Hi All, I wish to share with you my latest "experience" while diving in the Bahamas on a liveaboard last week.
I bought a heated shirt two years ago - here is the link to the product: thermalution.com
During the last two years, I was super happy with the product used it on many occasions (about 40-50 dives). but last week during my trip in a night dive, I felt something hot on my ribs, though I turned it on by mistake, so I pressed the button to turn it off, and then I felt like something was burning me alive under the water. I quickly understood that I have a problem with the shirt and had to take my BCD & wetsuit off, then take the shirt off and finish the dive. when I came up back to the boat I saw a nasty burn on my ribs, to be fair since I'm an experienced diver, I was able to keep calm and take everything off under the water, but I must admit that it wasn't pleasant.
on the boat, I saw that the battery connector that is located on the ribs was melted...
Now I thank god that it happened to me and not to my spouse since she also uses the shirt sometimes and she is NOT experienced and she would freak out underwater.
Now I contacted the company with the information and they tried to blame me for using the product wrong, I'm not sure how I forgot to use this product after 50 times, but maybe.
So please be careful using products like these they seemed harmless to me and that is the reason that I'm posting it, so people could understand how dangerous it really is, and how the company handles these issues.
Safe diving!
I bought a heated shirt two years ago - here is the link to the product: thermalution.com
During the last two years, I was super happy with the product used it on many occasions (about 40-50 dives). but last week during my trip in a night dive, I felt something hot on my ribs, though I turned it on by mistake, so I pressed the button to turn it off, and then I felt like something was burning me alive under the water. I quickly understood that I have a problem with the shirt and had to take my BCD & wetsuit off, then take the shirt off and finish the dive. when I came up back to the boat I saw a nasty burn on my ribs, to be fair since I'm an experienced diver, I was able to keep calm and take everything off under the water, but I must admit that it wasn't pleasant.
on the boat, I saw that the battery connector that is located on the ribs was melted...
Now I thank god that it happened to me and not to my spouse since she also uses the shirt sometimes and she is NOT experienced and she would freak out underwater.
Now I contacted the company with the information and they tried to blame me for using the product wrong, I'm not sure how I forgot to use this product after 50 times, but maybe.
So please be careful using products like these they seemed harmless to me and that is the reason that I'm posting it, so people could understand how dangerous it really is, and how the company handles these issues.
Safe diving!