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I think this is an excellent marketing strategy for whoever created the program.
It will bring some people into the sport, who might otherwise be too intimidated and even uninformed of what the activity really is.
Here are my points.
#1
If someone signed up for this Microdive class and watched the dvd and read the book, they would have more education than if they did not, and certainly not as much as if they signed up and completed the regular OW PADI/NAUI/SSI/YMCA/Blah, Blah, Blah Training agency classes.
As near as I can see there is also a check out dive of some sort under the supervision of a genuine dive instructor.
#2
I can assure you that many people who did enter this program would immediately take it to the (brace yourself for an overworked cliche'/may I beg forgiveness in advance) "Next Level" about immediately.
And some people who might never consider the whole "Master Scuba Diver", "Deep Diver", "Wreck Diver", "Decompression Diver", "Mixed Gas Diver", "I rip the head off of sharks and giant squids with my bare hands diver", training programs, will see this as a nice and fluffy kinda' no pressure form of dive training.
I have no issues with this for the most part, and yeah, the pictured bc,pack,reg, rig appears to be put together kinda strange.
I expect rebreathers will look like that in 10-20 years.
Chug
Still hates golf and thinks Conan O'Brian got a raw deal.
It will bring some people into the sport, who might otherwise be too intimidated and even uninformed of what the activity really is.
Here are my points.
#1
If someone signed up for this Microdive class and watched the dvd and read the book, they would have more education than if they did not, and certainly not as much as if they signed up and completed the regular OW PADI/NAUI/SSI/YMCA/Blah, Blah, Blah Training agency classes.
As near as I can see there is also a check out dive of some sort under the supervision of a genuine dive instructor.
#2
I can assure you that many people who did enter this program would immediately take it to the (brace yourself for an overworked cliche'/may I beg forgiveness in advance) "Next Level" about immediately.
And some people who might never consider the whole "Master Scuba Diver", "Deep Diver", "Wreck Diver", "Decompression Diver", "Mixed Gas Diver", "I rip the head off of sharks and giant squids with my bare hands diver", training programs, will see this as a nice and fluffy kinda' no pressure form of dive training.
I have no issues with this for the most part, and yeah, the pictured bc,pack,reg, rig appears to be put together kinda strange.
I expect rebreathers will look like that in 10-20 years.
Chug
Still hates golf and thinks Conan O'Brian got a raw deal.