Johnoly
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The DEMA show is back in Orlando this year. This is the industry gathering of ‘Everything dive related’. It’s a bit smaller this year, but there is plenty of new stuff to make this very valuable and you will learn something new when you attend. I can’t believe how many people I ran into today. I barely stepped out of my van and met up with divers I haven’t seen in a long while. 75 people and 3 hours later and my handshakes were getting sore. I’m seeing folks from even the old DiverLink days, and all the old divemasters and instructors. Alright, enough with the crap about meeting so many friends, show us some toy pictures already!
So you go diving and you get bent on a far off liveaboard. Blow up this portable chamber right on the boat and start doing a table number 6. Comes with air and pure O2 ports as well as a comm system and windows.
This cart is pretty cool. It’s like a jacket for your AL80 and at the bottom are 2 good sized wheels. You 1st slide the jacket onto your tank then mount your BC, regs and bungee them tight so nothing dangles. It has a separate pull handle and you wheel your whole rig down the parking lot, etc, to the boat or entry effortlessly. When you get to the Boat/entry, the 2 wheels pop off and store right underneath the tank boot since they are the same size and also made from stainless steel for no rust. Then put on your BC and go diving with it. No drag. Very cool and they may come out with a version for fat steels too
You got a monster truck, then you need a monster beach gear hauler. This thing will easily handle even a Rhode Island beach entry over the rocks. Holds 2 -3 tanks and all your gear. Then it folds up!
SeaDoo has a different size scooter for what ever you need.
This is a floating flag reel. I’m not really sure about this concept since most of the time you want the reel underwater with you. But I guess it does have applications for training dives. I’m still scratching my head on this one.
My NuAir buddies are just kicking butt with the newest high tech continuous blending compressors. Literally push button mixes. Want 28%? Push a button and out it comes. It’s alike a soda can machine at the gas station with a dozen flavors inside.
So many travel options, so little time.
Flowered snorkel vests. If you just had a PFO closed, you’ll be floatin & ‘stylin while waiting your 90 days to get back under water!
Camera’s, Camera’s, & more Camera’s. Small, Medium and ‘Holy Crud!”
The pool is open and they have underwater robots you can play with. I might get some bottom time tomorrow, if I can snag a scooter below to play with.
Got Snot? Get the Neti-Pot !!
A valve position color indicator to visually see if the person’s air is on (green) or off (red). If you own a liveaboard dive boat with a whole bunch of tanks, this will visually show you if a tank is turned off. Works with all makes of valves.
Wanna make a million dollars? You’ll need one of these underwater treasure finders
This was really cool too. It’s an electronic buddy signaler. It suction cups to your mask and under the suction cup it has a color changing LED light. As you take your finger and break the optical beam on the front where the yellow target circles are, you can ‘tap’ it 1, 2, or 3 times and transmit an LED message to your buddy up to 200 feet away. The colored lights also tell you ‘how far’ away your buddy is and if he is out of range by signal strength. Pretty cool!
These are some big friggin heavy dive boots in the OMS booth. They come with handles they are so big.
Anyone want to guess who’s standing next to me? Hint - He can delete your D2D account if don’t play nice.
A new CO2 sensor which is critical for rebreathers. I have not seen the data specs on this yet.
Mares has the new computer that was on ScubaDiving Magazine’s cover. You can download a JPG picture of a map or course like a cave route and bring it up on the display
Intova has a new computer that looks like an I-phone. It runs 2 different algorithm’s at the same time so you can compare them. I still need to get more info on this.
Atomic has a new LCD color dive computer with built in compass and this thing is sharp and so very bright. The booth was so crowded I couldn’t get a clear picture but I got to fondle one and it is sweet. DivaDiver let me play with it for 30 seconds but everyone is on top of this thing. I’ll post a picture tomorrow, but this thing has everyone buzzing.
This was very cool. It is a tiny 10 pound Scooter. You can pack this thing in your luggage for a trip and see 4 times as much of the reef as all the other diver’s on your boat. Has 3 speeds, runs almost 4 mph which is smokin fast for a scooter, and a 2 hour burn time on it’s lithium battery and recharges in 4 hours. This is going to change DPV’s and you’ll start to see more on the boats.
http://www.innovativescuba.com/
I also sat in the DAN Ultra Sound seminar and I’ll write up a separate review on DCS and bubbles. Did you know there is new technology just this year from dual frequency doppler that we can now measure the size of a bubble inside your body and this has never been done accurately before? Stay tuned, I’ve got more bubble info and the latest DCS information coming to you later this week.
And I’ve got a lot of people coming to the D2D happy hour(details at the top of this page) I think we’re going to end up with 30-40 people at this blow out of a party. Comb your hair and get the spinach off your teeth, pictures will be taken!! See you Friday!!
Post up a reply if you see something you want me to get more info on an item or even if you enjoyed this DEMA photo post!!
P.S. AllenHost (LarryL) kicks arse for easy picture hosting !!
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