option?

Still there. If you ditch the breather, you'll still have a fully redundant OW system ready to go.