Avelo is here. This changes everything!

[@Yourdiveconcierge]

Fantastic video! Thank you for being a great buddy during the course, what a blast 😂😂 Happy birthday🎉

[@imafreeamerican7443]

I currently dive a Dive Rite Transpac and I absolutely can't wait to certify and then be able to purchase this system. Working with submarines for 15 years this system is so intuitive to me. Sure wish the Key West event wasn't a one off, I was ready to jump in my Bronco and head there. Was glad that you showed how to hang out at the surface using the SMB. Agreed that is a little awkward, but it works. Thanks for this great review. Your comment regarding running out of gas was spot on! Do admit you had me laughing.

[@eamonshields2754]

Rainbow Reef Key Largo teaches on these now!!

[@imafreeamerican7443]

@@eamonshields2754 RedAlert Diving in Panama City FL will also be hosting classes. I’ll be there next month.

[@eamonshields2754]

@@imafreeamerican7443 that’s awesome!! I’ll be in Raimbow Reef in a month to get RAD certified 🤿 can’t wait

[@sirexilon]

Way to leave the bad news for last James LOL - I've seen the Avelo Videos before and your Dema and the traveling or the availability have been the big question, the others well you have to adapt to a new system, and if is proven safe like you just did with all the "non-emergency" points you explained then perfect. The point that they are not talking about price might be is cost prohibited and they don't have the funding to make it more mass production or as you said they want to sell or rent the patents, you don't need to sell your idea just let others use it for a price and a period of time.... But as anything in tech it wouldn't be the first time the better tech dies without making it to the masses. Mini Disk was way better than a CDRW in many ways... but who remembers them? Or knows they existed... Great video James. Top notch. Thank you!

[@alexbrylske8913]

Back in the mid-70s, I dived the old Dacor Nautilus Constant Volume System. Clearly, it had some flaws and was nowhere near the sophistication level of Avelo. But, boy, did I love diving neutrally buoyant throughout an entire dive, making only one adjustment at the beginning. Hat's off to these folks. I've finally lived long enough to see a real breakthrough in scuba technology and can't wait to try one.

[@roscoetanner7955]

Thanks!

[@DiversReady]

Thanks so much!

[@-paulmp]

It looks absolutely incredible, as someone with some back issues I'm looking forward to trying this out at some point.

[@jeffconley6366]

I have low back issues. I switched my weight to my BC system and it made a dramatic difference. If I still had to wear a weight belt I wouldn't be diving.

[@stolfygaming]

Theyre very nice and fully set weigh around 14kg (30lbs) less than a traditional single tank setup. Its great for those with bad backs or legs or for shore diving that requires hauling your gear a longer distance

[@loudmelissa]

If I ever had the chance to try it, I would! I’d love to go to Maui and have the experience of this system! Shout out to Horizon, I’ll be planting coral with you and diving this August 12th weekend! Happy birthday James!

[@ThePolymath1]

Clear concise, and you’ve answered many questions. Also, a very happy birthday!🎉 Aloha 🤙🏽

[@kevinleong4467]

This sounds ABSOLUTELY AMAZING!!! I would love to have a chance to try it. I want to start diving an Avelo now!!!

[@bkdexter79]

I love your Aussie style delivery! No PC crap, just deliver the message like an adult. Straight, to the point and eff off if you don't like it! It's refreshing mate! Thank you!

[@oogdiver]

He's English.

[@CrazyScubaCouple]

1:32 awesome place to put the _octo_

[@MikeR_DiveR]

James - all the same questions I asked Aviad at DEMA this past year. And still the same unsatisfying answers. Lol. Jealous you got to dive it...congrats! Cannot wait until this opportunity is available again in Florida. Happy Birthday! Cheers!

