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Chris@Aquatron
14-05-09, 17:18
Hi,
I haven’t posted for a while but I think you all realise why now. I’ve been very busy organising the Scottish Dive Show 2009 here at Aquatron on 30th May + 31sy May 10:00am – 6:00pm on both days! We are proud to announce that we will have suppliers Scubapro, Uwatec, Northern Diver, Fourth Element and Beuchat taking stands at the show. If you have not seen the advert on 3rd page of this month’s Scottish Diver it’s now on Aquatron’s homepage. www.aquatron.co.uk
The buzz is in the air and the chat has already begun about what new products and deals will be available. Scotland has been crying out for the Scottish Dive Show since it ended in 2003 at the SECC in Glasgow and due to pressure from customers we are trying to make this an annual event here at Aquatron. We are eager to show the UK suppliers that the Scottish divers are worth their attention.
I have been working hard with suppliers to negotiate the best deals possible and have been amazed by the response. Aquatron have deals on regulator sets, BCD’s, computers, PADI courses, drysuit’s, etc already agreed. More promotions are in the pipeline and will be finalised nearer the time. Even if the unthinkable happens and you can’t find a bargain, there will still be free air fills to be had!
There is no ticket cost and ample free parking locally so what have you got to lose? Come down, have a look around and hopefully have a good time and see some familiar faces.
Hope to see you all there.
Kind Regards
Chris
‘Dive Happy With Aquatron’
P.S. If you are looking for any specific items then reply to this post and I’ll let you know what we have in store!
Nice one, Chris!
Is there a funny story competition this year? :D
dive granny
14-05-09, 20:58
Or a raffle:D:D
Chris@Aquatron
15-05-09, 10:58
Nice one, Chris!
Is there a funny story competition this year? :D
There is no funny story competition this year cause I think it was rigged last year! Your diving story (short novel) took the biscuit :D
I'd welcome any ideas though? Keep it clean!
stafforddiver
15-05-09, 11:29
I'm in London that weekend, its a shame :(
Now if you ran it over the thursday evening as well, now that would be useful !!
Worth a go :)
Cheers,
gareth.
well done Aquatron!
Will there be a photo competition this year??
Good one Chris, I wont be able to make it, yet again this year, International Rugby 7's at Murrayfield and the tickets are in my grubby mitts :D
I'll get my pipe and quilted gown out of the attic ... only one week to create a masterpiece!
What's the prize gonna be? :D
Chris@Aquatron
15-05-09, 16:26
I'm in London that weekend, its a shame :(
Now if you ran it over the thursday evening as well, now that would be useful !!
Worth a go :)
Cheers,
gareth.
Thats an idea! :D
I could set a sneak preview / VIP Evening for a chosen few. How does that sound?
Chris@Aquatron
15-05-09, 16:30
well done Aquatron!
Will there be a photo competition this year??
I'm still getting therapy for the last time I had to view the entrants to the photo competition! I said, 'Please supply diving photos' and it got a bit messy. I should have specified Scuba diving. Some of those images are burned in my head. I will never be able to look at some of customers in the eye again :D :D :D! LOL
biggee3005
16-05-09, 17:36
wayhay ma 17th on the 30th. birthday money 2 spend. Feck driving lessons
Yogi Diver
16-05-09, 17:51
wayhay ma 17th on the 30th. birthday money 2 spend. Feck driving lessons
How you gonna get to the dive sites?:rolleyes:
biggee3005
16-05-09, 17:55
How you gonna get to the dive sites?:rolleyes:
mum and dad thats what am doing 2 morro.
dive granny
16-05-09, 18:58
mum and dad thats what am doing 2 morro.
Can I borrow your Mum and Dad. I don't drive.:D
biggee3005
16-05-09, 20:18
Can I borrow your Mum and Dad. I don't drive.:DNO! There Mine. i already have 2 share with my sister . i struugle 2 get a lift i had 2 ask 2 month ago
dive granny
16-05-09, 22:13
I know the feeling! I just cancelled my place on a trip as I couldn't get a lift. I was looking forward to it as well. That is the second time I have had to do that in as many weeks.:( Go for the driving lessons while you can.
scubagranny
17-05-09, 22:30
That's a great pity you had to cancel, I know how much you were looking forward to the trip.
