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About this project
We have created MiniDive to allow everyone to breathe normally underwater for several minutes regardless of the application and be able to fill himself his own breath system.
Main application is for pleasure to see underwater life like swimming with fishes rather than watching them from the surface.
But it’s also made for others applications and fields like boating when sailors and boaters need to check or scratch something under a hull.
MiniDive Pro is a mini scuba tank that give you the possibility to breathe underwater for 5 to 10 minutes, autonomy depends of several parameters but mainly of your physical activity.
MiniDive Pro is very easy to use, you put it in an harness especially designed for and you have hands free to swim underwater.
Specials hand made protections has also been designed to dress it and protect from small shocks.
You don’t feel the MiniDive Pro underwater, it’s very light and compact.
MiniDive Pro has a 0,5 L (30,5 cu in) aluminium tank, better than steel for rust and weight.
A patent was even filed to protect the product.
The interest of the MiniDive Pro is its ease of filling by the user.
There are 4 ways to fill the tank :
• A special high pressure hand pump very simply to use (just like a bicycle pump) can fill entirely the tank anywhere you are
• A mini electric compressor that you can plug in any 220 V plug (or 12 V plug with an inverter)
In addition the tank can also be filled by :
• Another (bigger) classic scuba tank (need a little adapter called "filling station" to transfer the air), DIN and a yoke models are available
• A classic diving compressor (directly) in the DIN valve available in all dive shops
For those who want more autonomy, the MiniDive Pro has another advantage.
You can remove (very simply - screw/unscrew) the air tank from the regulator system, so you can easily change an empty tank by a full one.
You can dive several times without having to buy as many MiniDive Pro.
A special harness has also been developed to attach the MiniDive Pro to the torso, it’s very simple to fix it with just few clips and press studs.
The materials used have been selected and tested to withstand stringent conditions.
• The priority in the design was the safety of products towards the user, that either during storage, during use underwater or during filling, even if there is an unintentional manipulation.
• Scuba diving is a potentially hazardous activity if the user doesn't respect basic safety instructions. Although the product is intended for non-divers users, it has been thought by divers.
• With the product, are included safety instructions and the behaviors to follow and avoid, all this is provided in the manual & safety instructions that the user must be aware before use the product.
• A reminder of the most important information is on the mouthpiece (2nd stage regulator) like you can see below.
• All products answers to the scuba diving mandatory standards (EN250, 2014/68/EU, etc…)
• Just one example to show the importance that is given to the security : the tank that contains the compressed air has a pressure service (maximum operating pressure) of 200 bar (3000 psi), but it is tested at 300 bar (4350 psi) and burst pressure is 470,7 bar (6827 psi).
Some others dive masters participated to the project, especially to define the general public use and risk awareness.
Risks and challenges
MiniDive is a French start-up, founded in 2016 by two friends who wish to make the shallow scuba diving accessible to everyone.
The project started in 2015 with the idea the breath freely and normally during several minutes underwater with something as lighter and compact as possible while being able to fill itself the breathing system. One year later we have solution tested hundred times to do it and we’re proud to show you that in here.
All has been done beforehand to assemble the products on time, we strive to deliver our backers on time, following the success of the campaign and if there are unexpected delays, we will notify backers and provide you an estimated delivery date.
FAQ
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