DEMA 2007 Special: Day 2 - 1st November 2007
Posted By DEMA Team 2007 on 1 November 2007
The DeeperBlue.net Reporting Team are here on location at DEMA 2007 to report on all the latest happenings.
Following on from a very successful Day 1, the team decended onto the Show Floor to find the latest and greatest products as well as reports from various agencies:
Aqua Lung
Displaying it as a piece of art with a caption that reads, "On loan from the Louvre Museum, Paris," Aqua Lung is featuring its new "Slingshot" fin this week at the annual Dive Equipment Manufacturers Association's annual trade show in Orlando. The fins highlight silicone straps called "power bands" that capture the downstroke's thust and immediately snap back, helping the diver conserve energy, according to a company statement. A "Gear Shift" function on the fins allows a diver to choose from one of three settings to select the speed-to-effort ratio he or she prefers, depending on the water conditions. Check out their Web site at www.aqualung.com.
Atwater Concepts
Atwater Concepts is introducing its new "Mobile Dive Center" this week at the annual Dive Equipment Manufacturers Association's annual trade show in Orlando. The customized trailer line comes in two sizes and has a host of drawers, shelves and tank brackets for transporting equipment to remote dive sites. See www.atwaterconcepts.com for more info.
Oceanic
Oceanic Worldwide is highlighting its DATAMASK at the annual Dive Equipment Manufacturers Association's annual trade show in Orlando. DATAMASK has been available on the market now for about a month and a half. With a transmitter attached to the high-pressure cord, information including depth, air pressure, etc. shows up on a display in the lower right of the mask. Oceanic's GEO line of dive watches comes in a variety of new colors and has air, nitrox, gauge and freediving modes. For more info, check out their Web site at www.oceanicworldwide.com.
Casco Bay Molding
Casco Bay Molding introduced its new snorkel keeper this week at the annual Dive Equipment Manufacturers Association's annual trade show in Orlando. The keepers retail for $1 each and are made of high-elongation liquid silicone rubber. Other dive gear available from the company includes: an antimicrobial scuba mouthpiece; a "long bite" silicone scuba mouthpiece, a standard bite silicone mouthpiece; a "gel cell silicone" mouthpiece; an "Octo Holder" or second regulator strap and an "Octo Necklace, both made from high-elongation silicone. See www.cb-molding.com or more information.
Seabotix
Seabotix unveiled a new cutter arm for use on its LBV remotely operated underwater vehicle this week at the Dive Equipment Manufacturers Association's annual trade show in Orlando. While other cutter arms have a piston motor on a manipulator that drives the piston forward, Seabotix turned the piston into a guillotine which allows the cutter to exert approximately 330 pounds of force. For more information, go to www.seabotix.com.
Dive Rite
Dive Rite has come to dema with a new products and upgraded systems. The LED 300 handheld light from 2006 has now gone corded. A 40 inch cord splits the old model into a small canister, about the size of a can of redbull, and a light head, designed to he held or attached via a goodman handle system. A selectable wattage halogen video light system is a recent addition, with on-the-fly switching between 35 and 50 watt settings by way of a togle switch on the canister. The popular Nitek computer line has a new flagship, the Nitek X. This mixed gas computer is loaded with easy to use feature and is built to last with it's solid aluminum housing.
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