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March 13th, 2006, 05:45 PM
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| Custom User Title  Join Date: Nov 2005 Location: Denmark
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   | Hi, I just found this report from DSAT about the SeaDoo scooter.. http://www.easydive.dk/docs/dsat_report.pdf Enjoy Jonas |
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March 13th, 2006, 06:11 PM
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| andersbomholdt.dk  Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Copenhagen, Denmark
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| Quote: (Originally Posted by jluttichau) Hi, I just found this report from DSAT about the SeaDoo scooter.. http://www.easydive.dk/docs/dsat_report.pdf Yup, that's definitely the one and only scooter I would EVER use going downtown...  best anders |
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March 13th, 2006, 06:17 PM
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| andersbomholdt.dk Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Copenhagen, Denmark
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| An absolutely hilarious report: "Looks / Appearance: The most well liked DPV in terms of look and appearance was the SEA-DOO. Functional, yet artistic. Torpedo was seen as problematic. One diver related the story of the unit being impounded during travel due to its shape and name." I guess it's hard to be a real smart ass macho diver in these times of global terrorism...  and one more: "Shore Diving Preferences: SEA-DOO was the clear leader. Diver #2 made the comment “I would take two SEA-DOO Seascooters before I would take anything else.” Shore diving???? seems like they tested that bastard scooter to its limits  best anders |
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March 13th, 2006, 06:50 PM
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| New Member  Join Date: Nov 2005 Location: UK
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| Causes of bad DPV experience:......ran into things....... Perhaps it could be emphasised to them that steering around things and not going too fast for control might be an idea  Where is the X-scooter and such????  Oh well I guess I'd better get a Sea Doo... |
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March 13th, 2006, 07:30 PM
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| New Member  Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Seattle
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| You know, I know you guys are having fun with this, but this kind of attitude is what turns people off from DIR divers. Nobody is going to take a SeaDoo a mile into a cave, or 250 feet down on a wreck. But people like my husband, who don't do technical diving, find using a scooter to be fun from time to time, and would love to own one. But a multi-thousand-dollar price tag is ridiculous for a toy. The makers of the SeaDoo are seeing a potential market to tap which is NOT technical divers. But it exists, and just because such people aren't interested in paying a premium for performance and reliability they neither need nor can afford, doesn't make the product something to sneer at. It is appropriate for the target market. |
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March 13th, 2006, 08:16 PM
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| "I'm only late on your timescale"  Join Date: Nov 2005 Location: Kent, UK
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| Quote: But a multi-thousand-dollar price tag is ridiculous for a toy. This is where you are going wrong I think. A Sea doo is a toy. A Gavin or similar is a serious tool for serious dives. Ok so it's a cool tool...Fraser.
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March 13th, 2006, 09:16 PM
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| New Member  Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Edmonton, Alberta
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| Quote: (Originally Posted by LCF) You know, I know you guys are having fun with this, but this kind of attitude is what turns people off from DIR divers. Trust me, it ain't just the DIR folks having fun with this... |
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March 13th, 2006, 09:36 PM
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| New Member Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Seattle
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| But that's my point . . . If you're mapping caves, or doing archaeological projects on Roman wrecks, you need a powerful and reliable device. If you want to make it all the way out to the outer boundary of our local underwater park, you don't, and you don't want to spend three thousand dollars on something to have a little more fun on Saturday afternoon. Or maybe you do -- after all, I just bought a new Salvo light. Hmm. I'll buy the argument that perhaps the rating agency should not have involved itself with doing this. |
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March 14th, 2006, 01:23 PM
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| The Voices And The Becks  Join Date: Nov 2005 Location: London
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| DPV's are like pizza - even when they're bad - they're still great Those Sea Doo's do look like the sort of thing you'd buy in a gay sex shop tho' 
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