Keep your hands free as you dive! This is the world’s only dive mask that has an integrated waterproof HD 720p digital video camera plus photographs at 5 mega pixels.
This is actual video shot by this wicked slick camera:
Operates to a depth of 115′ and eliminates the need to carry an underwater camera. Ideal for scuba diving, spear fishing, free diving and snorkeling. Light attachment accessories available.
This has just been released on the market and we are selling it at K2 for $299.97
Includes: 2GB MicroSD Memory Card Digital Camera Mask USB Cable User Manual Carrying Case ArcSoft Photo Impression Software ArcSoft Video Impression Software 2 AAA Energizer Lithium Batteries included!
Now, your turn! What do you think of this, is it gimmicky and a fad, or is it the future or underwater video and photography?
I got up early, packed my skin, wetsuit, hood, gloves, boots, BCD, regulator, tank, weight, camera, and flashlight…today is dive day with the girls! We met at La Jolla Shores and we were all so excited to dive together. There is nothing better than a Scuba Diver Girls dive day but today we had decided to go find the secret garden which lies beyond the canyon in about 110 feet of water.After gearing up, I guzzled down my big bottle of water and stopped by the shower to rinse off because the sun was beating down on me in my hot 8mm wetsuit! I was sweating and couldn’t wait to hit the ocean. After fighting the wave break and getting on our fins, we started the long kick out to the canyon edge. We dropped down and dove to the garden, enjoying the dive. Suddenly I was cramping up in my leg.
My buddy and I unsuccessfully tried to get the cramp out. After several minutes, I felt tired and just wanted to be done diving. After we got back on shore and rinsed off, I headed home a little disappointed in my dive. About 2 hours later I had a horrible headache and nothing I did would make it go away. What went wrong?
A couple days later I met John Dooley the Managing Director of a company called Diver’s D\Lyte®. We were chatting about diving when I mentioned my bad dive day at the secret garden. He told me “Margo, the answer to your question about what went wrong is not as simple as you think.” And then he said, “Let me explain what happened to you and how dangerous it was!”
“The first thing you did was drink all that water to hydrate before your dive.” John stated
I was confused by this because I thought I should be drinking lots of water before diving to be sure I am hydrated! I asked John what he meant by that and he went on to explain to me that although a core part of diving is to hydrate your body, plain water is not the thing to do it with because it flushes nutrients out of the body. He went on to inform me that scuba diving is the most dehydrating sport you can participate in.
I contemplated what he said…I don’t get all sweaty under the water…but then again…I do pee a lot! John laughed at me and went on to explain that dehydration occurs when the amount of water leaving the body is greater than the amount being taken in and with diving we lose fluids not only when we pee underwater but also from breathing in the super dry air from the tank and expel humidified air from our lungs (ok…he didn’t use the word pee…that was me, lol). Then he added that it is important to drink something with electrolytes added in.
“What is so important about electrolytes?” I questioned.
“Both muscle tissue and neurons are considered electric tissues of the body. Without sufficient levels of these key electrolytes, muscle weakness or severe muscle contractions may occur and may lead to cardiac and neurological complications. Your body needs electrolytes to keep everything firing properly. Without them, muscles can’t move properly and without muscles moving properly, scuba diving can become dangerous.”
That is when I found out that John has worked long and hard on a specially formulated drink just for divers called Diver’s D\Lyte®. I was really interested in understanding why I should drink this so I asked him to tell me more about it.
“Diver’s D\Lyte® is specially formulated with (ionized) electrolytes to ensure your body stays hydrated and in electrical balance so that your muscles and neurons operate optimally.” John explained. “Remember how you were tired, cramped up and got headaches? This is all because you depleted your body of not only fluids but other important nutrients.”
At this point I became even more interested in what was so great about this new drink he was telling me about. I mean there are lots of drinks out there with electrolytes in them. So I asked him, “John, what is so special about Diver’s D\Lyte®? Why is it specifically good for divers?” He told me that what sets his product apart is we use ionized electrolytes in Diver’s D\Lyte® these allow rapid hydration and better absorption of all the vitamins, nutrients, and antioxidants. They are safe and effective, but are more expensive to make. I don’t know of any other sports related drink that can deliver these levels of electrolytes in a more absorbable form than Divers D\Lyte®.
John smiled and went on, “Simply put, if you are hydrated you are able to release gas off more efficiently so that is critically important to scuba divers. But another important component of our drink is the Antioxidants.”
“I have heard of antioxidants of course John, but I guess I don’t really understand how they work, can you explain this?”
“An antioxidant is a molecule that can slow down or prevent oxidation of other molecules in our bodies. When we exercise like in scuba diving, a chemical reaction occurs that transfers electrons from a substance to an oxidizing agent. This type of reaction can produce free radicals that start a chain reaction that ultimately damage cells. So antioxidants basically terminate these chain reactions by cleaning up the free radicals. This is so important in diving because the oxidation process can cause micro bubble formation which can lead to Decompression Illness (DCS). So we included a potent combination of antioxidants in Diver’s D\Lyte® essentially to slow or stop this process.” John explained.
“OK, I think I understand the role of the electrolytes and the antioxidants. I must have been crazy to have been diving without supplementing my body with these! Is there anything else I need to know about Diver’s D\Lyte®?”
Testing the product to get the formula just right!
“Our drink does not stop there Margo, we also wanted to be sure that divers would have more energy and mental acuity. There is nothing more important when diving than to be able to concentrate and pay attention. So we added an Ayurvedic blend of ingredients that give the diver a source of energy and clarity.” John told me. “We also added B vitamins to improve energy balance instead of loading it up with sugar, this opens up energy channels in the body like clean fuel!”
