It seems that rebreathers are reaching the phase of development where they are all pretty much the same on the features (or will be in a few years).
Is now about customer support, market share and manufacturing. I'm talking about the 95% market, not the 0.00001% that wants to do 8 hours 800' dives.
I'm sure I would be more than happy with any shipping CCR on the market given my diving profile.
My local dive store has a complete ready-to-go Inspiration on display. Someone could walk in and buy the unit and training and a week later (after completing training) walk out with it.
Who cares about brand XYZ if its not shipping yet or I got to wait a year for delivery.
Know why most CCR divers in England dive the Inspiration? Because it was available. Simple.
The company that understands large volume manufacturing, support and marketing will win the CCR market. And believe it or not, the location of the battery won't matter.
For the fan boys: tell me the number of dealers, the number of instructors, location of detailed information on the web, how many months/years of testing, support structure and the all important delivery time.
- Kent
Is now about customer support, market share and manufacturing. I'm talking about the 95% market, not the 0.00001% that wants to do 8 hours 800' dives.
I'm sure I would be more than happy with any shipping CCR on the market given my diving profile.
My local dive store has a complete ready-to-go Inspiration on display. Someone could walk in and buy the unit and training and a week later (after completing training) walk out with it.
Who cares about brand XYZ if its not shipping yet or I got to wait a year for delivery.
Know why most CCR divers in England dive the Inspiration? Because it was available. Simple.
The company that understands large volume manufacturing, support and marketing will win the CCR market. And believe it or not, the location of the battery won't matter.
For the fan boys: tell me the number of dealers, the number of instructors, location of detailed information on the web, how many months/years of testing, support structure and the all important delivery time.
- Kent