Chris@Aquatron
18-05-09, 14:41
Just confirmed we are going to have an excieting new product launched for the first time in the UK at the Scottish Dive Show 2009!
Still to confirm some of the details so don't want to confirm exactly what it is but I'll keep you all posted. We are also at the mercy of the courier to deliver it in time!! But all going well it looks like a fantastic new bit of kit.
Just confirmed we are going to have an excieting new product launched for the first time in the UK at the Scottish Dive Show 2009!
Still to confirm some of the details so don't want to confirm exactly what it is but I'll keep you all posted. We are also at the mercy of the courier to deliver it in time!! But all going well it looks like a fantastic new bit of kit.
new poseidon rebreather is my guess :)
Chris@Aquatron
19-05-09, 10:11
new poseidon rebreather is my guess
Close.... but no cigar! :D
TheMacallan
19-05-09, 11:05
Close.... but no cigar! :D
Surely not the new APOC rebreather from Alex Deas?
A new "yellow peril" pee valve where your pee is recycled through a scrubber and emerges through a straw as "Magners on ice" an hour or so later?
Surely not the new APOC rebreather from Alex Deas?
Well it is made just along the road... not China or eastern Europe... oh no... :D
A new "yellow peril" pee valve where your pee is recycled through a scrubber and emerges through a straw as "Magners on ice" an hour or so later?
It's Magners. Who could tell if you used a scrubber or not :p
biggee3005
19-05-09, 14:00
A new "yellow peril" pee valve where your pee is recycled through a scrubber and emerges through a straw as "Magners on ice" an hour or so later?magners, pish whats the diff . now if it was frome vally that came out that would be nice
new poseidon rebreather is my guess :)
.... but no cigar! :D
Sounds like a marketing opportunity missed ...... you can't smoke anywhere else these days
Surely not the new APOC rebreather from Alex Deas?
:eek::eek::eek::eek::eek::eek::eek::eek:
What what what.... could it beeeeee:D
Yogi Diver
19-05-09, 20:46
:eek::eek::eek::eek::eek::eek::eek::eek:
What what what.... could it beeeeee:D
O2 clean cylinders, accepted anywhere.:rolleyes:
Sorry.
Hat Coat, Gone.:o
O2 clean cylinders, accepted anywhere.:rolleyes:
Sorry.
Hat Coat, Gone.:o
rotflmao :D:D:D
ok ok I'm with Yogi...:o
O2 clean cylinders, accepted anywhere.:rolleyes:
Sorry.
Hat Coat, Gone.:o
Now that would be progress :D
Chris@Aquatron
21-05-09, 13:24
A new "yellow peril" pee valve where your pee is recycled through a scrubber and emerges through a straw as "Magners on ice" an hour or so later?
I think you are all going to be disappointed when you find out it's a new polished chrome stainless steel split ring! :D I think I may need to find something else now!!!!
I think you are all going to be disappointed when you find out it's a new polished chrome stainless steel split ring! :D I think I may need to find something else now!!!!
A new SMB that doubles as an inflatable sex toy for the "solo diver"?
We will have a working suunto HELO2 computer (one of the only dive centres in the UK)
for people to play with
dude, its still just a suunto
I like Suuntos. I don't have one though ...
yet! Recently ordered one of their running / training watches. Hasn't been delivered yet.
Great watches Crap Diving computers though
Great watches Crap Diving computers though
How?