[@cwilliams6884]

this sounds amazing, i am definitely all for this

[@greathairengineer]

So, the pressure reading changes as you add water for buoyancy and this is marketed to, essentially, new divers to solve a "problem" related to not good enough training and lack of desire to be a better diver, a solution looking for a problem. Now, we expect the same divers to understand rule of thirds at the start of their dive and do basic math underwater to figure out when they should turn the dive and head up with appropriate reserve? Anyone here who has crewed on a dive boat before knows that new divers running out of air and busting their NDL is far more common than one would think. I'm in tech and appreciate new technology, what I have never been a fan of are inventions which turn out to merely be a solution looking for a problem and secretive technology thay cant be purchased, only leased/licensed. Most shops don't want a recurring cost, its smarter to capitalize the equipment and get depreciation over time, not have a constant cost that never goes down, likely may increase with time, and also still front the cost of maintenance and repair. In difficult and slow times most shops look to trim recurring costs as fast as possible to weather a storm, this isn't the case with this system, as of yet. It'll be interesting to follow them, but as of right now I'm not coming to a conclusion, but I always remain skeptical at first, approach cautiously, and wait for something to mature because, especially in Tech, things come and go.

[@Madeyes6]

I like the idea. As a diver with back & shoulder injuries anything that could reduce stress on these parts is a benefit. I was happy with the maintenance & failure points you addressed apart from you didn’t mention a pump failure in the on position. There is no system which is 100% fail safe. You’d have a runway adding weight to your system with no way to stop it. A scooter you can let it go or jam a knife into the prop but what do you do with a sealed unit? Apart from that I like the idea. I wonder if it can be developed into a tech system in the future & twinset type diving? Look forward to seeing how it develops.

[@badgermoon9229]

I suppose there could be some sort of stop switch added for it.

[@Tbm-ov5ky]

Isn't the purge a manual valve, I would assume you could easily purge faster than it can pump in. I think both would have to fail to make your scenario possible.

[@CopyRightJT]

Happy Birthday Hannes🥂 Thank you so very much for the great video as always

[@kdjorgensen98]

Thanks for the update!

[@AlwysLauren]

"How much lift does this have?" *is* a valid question, and it's answerable: it's how positively buoyant the Avelo system is with no water in it, like you would be at the surface. I sized my wing so it has enough lift to keep me, with all my gear, at the surface, it's reasonable to confirm the Avelo system could do the same. It would likely need to do so with a much smaller amount of lift if I don't need a weight belt anymore, but the principle stays the same. With a system like this it's also reasonable to ask how negative it is when it's completely full of water. That will tell me how much weight I need to offset my drysuit (if any).

[@PickledShark]

Yeah I’m not sure why he wasn’t able to understand that one

[@SimonAmazingClarke]

Excellent video. I must learn more about this system.

[@ren4x401]

Horses were fine, now we have cars. 😂😂😂 nicely put.

[@PickledShark]

Okay but we still haven’t adopted jet packs despite that technology existing, and the idea of high altitude passenger jet travel died with Concord. Technology being better is not itself enough to make it viable for widespread adoption.

[@mm0d1337]

my guess would be: most divers have to travel for being able to dive, this cuts the possible sale amount so much that lease and service agreements with dive centers and possible "avelo-only" dive centers( caused by the possible disruptivenes of avelo (no wear and tear on BCs etc. and minimal seed capital need, could be huge selling point for "avelo-only" dive centers) are the most lucrative ways to keep a long term business through going full 21st century whilst "selling diving as a service". This could explain their refrain to sell individually as revealing their price and maintainance cost could harm well adjusted distributing plans. Just some thoughts greetings from Berlin

[@dinosb.5632]

Wow! Genuinely impressed! Would love to try it!

[@hdors13]

Thank you for sharing this. I've been intrigued by Avelo since I first saw the concept. Can they PLEASE make it happen soon?!

