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February 27th, 2006, 12:20 AM
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| Gadevang Underwater Explorers  Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Denmark
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   | X-scooters europe Hey NG As all other divers I love gadgets, and right now I am interested in scooters  .As I am mostly doing Wreck diving from a RIB I found that the light weight x-scooter would be almost perfect. But where to go? I am living in Denmark and it would be nice to have some prices including tax and so on, but I cant find any dealers ( except there online shop which do not include Danish or European taxes ) at Dive-Xtras homepage. What did you do? It would be great if there were a Scandinavian or German dealer, someone to call, as I don’t like the idea of just press “add to chart” and then pay 3800 USD + tax. Best Regards Anders Knudsen
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February 27th, 2006, 10:05 PM
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| DIRX Supporter  Join Date: Nov 2005 Location: UK
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 | Hi Anders, You could try these two: Dive Xtras - UK/EU Suite 1 83 Bentinck Road Grainger Park Newcastle upon Tyne NE4 6UX Sales & Inquiries: +44 (0) 788 873 2280 Support & Engineering: (+44) (0) 131 208 0207 E-mail: info.uk@dive-xtras.com orders.uk@dive-xtras.com Skype us FREE @ dive-xtras Dive Xtras - Scandinavia Skruvgatan 7 260 50 Billesholm Sweden Contact: Patrick Palm (pat.se@dive-xtras.com) Sales & Inquires: + 46 42-755 20 Engineering & Support: + (0) 46 288 45 85 Fax: + 46 42-757 11 E-mail: info.se@dive-xtras.com orders.se@dive-xtras.com Skype us FREE @ dive-xtras Cheers Al |
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February 27th, 2006, 10:28 PM
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| Gadevang Underwater Explorers Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Denmark
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| Thanks, Just what I was looking fore
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February 27th, 2006, 10:40 PM
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| GUE Instructor  Join Date: Nov 2005 Location: Sheffield
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| Anders, Have you considered the Gavin Scoters Mini G? It's a small, lightweight scooter that I think is ideal for boat diving. There's a picture of one here: http://www.gavinscooters.com/whatsnew.htm Cheers, Rich |
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February 27th, 2006, 10:52 PM
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| Gadevang Underwater Explorers Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Denmark
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| Well, don’t really know why, but I don’t like the Gavin scooters ( might something with that it is the ONLY Dir scooter ) . My choice was x-scooter or SS and the SS is simply to heavy. What is the pricing of a Gavin mini compared to a X-scooter? I cant find any specifications on their homepage. How much do they weigh? Burn time? Tow points? The Gavins are might an opinion, as I have a local dealer, please enlighten me Anders Knudsen
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February 27th, 2006, 10:59 PM
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| GUE Instructor Join Date: Nov 2005 Location: Sheffield
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| Quote: (Originally Posted by Anders Knudsen) What is the pricing of a Gavin mini compared to a X-scooter? Well, cost is similar to a short body.I cant find any specifications on their homepage. How much do they weigh? Burn time? Tow points? I just weighed one at 22.8kg, including batteries. I don't know the burn time as yet, but I can easily do a burn test. I'd expect a good hour, though. Not sure what you mean by tow points. It has the conventional webbing strap that you can pass the tow cord through if that's what you mean. Rich |
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February 27th, 2006, 11:06 PM
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| Gadevang Underwater Explorers Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Denmark
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| It was, and I was thinking of an additional d-ring at the nose of the scooter, just for towing ( like the X ). An hour burn time would be great, as I think the 45 min burn time is a little short. How about O-rings? Is it sealed with one or two o-rings at each assembling point? ( motor-body, body-nose)
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February 27th, 2006, 11:30 PM
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| Chris B  Join Date: Nov 2005 Location: NW UK
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 | Quote: (Originally Posted by Rich Walker) Anders, Rich,Each end of the tube has a single O-ring, just like its big brothers. I'll do a burn test for you and let you know the results. Rich If you have a new Mini I'd be really interested to see it as I was a bit frustrated at there not being a full spec on GI's site. Any time you want to do a Dorothea tour or something (winter months) I'd be up for it and if anyone wants to compare, we can take both down. We were there last month, viz is good; I'd post some pics but I dont know how :-) Cheers Chris B |
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