The Freedivers Recovery Vest, it Works!

[Erik]

I'll buy one as soon as it's available. I wear 20 lbs on a weight-vest and a belt, a knife, a computer and 10mm rubber on top. The minimal drag from this vest wont be a burden at all.

And the computer looks like what we've been asking for for years anyway. I'm tired of using computers designed by scuba divers, for scubadivers, with freedivers as an afterthought.

Again, well done! Hopefully your marketing people are as good as your engineers.

A great tribute to your son's memory.

Warmly,
Erik

 

[hteas]

I'm afraid that this will turn into a very dangerous toy.

Just think of being an adrenalin junkie and getting one of these. Set it for much deeper that you can go and just go for it. You won't need to know what you're doing, or your limits, the vest will take care of you. You can even go back and do it again.

I don't like to think of it in this way, but that's really what I think will happen.
Howard

 

[nostres]

Set it for much deeper that you can go and just go for it. You won't need to know what you're doing, or your limits, the vest will take care of you.

The vest is not supposed to replace common sense. Going much deeper than You can, with vest or without is always asking for trouble

I think whoever is going to invest his money in this device is looking to increase his safety, not opposite.

 

[Ricksafer]

I'm afraid that this will turn into a very dangerous toy.

Just think of being an adrenalin junkie and getting one of these. Set it for much deeper that you can go and just go for it. You won't need to know what you're doing, or your limits, the vest will take care of you. You can even go back and do it again.

I don't like to think of it in this way, but that's really what I think will happen.
Howard

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I understand your point even though I don't totally agree. The same thing could be said practically out of anything that has either intrinsically or collaterally the potential for abuse!

If that's the premise, and just for the sake of an example cars wouldn't have the capability of going any faster than the maximum allowed speed limits, but they do.
It is up to the free diver or spear hunter to educate, know his abilities, and be aware of the device's only intentions. :naughty
Having said so, warning tags, advisory literature, a video of owners instructions, and probably even a session of teaching the possibilities,liabilities and limitations of the vest should be included by the dealer in such a steep price.
I think....

 

[hteas]

"If that's the premise, and just for the sake of an example cars wouldn't have the capability of going any faster than the maximum allowed speed limits, but they do."

Precisely my point. The maximum speed limit in Alaska is 65 mph. There are a lot of Sport bikes that come out of hibernation during the summer. I regularly hear bragging of 140 mph on the local highways. Why, in all truth, do they make toys that are so insane.

The vest can't just be sold to safe users interested in a safety net. Therefore, the makers will need to plan a serious campaign to limit the abuses or face the formidable US legal system

 

[azapa]

Howard, I see where you are coming from, but if a manufacturer couldn't sell anything dangerous, we wouldn't have many things: cigarettes, guns, MacDonalds, motorbikes etc.

The user is the one who will kill or injure himself, not the vest

Take care

 

[trux]

Howard, I see where you are coming from, but if a manufacturer couldn't sell anything dangerous, we wouldn't have many things: cigarettes, guns, MacDonalds, motorbikes etc.

Personally I would not mourn any of these at all, but I think that a better comparison to the vest would be for example safety belts, airbags, or ABS in cars. Should we ban their use because they push people driving faster and more dangerously? Or should we ban safety parachutes, becuase they encourage more risky behaviour too?

 

[Fondueset]

Well-said, Trux.

 

[fabrice]

Except that airbags and safety belts also protect you from the damages caused by other drivers. This is not the case with the freediver recovery vest.

 

[Mullins]

It would protect you from some things that are beyond your control, in the same way car safety devices protect you from accidents that are not your fault. Getting caught in down-currents, unforseen medical problems, having to stay under too long because some jerk in a launch has decided to drive over your float, etc etc.

 

[hteas]

OK, I want to make sure everyone understands what I'm suggesting.
I don't think the vest is bad. I agree thaty we look at it like a seat belt or air-bags in cars. It's a serious safety device.
My comments are based on guessing that an entirely different segment of society is going to see them. It's a bunch of adrenalin junkies that would be using them wrongly, ever pushing the envelope as only adrenalin junkies can do (blindly and stupidly). I hope I'm wrong, but I really expect them to try.

There isn't much Terry and friends can do except hope for the best and prepare for the worst. The US legal system favors the "victim" to an amazing degree.


We'll see where it all goes.