dummy-proof, unless you are color blind.

Pinkpadigal · Post by **Pinkpadigal** » Mon Jan 25, 2010 11:11 am

http://www.xsscuba.com/downloads/safetyhw_movie.html

LCF · Post by **LCF** » Mon Jan 25, 2010 11:26 am

I saw these at DEMA a year and a half ago. It seemed to me that they were the perfect gadget for charter boats that rent tanks. The DMs could check gas status on the customers without ever having to handle the tank valves, which would make it safer and faster for everybody.

defied · Post by **defied** » Mon Jan 25, 2010 12:18 pm

I like how the guy has nothing better to do with his hand, so he holds it out serving as a backdrop.

That is kind of cool, I wonder how much of a pain in the a$$ it will be for valve servicing though.

D(B)

billandwende · Post by **billandwende** » Mon Jan 25, 2010 12:53 pm

I could use this for when I dive with.....Never mind.

Marc · Post by **Marc** » Mon Jan 25, 2010 12:58 pm

Not for nuthin' but this seems to fix a problem that shouldn't exist.

defied · Post by **defied** » Mon Jan 25, 2010 2:01 pm

Blitz wrote:Not for nuthin' but this seems to fix a problem that shouldn't exist.

Amen Brother.

CaptnJack · Post by **CaptnJack** » Mon Jan 25, 2010 2:18 pm

I don't know the innards, but there is surely a way for a persistent dummy to circumvent that.

Marc · Post by **Marc** » Mon Jan 25, 2010 2:32 pm

CaptnJack wrote:I don't know the innards, but there is surely a way for a persistent dummy to circumvent that.

Someone always invents a better idiot...

Joshua Smith · Post by **Joshua Smith** » Mon Jan 25, 2010 3:47 pm

Yeah, the idiots get more clever every year. My favorite way of checking to make sure the valve is open is to see if I can breathe through the reg. But I've always been good at the whole "lefty-loosey, righty-tighty" problem.

Sounder · Post by **Sounder** » Mon Jan 25, 2010 3:54 pm

Joshua Smith wrote:Yeah, the idiots get more clever every year. My favorite way of checking to make sure the valve is open is to see if I can breathe through the reg. But I've always been good at the whole "lefty-loosey, righty-tighty" problem.

That's a pretty awesome idea, but you can't sell it. The idiot market is a great place to make money, unless you're a life insurance company.

spatman · Post by **spatman** » Mon Jan 25, 2010 4:03 pm

Sounder wrote:That's a pretty awesome idea, but you can't sell it. The idiot market is a great place to make money...

as proven by the piles of crap in Sounder's garage.

Sounder · Post by **Sounder** » Mon Jan 25, 2010 4:30 pm

spatman wrote:
Sounder wrote:That's a pretty awesome idea, but you can't sell it. The idiot market is a great place to make money...
as proven by the piles of crap in Sounder's garage.

dwashbur · Post by **dwashbur** » Mon Jan 25, 2010 5:19 pm

Clever idea, yes. Good idea, probably. Dummy-proof? Not likely. In the words of Dean Koontz, humans can always be counted on to exercise, with great vigor, their God-given right to be stupid.

LCF · Post by **LCF** » Mon Jan 25, 2010 6:19 pm

Honestly . . . although none of us needs this for ourselves, I CAN see its utility for OW instructors or for charter operators. To be able to do a visual sweep and be sure that all the valves are open would have significant value, I think.

cardiver · Post by **cardiver** » Mon Jan 25, 2010 6:23 pm

LCF wrote:Honestly . . . although none of us needs this for ourselves, I CAN see its utility for OW instructors or for charter operators. To be able to do a visual sweep and be sure that all the valves are open would have significant value, I think.

I agree. They would also come in handy if they were on bassmans tanks........

CaptnJack · Post by **CaptnJack** » Mon Jan 25, 2010 6:50 pm

LCF wrote:Honestly . . . although none of us needs this for ourselves, I CAN see its utility for OW instructors or for charter operators. To be able to do a visual sweep and be sure that all the valves are open would have significant value, I think.

I guess if you are willing to count on that do-hicky. Personally I think seeing "all green" probably gives a false sense of security that clients are "good to go".

Northwest Dive Club

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