Crap Diving computers though
http://www.tlocuk.co.uk/forums/images/smiles/bs.gif unlike that fantastic cochrane of yours that packed in on the U74 http://www.tlocuk.co.uk/forums/images/smiles/la.gif
Crap bottom times. any computer can pack in, mine wont be the first nor the last im sur theres plenty of suuntos thats done the same
Great watches Crap Diving computers though
Really? Is that why they sell so many? Because they are crap! They are conservative, but then again better being conservative than getting the user bent. Never had any problems when I had my Stinger, and Lindsay's Gekko is still going strong after 5 years on the same battery. So if they are crap, why do people still buy them, in fact how is the company still going and bringing out new products, we all know how fickel divers are, if a product/company is really crap, they don't last long in this marketplace. Suunto however, have been pretty much at the forefront of recreational diving computer advancement since they released their 1st model in 1987, since then they have sold over 1 Million Dive Computers (November 2005 they made their 1 Millionth unit). So for a company that's now in it's 75th year, been making and selling dive computers for 22 years and has over 1 million dive computers out there being used (They are the only dive computer manufacturer to date to have 1 million units made), how can you say there product is crap? Or is there 1 million unhappy Suunto Owners out their, who just can't be bothered complaining?
Crap bottom times. any computer can pack in, mine wont be the first nor the last im sur theres plenty of suuntos thats done the same
Suunto's customer support is second to none as well,why haven't you got your cochrane fixed/replaced yet? :rolleyes::D
Suunto's customer support is second to none as well,why haven't you got your cochrane fixed/replaced yet? :rolleyes::D
Suunto's customer support is really good, only time I sent my Stinger back was for a battery change, they had it back to me with a new battery and cleaned and pressure tested within 24 hours.
There still Crap though :p
There still Crap though :p
It would seem cochrane's pack in quite regularly :001_tt2:
http://www.bikiniatoll.com/Cochran.html
There still Crap though :p
Yet, another well researched argument against Suunto Dive Computers
Really? Is that why they sell so many? Because they are crap! They are conservative, but then again better being conservative than getting the user bent. Never had any problems when I had my Stinger, and Lindsay's Gekko is still going strong after 5 years on the same battery. So if they are crap, why do people still buy them, in fact how is the company still going and bringing out new products, we all know how fickel divers are, if a product/company is really crap, they don't last long in this marketplace. Suunto however, have been pretty much at the forefront of recreational diving computer advancement since they released their 1st model in 1987, since then they have sold over 1 Million Dive Computers (November 2005 they made their 1 Millionth unit). So for a company that's now in it's 75th year, been making and selling dive computers for 22 years and has over 1 million dive computers out there being used (They are the only dive computer manufacturer to date to have 1 million units made), how can you say there product is crap? Or is there 1 million unhappy Suunto Owners out their, who just can't be bothered complaining?
Seems definitive enough to me. Let's move on please :crying:
Yes - So what else is going to be at the show ?
It would seem cochrane's pack in quite regularly :001_tt2:
http://www.bikiniatoll.com/Cochran.html
My Cockring must have been the most unreliable computer I've ever owned, I'd say it failed on 1 in 4 dives. Resetting itself, not switching gas, switching gas when it shouldn't, dodgy battery connections... Nice computers, shame they don't work :D
dive granny
24-05-09, 22:58
My Cockring must have been the most unreliable computer I've ever owned, I'd say it failed on 1 in 4 dives. Resetting itself, not switching gas, switching gas when it shouldn't, dodgy battery connections... Nice computers, shame they don't work :D
With a name like that I'm not surprised:eek: Or is that a wee typo?
My Cockring must have been the most unreliable computer I've ever owned, I'd say it failed on 1 in 4 dives. Resetting itself, not switching gas, switching gas when it shouldn't, dodgy battery connections... Nice computers, shame they don't work :D
Ive over 1000 dives with my cochrans and its only ever packed in once
With a name like that I'm not surprised:eek: Or is that a wee typo?
That's how they were known back in the day :D As you can guess they were well respected!
