For a brief history of the drysuit, we have to start with the development of the diving helmet. The first of these was the “smoke helmet,” which was invented by Charles and John Dean in England in or around 1824.
The brothers faced two challenges ...
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Maintaining Your Gorski Hat
Let's takes a look at one of the popular new helmets on the market, the Gorski Hat, and what it takes to maintain it. Its creator, Les Gorski, focuses on simplicity, and has designed a rugged, stainless steel commercial diving helmet that is all ...
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Equipment Maintenance and You
It’s a cool day in February. An experienced commercial diver climbed down a ladder off a pier in Camden, N.J.. He was dressed out in a heated dive suit and diving helmet to chip away at underwater piles of cement using a jackhammer. He was wearing 40 ...
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Safety & Equipment Maintenance
Take a look, for example, at the first stage regulator found in the accompanying images. This particular piece is a Poseidon Jetstream first stage that hadn’t been overhauled in three years. As a result of lack of proper cleaning and maintenance, its ...
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