John was passionate when he told me more, “What’s more important is the Ayurvedic Blend we discovered for a natural peace and balance that allows for a sense of well being and clarity. Mental focus is critical to diver safety for the most enjoyable dives, remember we dive too. In researching proven functional ingredients we selected the best organic and all natural products. These extracts have been used for thousands of years and more recently studied at leading universities around the world to better understand their benefits. The best way I can describe the effect is the level of improved focus we all experienced on the reef. It was like putting on a pair of reading glasses at the age of forty and admitting that they really work well! One of our dive buddies on the test dive was a 63 male diver Michael, I will never forget when he surfaced, spit out his regulator and shouted “this stuff really works!” Since we don’t have the time now to cover all the details surrounding the energy pathways of Diver’s D\Lyte®. Let’s just say for now that Diver’s D\Lyte® offers a subtle source of energy.”
John handed me a few packs of Diver’s D\Lyte® and told me that I should try it out on my next dive. I had one planned for the following Saturday where I would be not only deep diving but doing multiple dives. So I gratefully took the packets and then asked him how I should use it.
He then instructed me on how to use the product, “Drink one pack in a liter of cold water as early as 90 minutes before your dive. This is what we call preloading. This is important because once you get dehydrated, it is hard to play catch up and get hydrated…so it is better to stay ahead of the game. Then drink another in between dives because you lose a full liter of fluid and essential nutrients during your dive. Once you are done diving, drink another as this will help with your off gassing.”
I thanked him and went home to pack the Diver’s D\Lyte® in my dive bag and promised John I would give him a review of how my dive went.
I used the product as instructed on my dives. I never felt better on a dive! I found myself so clear headed and my energy level was perfect. I did not feel the normal fatigue after multiple dives and I experienced no cramping during my dives. But the most important benefit I experienced from using Diver’s D\Lyte® was the absence of my dive headache afterward. I felt like I went from a dive in 5 feet viz to a dive in 50 feet viz! I am extremely pleased with the product and have now decided that this will be a regular part of my dive kit!
John promised me that he would teach me more about the product when we have more time to talk. I had learned so much that I can’t wait to talk to him again! The distribution of the product will start in April and guess what?? Scuba Diver Girls Fans will get a chance to try it first! More on that in the next blog!!!
Thank you Margo for a wonderful product review.
folks, would you like a sample of Divers D/Lyte, please give Debby a call at the office: 818 982 2652 or ping us at debby@k2scuba.com
We are tickled to support such a revolutionary product. . . .
What do you think? is this hydration stuff just snakeoil pretty colored, and sugared water. . . or is it something that every diver should carry in her save a dive kit?
We want to hear your thoughts, so leave your comments below!
Published: Feb 20, 2010 12:36 AM Updated: Feb 20, 2010 12:36 AM
JEDDAH: After 48 hours adrift at sea, a scuba diver was rescued off the coast of Shuaiba, 180 km south of Jeddah, an informed source told Arab News on Friday.
“The fact that he was found alive after a 48-hour exposure and after a three-dive day is quite remarkable,” said the source. “I don’t know if he is still OK.”
The diver, described only as a young Saudi man, was diving with two friends on Tuesday. At the end of the third dive, one of the men did not surface as expected. Precise details were unclear. However, it appears the two men alerted the Saudi Coast Guard after unsuccessfully finding their companion. The Coast Guard initiated a search and rescue operation using GPS coordinates from the vessel, but the team was unable to find the diver by the sunset. The search continued on Wednesday to no avail. On Thursday, however, the man was found alive. The source said the men were reportedly spearfishing with their scuba gear, which is illegal in the Kingdom.
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Here’s another Butterflyfish from Hawaii. This one is called the Milletseed Butterflyfish (Chaetodon miliaris), although you also may see it identified in some picture books as the Lemon Butterflyfish. Which common name you prefer may depend on whether you focus on its lemony background color, or its vertical rows of black spots. The scientist who named the species focused on the spots, which he thought resembled milletseeds, hence the species name miliaris.
Like the Multiband Butterflyfish (Chaetodon multicinctus) that we presented in the previous post, C. miliaris is a Hawaiian endemic species. In fact, the two species are closely related, both belonging to the subgenus Exornator. Nevertheless, the behavior of the two species is different in several ways.
Most conspicuously, the Milletseed Butterflyfish lives in aggregations instead of in pairs, and they are not territorial. It is not uncommon to see whole mobs of these bright yellow fishies moving along the reef together, looking for food. Now, ”mob” is hardly a scientific term, but it suits shoals of Milletseed Butterflyfish. Unlike some other fishes that school and move along in an orderly way, almost in unison, the Milletseeds move along together in an almost rowdy fashion — but I must say, that is a wonderful sight to behold.
Milletseed Butterflyfish have a much more varied diet than C. multicinctus. Their preferred food is zooplankton, but they also will eat the eggs of other fishes — especially those of fishes that deposit egg masses on rocks and other surfaces. Milletseeds sometimes perform as cleaners of other fishes, too.
The Milletseed Butterflyfish occurs naturally only in Hawaii, but it is not rare in the islands. In fact, C. miliaris is said to be the most common among the 24 species of the Butterflyfish family (Chaetodontidae) found in the Hawaiian islands. If you dive or snorkel in coral reef environments in Hawaii you are almost certain to encounter a ‘mob’ of these yellow beauties.
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