[@arnoldartz6445]

Honestly James I'm open mind and when I did see it last year's I thought 💭🤔, woe‼️ probably will change our approach to dive in near future, so I guess it's a great change to our dive system for good 👍🏻

[@eamonshields2754]

The future 🤿

[@wondersdownunder4003]

Appreciate the information on this Interesting topic. Well done video.

[@71sagittarius]

Thank you. Great video with lots of proper info!

[@ScubaHockeyDoc]

Very cool. Thanks for sharing James

[@stevefischbein6154]

Looks Great! Love to try it. Look forward to when you are offering training on it...someday...in the future...who knows when!

[@TheJohnbortle]

Thank you for all the information. I would love to see this catch on.

[@DW_Underwater]

This is great, I can see it as great option for weekly beach dives where you don’t have to walk with heavy gear on the beach. When I want to boat dive or travel I just use my current bcd or travel bcd.

[@amadeuss3341]

Leasing to DC is actually a smart idea from the business side. ---- Happy Birthday James.🥳🥳

[@dustinronnie4227]

WOW awesome video quality crazy good

[@andrecandrade]

Great to see all the HD gang in the water!

[@jamesaurich501]

very interesting. looking forward to the next step in the unit rollout. Thanks again

[@myscubamentor]

Looks cool, the hose routing and all that can be fixed as they go along. The actual technology looks like it could be the future

[@dawnstevenson3911]

🤩♥️ she hurries up and waits…impatiently. 🙈How dreamy. Thanks for sharing and making us salivate. ☺️

[@ginocouch1197]

Happy birthday James. Love your content and always look forward to a new video.

[@stolfygaming]

They've got Avelo here in Sydney Australia, and they're a sweet unit from what i've seen at our local shop and at sites. Just a matter of time and money before i get certed one one because the weight difference is super nice especially for shore diving that often includes long walks and/or lots of stairs.

[@Emberlight-TS]

I'm about to do mine with them in a week. Makes the climb back up at the steps a heap easier!

[@danorr919]

Happy Birthday! I thoroughly enjoyed the video!

[@michaelgalietti9788]

Great information & Happy Birthday 🎂 🥳

[@pablojacebal6569]

Nice Review James

[@RichardRothfleisch]

I saw the boat off loaded with those “very cool tanks” on Thursday. I can believe I missed the opportunity to say hello you u in person😢! Happy Birthday! Susan Wilkins

[@RichardRothfleisch]

It’s wasn’t Thursday it was Wednesday

[@moatazabdelsamad4306]

That sounds really like a good game changer specially to those who have bouncy issues

[@f.somborn5034]

awesome vid! i love your honest humor :))))

[@bjornveeser7597]

Thank you for the review James ! I recently just started Rebreather Diving. Maybe you can do a video about Rebreather comparison if you have the knowledge about differnt models. Sending you all the best wishes from germany. Björn

[@AirwolfCrazy]

Thank you. Sidemount was going to be my question.

[@Dreoni_]

Its a good product, now to wait and see if they solve the production, distribution and training problems

[@DiveWithDev]

This is so awesome! Would love to take this course 🥳

[@rilesidedivers]

Looks like a clever system, only query I have and something I didn't see being addressed, is what if the pump sticks on and just adds max water continuously - this could cause overweighting and descending too deep. Is there any mechanism for that or do you just open the water dump and abort? Thanks for the video, definitely an interesting approach!

[@wesjackson1023]

I would imagine it would entail a pressure switch that activates if the pressure in the gas bladder exceeds a certain pressure and either cuts power to pump or opens a dump valve for the water that bleeds at the max rate of the pump. Just a thought.

[@davidbright8978]

​@wesjackson1023 so a failure results in a uncontrollable raise to the surface?

[@MrJVote]

This is interesting. I look forward to trying it some day.

[@geraldmicallef6575]

What you have said nearly Iall the problems have been solved in scuba diving. And it is much ssafe.🤔😘

[@LordF100]

Which Problems? Scuba Diving is simple. If you dive a Wing with Backplate DIR style its easy. 🤷‍♂️

[@corryhill1199]

Happy birthday!