Ive over 1000 dives with my cochrans and its only ever packed in once
Fair enough, you must've had a Monday computer and I got a Friday afternoon version. A load of us bought Commanders at the same time (1996'ish) and all had the same problems, I still remember the UWI rep at the dive show looking like he was having a nervous breakdown because so many people were hassling him. Batteries were a big problem, can't remember which it was but either Energisers or Duracells just wouldn't work in it; I don't think I was ever confident it was on the right gas as it would show some very odd numbers for deco time; it would do resets during a dive, especially at gas switches, I remember that was a particularly common "feature"; setting the gas mix was a right pain as well, had to be done by bridging a contact with a coin... only the UK coin alloys didn't work as well as the US ones it was designed round (that was the excuse of the UWI guy, he said only a 20p piece should be used :rolleyes:).
Maybe their newer computers are better but the old Commanders really weren't great which was a shame as they were nice computers when they worked. But they're meant as a deco/gas switching computer so it wasn't worth the risk. If you've got one that works then great, I just never got on with them and I know enough people that it happened to as well to be very careful using one on a committing dive.
ATB,
Drambeg
Chris@Aquatron
25-05-09, 15:42
Yes - So what else is going to be at the show ?
You have to love CA!
This must be the only place in the world that, inside one post, you can see discussion on Dive Show's, driving lessons, marketing cigar smoking, sex toys, cider preferences, diving manufacturer history, mum + dad taxi services, product launches and cockrings!
I'm scared to invite any suppliers now! LOL :D
P.S. It is really entertaining though :thumbup:
dive granny
25-05-09, 15:48
The diversity of Conger:D
biggee3005
25-05-09, 16:48
The diversity of Conger:D
or maby after all our diving its fecked our brains up so much we are as random as putting tabasco on vanila ice cream (by the way it is dead tasty , so is dairy milk and chees and onion walker crisps):001_tt2:
or maby after all our diving its fecked our brains up so much we are as random as putting tabasco on vanila ice cream (by the way it is dead tasty , so is dairy milk and chees and onion walker crisps):001_tt2:
ever tried HP sauce in tea? I saw it in a movie once and it works
biggee3005
25-05-09, 21:37
ever tried HP sauce in tea? I saw it in a movie once and it workshow mutch a squirt or a wee drop . what typ of tea. stong, weak. milk or black. sugar no sugar. we need specifics man
Chris@Aquatron
26-05-09, 14:00
or maby after all our diving its fecked our brains up so much we are as random as putting tabasco on vanila ice cream (by the way it is dead tasty , so is dairy milk and chees and onion walker crisps):001_tt2:
My Lynsey tried stawberry jam over a cheese pizza! She's not a diver though.... just crazy normally! :001_tongue:
dive granny
26-05-09, 14:12
Cheese and jam on pancakes is lovely, so is blue cheese on choc digestives.
I do feel we have hijacked your post Chris. Anyway 6 pages later, just to remind you all THE AQUATRON DIVE SHOW IS THIS WEEKEND
biggee3005
26-05-09, 16:15
Cheese and jam on pancakes is lovely, so is blue cheese on choc digestives.
I do feel we have hijacked your post Chris. Anyway 6 pages later, just to remind you all THE AQUATRON DIVE SHOW IS THIS WEEKEND
how could we forget the 30th and 31st . can we get a list of suppliers please so we know where 2 spend our birthday money and hard erned cash
how mutch a squirt or a wee drop . what typ of tea. stong, weak. milk or black. sugar no sugar. we need specifics man
Just a squirt in a mug of strong tea with milk
Chris@Aquatron
26-05-09, 16:46
Just a squirt in a mug of strong tea with milk
Finally get people back on the show and you start talking about your feckin tea! :cursing:
LOL!
Just a squirt in a mug of strong tea with milk
WEIRDO :scared:
So what deals have you got??? I need
1 x 7l Luxfer Cylinder
1 x 11.1l Luxfer Cylinder
WEIRDO :scared:
Not as weird as some: http://www.brownsauce.org/2005/12/09/tea-with-hp-sauce-in/ :blink:
Chris@Aquatron
27-05-09, 15:05
WEIRDO :scared:
So what deals have you got??? I need
1 x 7l Luxfer Cylinder
1 x 11.1l Luxfer Cylinder
Hey mate,
We don't have any Luxfer cylinders in stock for the show. However, I could get them in if you are interested. We can do the 7L Luxfer O2 Clean for £135 and the 11L Luxfer O2 Clean for £175. This is only valid until the end of the show on Sunday though.
