Michael SeaWolf
Registered
First of all, let me recommend that anyone buying a dive knife AVOID ScubaMax knives at all costs - your life may depend on it!
Seriously.
I have had two separate incidents compounded by the flawed plastic release systems (both different models) of ScubaMAx problems - on the first one, I even contacted the company and offered to return the knife so that they could see that the knife itself was stuck due to a flawed release.
They ignored me.
The second incident occurred this last week, while diving in Maui, I got entangled on a dive float line - I reached for a ScubaMax BCD knife, and found that its plastic sheath lock mechanism had failed, and the knife was on the sea floor somewhere. I contacted the company again, and was ignored again.
I am interested in hearing if anyone else had had issues with ScubaMax knives - particularly their retaining systems. Depending on the response, I may consider submitting some formal complaint to a federal consumer protection, since there's definately a chance that, with such poor technology for such an important piece of equipment, a diver might someday die due to the loss or inaccessibility of a ScubaMax knife when they really need one.
Michael
Seriously.
I have had two separate incidents compounded by the flawed plastic release systems (both different models) of ScubaMAx problems - on the first one, I even contacted the company and offered to return the knife so that they could see that the knife itself was stuck due to a flawed release.
They ignored me.
The second incident occurred this last week, while diving in Maui, I got entangled on a dive float line - I reached for a ScubaMax BCD knife, and found that its plastic sheath lock mechanism had failed, and the knife was on the sea floor somewhere. I contacted the company again, and was ignored again.
I am interested in hearing if anyone else had had issues with ScubaMax knives - particularly their retaining systems. Depending on the response, I may consider submitting some formal complaint to a federal consumer protection, since there's definately a chance that, with such poor technology for such an important piece of equipment, a diver might someday die due to the loss or inaccessibility of a ScubaMax knife when they really need one.
Michael