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DIVE SYSTEM of Italy Made to Measure Dive System BCD manufacturer BCD component Text & photos by Andrey Bizyukin, PhD Editted by Peter Symes DIVE SYSTEM of Italy Made to Measure Dive System BCD Beautifully located on the Dive System is owned and two finally decided to start their colleagues to be testers for the outer abrasion layers. Their coast of the Ligurian Sea, managed by founders Paolo outright production of their own and give feedback on the Pure Kevlar is a very strong drysuits are Zazzeri and Gioia Ancillotti. Both equipment. The year was 1997, prototypes. Their innovations but rigid material that is manufactured to and just opposite Elba Island, have been attracted by the sea and Dive System, the brand, were well received by the diving traditionally used for flak jackets meet and exceed the we find the Italian port of since childhood, so becoming was named. It has been in community, and business just and bulletproof vests. Therefore, highest requirements set forth by Follonica, with its busy side active divers and instructors as manufacture ever since. kept growing. Soon, Zazzeri and the fabrics used in Dive System the skeptical professional diving streets, many small seafood adults was hardly a surprising All Zazzeri and Ancillotti’s dive Ancillotti were able to hire their BCD’s and dry suits contains community. The flagship product career move. In fact, Zazzeri, industry colleagues and close first employee. around 25 percent Kevlar of the company’s drysuit line is a restaurants and religious being a regular participant connections, who were also fibers to make the fabric soft thin compressed processions on holidays. in spear fishing (underwater high ranking course directors Strategy: Innovation and pliable enough for these neoprene drysuit Not much, if anything, hunting) competitions, once and such in PADI, TDI, NAUI, SSI, Having studied the products uses while still making the with protective gives away that this port won third place in the Italian PSI and CEDIP, for the most part and quality of their competition, equipment ten times more Kevlar championships. unanimously recommended the it was clear to Zazzeri and resistant to abrasion than covering. town is also the hot spot The pair opened a dive center two to focus on what was then Ancillotti that in order to take equipment made with The for technical diving in Italy. and dive shop that became seen as the future of diving or at scuba equipment manufacture any other material, such Follonica is the home of Dive well known among the least a growth sector—technical to the next level, it was as Cordura, Duratex or city residents. It was diving and equipment made necessary to be innovative Supratex. System, one of the new rising out of the daily work specifically for this field. and come up with original stars in dive manufacturing. at the dive center that ideas as well as employing Drysuits a desire to improve First production the latest technologies in the The top product line of the and make dive The manufacture had its humble manufacturing process. company is the dry suit equipment more beginnings in a small workshop Dive System made contact line, which Dive System comfortable where the pair designed, cut, with the Dupont company and makes for all types grew, until sewed and glued their original started using Kevlar as one of of technical one day, the designs. They then asked the strongest materials available diving. Dive System worker cuts Co-founder Gioia Ancillotti out pattern pieces for at work at Dive System the semi-drysuit 72 X-RAY MAG : 10 : 2006 EDITORIAL FEATURES TRAVEL NEWS EQUIPMENT BOOKS SCIENCE & ECOLOGY EDUCATION PROFILES PORTFOLIO CLASSIFIED PHOTO COURTESY OF THE CITY OF FOLLONICA manufacturer Aerial view of the city of Follonica Dive System BCD material is unique and made to of 1.5 and 3.5 mm in various parts wetsuits. more order exclusively for Dive System. of the suit. The company has made On the contrary, Zazzeri and highlight One of Dive System’s no compromises when it comes to Ancillotti were intent on thinking from Dive renowned drysuit models quality, and it lends its design ideas to outside the box in this area as well System is the CAVE, made from the recommendations made by some and came up with something novel is the 3.5 mm compressed of the most authoritative participants that would revolutionize the concept wing type neoprene with an of underwater works and experts of semi-dry suits. Again, they applied BCDs for especially strong in long duration and technically a new material—a special soft rubber technical and reliable complex deep-water dives. not unlike neoprene but made for diving. All Kevlar made All Dive system suits come with high pressures. At a depth of 90 their BCDs are specifically for separate boots attached with