[@TheSurfermark]

It looks a fantastic system and well worth try, unfortunately they have been affected by the fire in lahaina. They are safe but the lead school has been destroyed I hope they are all well and am looking forward to the roll out

[@brandonbruns2297]

Happy birthday James. Have a good one buddy

[@manuelgrima5925]

Seems like a great innovation and with most innovations it needs incremental improvement over time. I would have two concerns: 1. The tank looks long. For a short person this could be annoying when your legs constantly hit the tank. 2. Floating on water may be solved with the dsmb but surely an inflateable vest could be integrated for added comfort and safety. Like most other comments, I also believe it will be years before holiday divers can use this system.

[@davidroot2679]

Now this is some cool stuff. I just hope at my age I get the chance to try it, maybe buy one or teach the use of it before I have to quit instructing or diving. That's the part that sucks about getting old is thinking about the next great thing you will not be able to miss. Kind of like going back to old school diving with less gear but better.

[@graememckay9972]

Don't know how old you are but I wouldn't worry. The guy who started my club in 1973 is still a very regular diver and instructor (Scotland and drysuit) He is 79 years young.

[@kenmh7357]

this is so cool

[@ilyadobrodeev478]

I will never use this one since I am neutrally bouyant until 40m and never pushing inflator button with 15l steel tank and 5mm wetsuit.

[@mrowland92]

Right--this answers a question no one is asking. Traditional BCDs have worked just fine since the advent of SCUBA diving. All this does is enable bad habits by removing the need to learn how to actually control buoyancy and trim

[@imafreeamerican7443]

@@mrowland92 isn't the goal to become neutrally buoyant with a BCD? This system eliminates rapid changes from occurring and has the potential to eliminate uncontrolled ascents. I've not dove with this system yet, but knowing how submarines work(got underway on them numerous times) the operation of this system seems very intuitive to me. Personally I'm looking forward to this and am hoping it becomes the norm out there, not necessarily a replacement for existing BCD systems. Rebreathers have bee around for awhile but not everyone uses them and I see this system being similar.

[@LodgeMan2011]

This is bittersweet. I am absolutely in love with my kit. My wife will murder me if I try to buy anything new within the next 10 years. I’d love to be a frontiersmen in this venture but will unfortunately have to sit it out until it’s probably been on the market for a while.

[@scubadude4940]

Bravo!

[@steventurner1626]

Happy Birthday James!

[@philgurns]

Interesting. I would love to try it! Just like a mini Sub. Put a motor on the unit, and we flying underwater.

[@GinoNearns]

Great video, thanks! Happy birthday🤙

[@techwisemalta4270]

Keep up the good work

[@DiversReady]

Thanks, Alan! Will do!

[@vw74superbeetleconvertible66]

I cannot foresee Avelo becoming the next big "deal". You cannot continue to dive in the same location, eventually you need to branch out and travel. For this new product to become available everywhere (dive shops operating in developing countries) it might be a while. The product appears cumbersome to lug on an airplane, all the while when SCUBA tanks are available at every dive shop in the world. I ‘m going on a dive trip tomorrow (Asia) and I’ve packed my SCUBA gear, GoPro w/ accessories and clothes (2 suitcases + backpack). I would need to purchase additional baggage from the airline (3rd bag) just to take Avelo system with me. Is the product good = Yes, but when was the last time you brought a SCUBA tank on an airplane?

[@Held_der_Feuer]

Absolutely you have to think of this as of a SCUBA tank. But if a big Manufacturer/Distributor buys this or the Licenses than the numbers can go up and the cost down. The capital costs to run a dive shop are high anyways. And if it catches on than you safe space in the luggage because you don't need to pack the BCD.