Hope that helps.
Chris
stafforddiver
27-05-09, 17:18
ok, just out of interest, what could you do the new suunto helo2 for?
Seriously considering one actually.
Cheers,
Gareth.
Chris@Aquatron
27-05-09, 19:18
ok, just out of interest, what could you do the new suunto helo2 for?
Seriously considering one actually.
Cheers,
Gareth.
Hi Gareth,
We were going to do it for £649, and £225 extra for the transmitter. I may be able to do something else at the Dive Show though. Let me know what you think.
Cheers
Chris
stafforddiver
28-05-09, 09:24
I know divelife were doing it at £586 a few weeks ago and I decided to wait till pay day :o
Deffo don't want a transmitter, thats like something out of star trek.....
Unfortunately I'm away having a weekend of beer sampling in London this weekend so can't make the show
biggee3005
28-05-09, 15:43
I know divelife were doing it at £586 a few weeks ago and I decided to wait till pay day :o
Deffo don't want a transmitter, thats like something out of star trek.....
Unfortunately I'm away having a weekend of beer sampling in London this weekend so can't make the show
sorry chris about hijacking this post again
but erm why dont you patch the beertasting in london and just go to the old toll bar after the dive show get slaughtered. may not have a gr8 selection of beer but same principle . the have 1 nice beer i think. belhaven best :thumbup1:
i will be at dive show 2 spend birthday money on goodiees
chriss r uz doing a early showing of the show?
scubagranny
28-05-09, 18:44
Hi Chris,If I get down in time, I will definitely call in, I badly need a drysuit.
Hope to see you Saturday
SG
biggee3005
28-05-09, 19:10
Hi Chris,If I get down in time, I will definitely call in, I badly need a drysuit.
Hope to see you Saturday
SG mind its on sunday too
scubagranny
28-05-09, 21:46
Aha, I'm back in the water on Sunday!!
dive granny
28-05-09, 22:54
Well done for getting back in:D Hope to see you on Saturday.
scubagranny
29-05-09, 13:17
Thanks, Sandie, hope to see you Sat as well. Still not sure whether to drive down or take train, depends on having a daughter free to drive me around in Glasgow, but we should still manage to meet up i hope.
Brenda
stafforddiver
29-05-09, 13:32
sorry chris about hijacking this post again
but erm why dont you patch the beertasting in london and just go to the old toll bar after the dive show get slaughtered. may not have a gr8 selection of beer but same principle . the have 1 nice beer i think. belhaven best
:p meeting up with my mates from University, so I think I would rather get ratted in London :)
biggee3005
29-05-09, 19:13
:p meeting up with my mates from University, so I think I would rather get ratted in London :)
theres a beer tasting thing in glasgow in the festival in june ;)
Chris@Aquatron
30-05-09, 16:30
The Dive Show has been fantastic today with many bargains bought! The weather couldn't have been better and brought many divers out to shop. Thanks to all who made it in.
Some cracking deals today and many more for tomorrow.
Remember we are open all day tomorrow 10:00am - 6:00pm!
Hope to see you all soon.
Chris
Chris@Aquatron
02-06-09, 17:59
Just wanted to say thanks to all the staff, suppliers and customers for making the Scottish Dive Show 2009 a massive success.
Those of you that queued for an hour to get in on Saturday will testify to that :eek:
Because of the amazing weather over the weekend we understand that some people went away for the day (could be years before we get good weather again)
We will be holding some show prices this week but only what we have in stock (anything that has to be ordered will still be retail/price match price)
Thanks again to all invloved.
Chris
stafforddiver
04-06-09, 11:21
Ok guys,
So what bargains did people get at the show then? Anything interesting?
London was really nice, drinking PIMS in Hyde park :p