Use of Tank Bangers and Rattles

[Shouk]

Hi all,
I am an avid diver and on recent dive trip saw tank bangers in use for the first time. I just happened that I am in a marketing class and we have to "market" a product. I am hoping you all could help out a fellow diver and maybe future entrepreneur.

Do you carry and or use an underwater signalling device?

What type do you use?

What do you think of the product below? It is a combination rattle/tank banger that is about 1 ft long.

How much would you spend on a product like this (no cheating to see the real price)

Thanks
Shouk

 

[gavstang]

Dude..not much of an entrepreneur considering you took this image from the already existing IST Tank Banger and shaker...Scubatex - Pro Diving Equipment Supplier in Malaysia

 

[Shouk]

Gavstang, Thanks for the message. I am merely marketing the product not creating it. I took a while to find it online. The whole point of the project, to clarify is to market a product, not create one.

Thanks again,

 

[racerx_]

I think its a hypothetical project gavstang

OP:
No I don't have a signalling device, but I have a pointer I could whack my tank with if I wanted. U would pay no more than $15 for any such device. Probably more like $10 since I know they are probably worth $1.50 ha

 

[Darnold9999]

Nothing - hate them. Those who carry them tend to over use them. Not a particularly useful answer for your purposes, but it is an opinion shared by many.

 

[vladimir]

If I was stuck with a buddy who carried one, I would pay him to leave it on the boat. I think $2 per dive would be a fair price.

 

[DazedAndConfuzed]

u got to sell it also as a pointing device, a muck stick and a underwater conductor's baton

 

[Pullmyfinger]

I don't use one, and nobody I know uses one.
I wouldn't have a good frame of reference to be able to guess a price.
If I were on the price is right.... I'd say $12.99.

 

[Scuba_Noob]

I hate them. They make way too much noise, and they're usually overused. If people used them 'properly', only for emergencies and very rare sightings, then I can handle that. But I heard a tropical DM do it every minute or so, whenever he saw a different animal. Holy crap, that was annoying. Because it's underwater, everyone can hear it.

Plus, I'm almost always relatively close to my buddy and I glance at him multiple times each minute. If my buddy wants to tell me something, he can easily just signal me and vice-versa.

 

[graham_s]

Hate them. Won't have one, don't like diving with people who use them.
I was in the red sea in June, all you could hear as guided groups went past was rattling. It's supposed to be the silent world!