[@rolf-smit]

I think this will not become the next big thing due to cost, complexity and maintainabiltiy. For scuba to be successful, things need to be simple and not too expensive. Think about it: a basic BCD basically needs 0 maintenance except for a new spring and some rubber parts every few years + cleaning. This is something almost everyone can do, especially every dive shop with some minimal training.

[@cavediver2579]

You are not bringing a scuba cylinder on an airplane without removing the valve. I have brought a 2L O2 cylinder with me but had to pull the valve off it, and had to go thru the BS of getting it O2 cleaned at the opposite end before the dive operator would fill it. I have travelled extensively with my rebreather and this thing doesn’t give me the warm fuzzies at all.

[@1972adrianm]

I believe the plan is for the cylinders to be available everywhere like 80 aluminum cylinders are available everywhere now. All you have to bring is the back plate assembly with the pump and battery. That takes up less space than most BC’s today.

[@mgancarzjr]

People look at you funny when your carry-on is a skydiving rig.

[@danielchinn3536]

This looks amazing. However, if the 'exit strategy' theory is correct, let's hope that this technology would not get buried by any of the major players who bought it up. I would love to try this and could see this taking off in a big way given the right approach to the market. Oh, and Happy Birthday James.🍺

[@JonStrater]

I think the major players will chomp at the bit to sell something new to the dive community. The trick will be 1) marketing, but that’s historically not been a problem, 2) distributing it sufficiently so it can be trained and supported successful.

[@AlexPoutineVids]

Happy (belated?) James! Can't wait to find out more about the system!

[@daniedekock7246]

Very interesting. Happy birthday!

[@MdSteel7]

I would love to try it

[@klydefrog3623]

Sounds like a Magical experience🎉

[@PedroOjeda]

I think Avelo will be amazing. But you missed the issue with the pump failing/running out of battery. With Avelo, you eventually become positively buoyant as you cosume air, requiring more water to be added by the pump. Without the pump you have NO way of adding weight and becoming neutral. This means you will begin to ascend and have no way of stopping that ascent, no safety stop unless you continously swim down for 3 minutes to fight the positive buoyancy. This is a safety issue. Avelo claims to solve uncontrolled ascents, which they do. But if the pump fails, Avelo will lead to uncontrolled ascent. With normal scuba, you can always manually add or remove air from bcd, it just requires effort.

[@Held_der_Feuer]

With a SAC rate of 20 L/min your mass changes by approximately 30 g/min. That's approximately 0.3 N/min in buoyancy. Given that a Swimmstroke without finns produces about 100 N this shoud be easy to compansate. Or change the breathing Volume by 30 mL.

[@ee02108]

You cannot add weight but nothing will happen quickly. When you notice battery is dead just go up, if necessary swim a little bit down to maintain the 5m at safety stop.

[@ericcartman9594]

I thnik that the bcd and the alveolo are diferent systems

[@PickledShark]

The only cases I can see this being an issue is: 1) On ascent, having purged a small amount of water to start your ascent rather than swimming up. As you ascend, you reach your decompression stop and want to add water to the bladder but immediately the pump fails. Now, in addition to the gas mass reducing as your breathe, you’re also fighting the positive buoyancy you already added to start the ascent. This much buoyancy might be enough to be impossible to fight, especially long enough to meet your deco obligation. 2) On descent. You add water at the surface to make yourself negatively buoyant. You descent to your desired depth that way rather than swimming, and when you want to stop, you purge some water from the bladder. The purge valve gets stuck open, and you begin an uncontrolled ascent. You attempt to pump water into the bladder but it cannot keep up with the rate of purge, leading to uncontrolled ascent to the surface.

[@Eroczee]

What an awesome presentation. I love new technology, and I am excited to see where this ends up going. Definitely would rather be diving sidemount set up than single tank any day, but I’m sure the day will come when this technology transitions over to other configurations and indications. Thank you much for sharing!

