Dive Rite Fall 2007 Catalog
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Dive Rite Fall 2007 Catalog 175 NW Washington Street Lake City, FL 32055 USA Phone: 386.752.1087 www.DiveRite.com EQUIPMENT FOR SERIOUS DIVERS We are proud to print our catalogs entirely on Forest Stewardship Council certified paper. FSC certification ensures that the paper in our catalogs contains fiber from Cert no. XXX-XXX-000 well-managed and responsibly harvested forests that meet strict environmental and socioeconomic standards. Since 1984 The Dive Rite Story New Products Dive, dive, dive, rinse, repeat. Our Fall 2007 new product line up has Back in 1984 technical dive gear did not exist. So two Florida cave explorers founded Dive Rite with the sole purpose been tested in the most unsavory of of designing equipment for advanced diving. Their guiding philosophy was to build products that met the most rigorous dive environments by a team of dive NiTek X Computer H35/50W HID Video Light standards for dive exploration: their own. As their explorations took them into environments never before seen by man, professionals who spend more time CO8200 LT6400HV50 underwater than on land. (see page 12) (see page 17) they adapted their gear and the rest of the world benefited from their perseverance and ingenuity. Throughout our catalog you will find new Today, Dive Rite is led by Lamar Hires, one of the two original founders; and the company has grown from thirteen products high-tech computers and lights, new high-performance regulators and clever to over three hundred with distribution in forty-five countries. The Dive Rite legacy continues and Dive Rite remains the new accessories that ease the load on leader in innovation, quality and pioneering expertise of advanced dive equipment. even the toughest dive. Gear up and get ready to dive! And while we have grown and evolved, our principles remain unwavering. That’s because we are a company of divers making equipment for our fellow divers. We are our own customers. We work hard to make the best gear possible so that LED Corded Flashlight Jetstream Regulator we can dive in places few people will ever have the privilege to see. We hope you enjoy our gear as much as we do. LT6079-300 RG4500 (see page 16) (see page 10) “From the kid sweeping the shop floor to our product 2 EQUIPMENT FOR SERIOUS DIVERS SINCE 1984 design engineers, Dive Rite is a F ind A de AL er A T W W W . diverite . com 3 company of divers making gear for other divers. Diving is our passion; it is who we are.” —Lamar Hires 3000 Regulator Extra Large D-Ring RG3000 HW1100 (see page 10) (see page 24) Drysuit Inflation Regulator Adjustable MOD Tank Wraps Offset D-ring EX949 GM2780 HW1109 (see page 18) (see page 29) (see page 24) ©2007 Lamartek, Inc. Backplates & Harnesses [TIP] When wearing double Basic Harness Deluxe Harness Deluxe Harness Quick TransPac® Harness tanks, BC2084 TransPac® BC1063 BC1080 Release T300X 1.2lbs (0.53kg) 1.5 lbs (0.68kg) BC1080Q 4lbs 12 oz (2.15kg) Stab Plates must be used to 1.7 lbs (0.76 kg) XS-XXL Tall help the soft backplate of A clean, simple harness A webbing harness Available in blue, red or black the TransPac® fit within the intended for use with designed for hard A webbing harness hard metal backplates. backplates that provides designed for hard Designed like a backpack to disperse weight across the channel between twin tanks and MIL-SPEC polypropylene webbing provides strength, comfort and streamlining. Swivel points on the backplates that provides comfort and ease of hips and minimize shoulder strain. Versatile, soft backplate give proper stability to the rig. yet is soft and won’t dig into the body. Tubular shoulder straps ensure a comfortable fit and a entry/exit. Swivel points on the shoulder straps construction is intended for use with double tanks, single In 1995, I was invited to explore some caves in the remote Iwate Prefecture of Japan. webbing sleeves included for all points where chest strap keeps the harness in place. MIL-SPEC ensure a comfortable fit and a chest strap keeps tanks, sidemount tanks and closed circuit rebreathers. webbing comes into contact with the backplate to polypropylene webbing provides strength, yet is the harness in place. A quick release buckle on Ryusendo, one of the largest limestone caves Adjustable straps adapt to a wide variety of exposure suits prevent abrasion. soft and won’t dig into the body. Tubular webbing the left shoulder strap allows for easy donning and means easy donning and doffing. Flattens easily into a in Japan is located here, along with the sleeves are included for all points where webbing and doffing of equipment. MIL-SPEC polypropylene suitcase for travel. Made in the U.S.A. CE EN250 Approved. Akkado and Shigawatarido cave systems. Our • Marine-grade, stainless steel hardware will come into contact with the backplate to webbing provides strength, yet is soft and won’t main objective was to explore the sump in • Metal backplate is sold separately prevent abrasion. dig into the body. Tubular webbing sleeves • Includes standard, 36-inch webbing cam straps with Shigawatarido. As with most exploratory dives, are included for all points where webbing will stainless steel buckles the information we had beforehand was spotty. • Marine-grade, stainless steel hardware come into contact with the backplate to prevent • Multiple grommet holes in backplate help diver achieve • Metal backplate is sold separately abrasion. proper trim We soon found the equipment we had arranged was not able to take us from shallow, narrow • Marine-grade, stainless steel hardware • Marine-grade, stainless steel hardware sumps in Shigawatarido to the deeper sumps The TransPac® Promise… • Metal backplate is sold separately of Ryusendo. In Shigawatarido, we entered the main sump 2300 feet (700 m) from the cave “If you think there is a entrance. A narrow fissure led into a shallow, dive that you cannot do on 4 short sump that required crawling over sheer 5 EQUIPMENT FOR SERIOUS DIVERS SINCE 1984 the TransPac® contact me C H ec K out more G E A R so L utions A T W W W . diverite . com wet rock before continuing to the next one. The heavy steel 95’s we were trying to sidemount directly. I will either tell you were too cumbersome and overkill for these or come show you how it can TransPlate Harness short, shallow dives. Yet, we needed the bigger be done.” T320X tanks for the deep dive at Ryusendo and our Aluminum Backplate Steel Backplate 2 lbs 8 oz (1.16kg) remote locale didn’t allow us the convenience —Lamar Hires BC1034BLK BC2116 M-XXL of multiple sets of gear. At the time, I was still 1.5 lbs (0.68kg) 5.5 lbs (2.5 kg) [TIP] Add BC1035 Backplate Available in blue, red or black wearing a traditional backplate and harness, which wasn’t giving me the flexibility I required. Constructed of anodized black 5052 Lumbar Pad to any metal Hybrid design provides support like the TransPac® for better [TIP] HW1107 Tek D-Rings attach I needed the ability to change my gear on the aluminum, our latest generation of Grade 304, passivated, stainless steel backplate. It alleviates pokes and weight load distribution, yet is intended to be worn with a metal ® fly as the conditions changed; going from to the TransPac and TransPlate the original 1984 backplate is highly plate resists corrosion and oxidation. backplate. Intended for use with double tanks, single tanks and resistant to corrosion and abrasion. Heavyweight steel is ideal for twin prods into the soft area of the backmount to sidemount and heavy 95’s to sideplates. These rigid, bent closed circuit rebreathers. Adjustable straps adapt to a wide Sturdy and lightweight, aluminum is aluminum tanks or to counterbalance back and protects the exposure variety of exposure suits and means easy donning and doffing. lightweight 45’s. I swore I would find another D-rings help find that waist ideal for twin steel tanks. Beveled to eliminate sharp edges and the buoyancy of thick exposure protection. Beveled to eliminate ® suit from possible bolt snags. Backplate and cam straps sold separately. Made in the U.S.A. solution. I did. It’s called the TransPac and attachment in a hurry. They are prevent abrasion to harness webbing. sharp edges and prevent abrasion to harness webbing. since then I have never worn anything else. also ideal for small divers who • Marine-grade, stainless steel hardware • 11-inch on center holes accommodate standard bolt kits • 11-inch on center holes accommodate standard bolt kits [TIP] HW1100 Extra Large • Metal backplate and/or cam straps sold separately —Lamar Hires do not have room on the waist • Slots along bottom can be used to attach lift bag sleeves or a • Slots along bottom can be used to attach lift bag sleeves or a D-ring is a rigid, D-ring that belt for the plates and additional Nomad buttplate Nomad buttplate can be worn vertically on the D-rings. See our entire hardware • Center slots accommodate cam straps without a single tank • Center slots accommodate cam straps without a single tank adaptor adaptor By 1998 Lamar Hires and Peter Thompson had waist strap or horizontally on line up at www.DiveRite.com • One-inch & 2-inch (25.4mm & 50.8mm) slots permit diver’s • One-inch & 2-inch (25.4mm & 50.8mm) slots permit diver’s explored Shigawatarido through six sumps the shoulder. Easy to clip to choice of crotch strap choice of crotch strap and added 4000 feet of passage, pushing • Perimeter holes for mounting lights, pony bottles and lift bags • Perimeter holes for mounting lights, pony bottles and lift bags with heavy mitts or gloves.