DEMA 2010 Highlights

Tangfish · Post by **Tangfish** » Fri Nov 26, 2010 10:35 am

Despite the turkey coma I finally got all my thoughts on paper, er.... screen from DEMA last week. Highlights include the new X-Ray dive light, Liquivision and Uemis dive computers, a new recreational KISS SCR, a Light & Motion line of lights, and John Rawlings staying up past midnight (well, just barely).

You can read about the highlights from DEMA and see the photos of the shiny new toys over at AtlasOmega.

http://www.atlasomega.com/2010/11/dema- ... ear-guide/

kat · Post by **kat** » Fri Nov 26, 2010 12:27 pm

way cool dive xtras light!!!

spatman · Post by **spatman** » Fri Nov 26, 2010 12:32 pm

what is up with that monster rebreather?

Tangfish · Post by **Tangfish** » Fri Nov 26, 2010 12:34 pm

It looked really, really nice.

Tangfish · Post by **Tangfish** » Fri Nov 26, 2010 12:35 pm

Oh, somehow matt snuck that comment in between my reply to Kat. Yeah, Andy's Meg is ridiculous. Basically his bailout is also his diluent. It's sort of a hybrid between doubles and a CCR.

spatman · Post by **spatman** » Fri Nov 26, 2010 12:36 pm

so that's a UTD MX ccr?

dscuba · Post by **dscuba** » Fri Nov 26, 2010 12:52 pm

Did you happen to see the BARE SB System drysuit? I'm interested if anyone has any feedback about it.

Sounder · Post by **Sounder** » Fri Nov 26, 2010 1:32 pm

spatman wrote:so that's a UTD MX ccr?

As I understand it, that breather is not affiliated with UTD, however there are many similarities. The concept is to have the bail-out gas be on your back, as your bottom mix. O2 is injected from the deco bottle which can also be used in OC mode. One thing I like about it is the gas-volume ability to bring a team-mate (whether they're on OC or CCR) connected to a traditional long-hose set-up for continuity. I'll admit, I've definitely got my eye on it... and now that Tobin's involved with modifications, I'm even more intrigued.

It is, however, a large apparatus no matter how you slice it.

Joshua Smith · Post by **Joshua Smith** » Fri Nov 26, 2010 6:09 pm

spatman wrote:so that's a UTD MX ccr?

Negative. The UTD MX series is different. It has no solenoid or orifice, so 02 addition is fully manual. And current models appear to be made of Hammerhead parts.

This one is basically a stock COPIS Megalodon with some nifty Tobin hardware that more or less attaches a set of OC doubles to a CCR canister. The 02 is carried in a stage bottle, but still feeds a constant mass flow orifice as well as a manual add button.

spatman · Post by **spatman** » Fri Nov 26, 2010 8:42 pm

Joshua Smith wrote:
spatman wrote:so that's a UTD MX ccr?
This one is basically a stock COPIS Megalodon with some nifty Tobin hardware that more or less attaches a set of OC doubles to a CCR canister. The 02 is carried in a stage bottle, but still feeds a constant mass flow orifice as well as a manual add button.

So similar to the MX predecessor, the MC?

ktb · Post by **ktb** » Fri Nov 26, 2010 9:05 pm

So that kinda-of-a-rebreather-but-not GEM sounds pretty hot!!

Tangfish · Post by **Tangfish** » Fri Nov 26, 2010 10:07 pm

My only beef with the GEM is that the bubbles come out right in front of your right eye. They're probably going to make an attachment to deflect them off to the side. Pretty cool if you can really triple the BT of an AL80.

Agent 47 · Post by **Agent 47** » Sat Nov 27, 2010 7:34 am

spatman wrote:so that's a UTD MX ccr?

Its absolutely rediculous, I spent some time looking it over at DEMA and its huge and cluttered amd basically IMO gives you the worst of all options. M thought is if you are going closed go closed, dont try and combine two very different tecnologies to solve a problem that doesnt exist. :angry:

Sounder · Post by **Sounder** » Sat Nov 27, 2010 7:45 am

Agent 47 wrote:
spatman wrote:so that's a UTD MX ccr?
Its absolutely rediculous, I spent some time looking it over at DEMA and its huge and cluttered amd basically IMO gives you the worst of all options. M thought is if you are going closed go closed, dont try and combine two very different tecnologies to solve a problem that doesnt exist. :angry:

Sounds like it's definitely not for you.

Joshua Smith · Post by **Joshua Smith** » Sat Nov 27, 2010 9:01 am

spatman wrote:
Joshua Smith wrote:
spatman wrote:so that's a UTD MX ccr?
This one is basically a stock COPIS Megalodon with some nifty Tobin hardware that more or less attaches a set of OC doubles to a CCR canister. The 02 is carried in a stage bottle, but still feeds a constant mass flow orifice as well as a manual add button.
So similar to the MX predecessor, the MC?

Yeah, pretty much.

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