[@Frankiewizard]

Nice one James

[@PickledShark]

Very interesting, though I couldn’t help but notice a couple of dive weights strapped to the tanks on a few divers despite it being a “weight-less” system

[@luisandresarce2534]

Happy birthday 🎉

[@JamesBrock72]

Happy birthday sir!

[@MegaRocket00]

Belated Happy Birthday! Great Guinness!

[@ericramosmd]

Love it!

[@jeffconley6366]

I think the biggest hurdle, maybe getting dive shops to fill the cylinders. Believing the flexible membrane can handle the pressure. Many shops will not fill the older aluminum cylinders.

[@JamesThomas-hd4me]

Looks awesome, biggest problem would be distribution. I get trained now and it not be anywhere I dive for the next 5 or 10 years…will I remember everything and what changes will they have made in that time? Will I have to be retrained every time due to changes taking up my valuable vacation time? If you live where you dive and can buy your own kit it would definitely be awesome.

[@Will-ol9lp]

Happy birthday James🎉

[@marco_scuba]

Happy Birthday!!! 🎉

[@antonzanki8398]

Fascinating. . also frustrating. Like Popular Mechanics for divers. (“and this will be widely available when?”). Hopefully Scubapro, Apeks, Mares and Cressi are already angling before the Pentagon classifies the whole program for military use only. Hopefully You will have a hub in Miami so we can come train directly with you next year. Hopefully I won’t still be thinking these thoughts out loud in Grand Cayman next Summer as I’m still working on my first 25.

[@dalerichardson8842]

Happy birthday James! All the best from blighty 😊

[@stolfygaming]

It will be interesting to see if the ballast system will make it into other systems

[@CorneViljoen]

Happy birthday James! 🍺

[@syafiqsaad9157]

At 8:52 and 10:33 you can see that theres lead attached to the bottom of the ‘tank’. At 9:30 you said there’s no lead. Can you please clarify.

[@kirbymcd1]

I'd be really interested to see how well this works with drysuits in cold water. Really interested concept.

[@rolf-smit]

It will work, except that you still need to manage your dry suit bouyancy manually anyways... Which completely destroys the main selling point. Also in case of a flooded dry suit, will this provide enough lift? I kinda doubt it.

[@oceansio]

Awesome! The scuba industry needs to dive into the 21st century already. More of this please!

[@burtcrowell6307]

Does this use a lithium battery pack? Airlines won't let that be in the checked luggage and TSA won't allow that size battery in a carry-on. That means that the entire system would have to be at the location we dive at. Excited for this system to be available. Will have to book a trip to Maui!

[@greathairengineer]

Also, how large is the lithium battery pack, if it has one? Lithium and water DO NOT mix well

[@vickitaylor7515]

I’d give it a try but I think best to wait and see how it propagates.

[@juanl7141]

Hey , I saw one of the diver with the xt4 regs. What is your opinion? Avid fan of your channel but I couldn't find any videos about them

[@daithiocoinnigh]

what material is the bladder made of and what material is the outer shell made of?

[@danidivesdeep]

It’s rather odd to see you blowing bubbles James! Well done

[@cowboyway99]

The thought of not having to mess with your BCD to stay neutrally boyant would be amazing. Hope to get to try it some day. Happy Birthday James🎉

[@jmbtlastname1322]

I dive in cold water with a 7mm suit that adds a lot of buoyancy. Is the idea that I would add weight enough for neutral buoyancy at the surface for my wetsuit and this controls like a bcd from there, or can I compinsate for some of the suit buoyancy with this device? Looks really cool, here's hoping it gets to market soon.

[@cuttlefishpie3731]

Love the lack of bulk. Will be great for my kayak/paddleboard expeditions on the lakes of manitoba!

[@mrstihl16]

If the battery dies and I'm wearing a wetsuit, I need to decrease buoyancy as I ascend and my wetsuit expands. Is there a solution for this very realistic possibility?

[@geemac44]

Will the Avelo system be Twin and Nitrox available or remain a single tank system?