velcro. meters, the material is compressed by modular with cave diving. The boots have rigid soles and are only 14 percent. the option of Jim Bowden, the comfortable when diving with fins or This material is then covered, not exchanging deepest cave walking across a beach with sharp by cheap plush, but by fashionable wings. The diver in the world, rocks. multi-coloured lycra, which is elastic BCD range has dives in such a suit. in all directions. Imagine the classic been one of Another model, the Undergarments lycra suit and think of how flexible it the company’s SOLO, is made in one Dive System is also the maker of is, then add the unique quality seals, biggest commercial and a half millimeter thin undergarments, which are both very some more mobility and comfort successes and have compressed neoprene thick and light at the same time. The and the fact that it is practically been favoured by with Kevlar covering and undergarmenst are made out of incompressible at any depth. Now, beginners, experienced comes with a front zipper three layers with Windex on top. The you’ve got a suit that lasts and lasts. deep divers and cave for the convenience insulation properties of these good- But a good suit is not only about explorers alike. of those who prefer looking garments are the equivalent using quality materials; the product’s The MOD BCD comes with an to be able to zip their of 200 Thinsulate, which means they service life is also defined by the glue universal harness, always with stainless suits themselves. Dive will keep you comfortably warm for that keeps the pieces of materials steel D-rings, detachable pockets and System’s SOLO is a serious hours of diving in water temperatures together, and each company has a steel or titanium back plate with alternative to DUI’s suits, of only 5 degrees. their own closely adapter for one cylinder or twin pressing their American guarded tanks. counterparts on both Wetsuits secret when The 3К BCD stands out quality and price. Dive System products are it comes in all its simplicity. It The EXP dry suit line, characterized by the use of the latest to glues, is an European which is also made with technology everywhere. Not even in explains continuation a Kevlar combination, is the manufacturing of the low prestige Zazzeri. of equipment a product line created semi-dry suits have Zazzeri and especially for commercial Ancillotti gone the traditional way. Wing divers and comes with a They didn’t want to be yet another BCDs varied material thickness “boring” manufacturer of anonymous One Dive System drysuit Dive System BCD New lid fixture 73 X-RAY MAG : 10 : 2006 EDITORIAL FEATURES TRAVEL NEWS EQUIPMENT BOOKS SCIENCE & ECOLOGY EDUCATION PROFILES PORTFOLIO CLASSIFIED manufacturer Dive System wings Dive System regulator Dive System uses a strong and flexible neoprene-like rubber in their semi-drysuits manufacatured according to the DIR sport divers want to have and use no time. principle (Doing It Right) favoured by so equipment like the “technicals” or at least Excited, we donned many cave divers. something that resembles the equipment completely new suits and Also worth a mention, is the TEKKY and used by technical divers. went into the water along REC.TEK BCD—modular systems with soft Thus, a new breed of divers appeared the rocky shoreline. The dive harnesses, lots of steel D-rings and the on the scene—“semi technical divers”— took us past a vertical slope and integrated weight pockets. It is possible to the people, which by appearance seem we enjoyed the rich fish life that is use one or two bladder wings made from to be technical divers, but really weren’t. so characteristic of this part of the cordura or kevlar with these BCDs. It became prestigious for the average Mediterranean. All inflators are fitted with a steel cord diver to look like a deep sea explorer. You A school of barracudas swam inside, which considerably increases probably have one or two of your dive close to examine us before two small their durability and reliability. The buddies who belong to this category. sharks frightened them off and they material, volume and colour of the BCDs Especially for these folks, Dive System disappeared into the blue haze. Dive System BCD can be custom made to order in any developed the NET BCD. It is mounted We had a fabulous dive that took combination. with a new Japanese inflator and comes us down to more than 40 meters to The BCD bladders also deserve special with most of the external attributes of the explore a cave. mention. Previously, bladders were technical BCD even though it has really Our impressions? First, we felt very welded from Cordura, so they were been developed and adapted for normal comfortable at any depth in our 5mm resistant to abrasion and couldn’t be non-decompression dives.
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