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    Phantom Air Supply, For Superheroes Who Only Save Themselves
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    02/24/09

    In reply to Phantom Air Supply, For Superheroes Who Only Save Themselves
    This is the ultimate in vaporwear (as in breathing the vapors) from Yanko...
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    Image of Geisrud Geisrud
    02/24/09

    @Jrsy Devil's Food Cake®: jokes that you have to explain as you tell them always suck.
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    02/24/09

    @Geisrud: And taking the time to comment on it isn't much better..
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    Image of ghmlco ghmlco
    02/24/09

    In reply to Phantom Air Supply, For Superheroes Who Only Save Themselves
    Actually, I'd think that this would be perfect for surfers who run the risk of getting pounded and held down under the waves.


    A double-hold-down is usually a killer. With this you just might survive it.

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    Image of GitEmSteveDave_My Brute Dojo CDIAFIFE GitEmSteveDave_My Brute Dojo CDIAFIFE
    02/24/09

    @ghmlco: Totally pitted.
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    Image of scrag scrag
    02/23/09

    In reply to Phantom Air Supply, For Superheroes Who Only Save Themselves
    Dive with a buddy and make it a moot point. That way if you run out of air, you have your buddy's entire air supply to share - which is why there are to regulators attached to it in the first place!


    If you're going to dive alone (which isn't recommended) or are overly cautious, then a "pony bottle" (backup air supply with a reg attached) is more than adequate.


    I don't see a need to gadget up this sort of life support equipment (which is what most scuba gear is!).

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    Image of Weakskills Weakskills
    02/24/09

    @scrag: Wouldnt you and your buddy have the same amount of air? And if you then share wouldn't you both have half as much, that is if you breath at the same rate?
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    Image of Geisrud Geisrud
    02/24/09

    @Weakskills: yes on both accounts. However, buddy breathing should only be used in an emergency, such as equipment failure - in such a case, where you cannot access your air, your buddy's may be the only way to survive.
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    Image of Jon Cousins Jon Cousins
    02/23/09

    In reply to Phantom Air Supply, For Superheroes Who Only Save Themselves
    I'd like to see the innards of this.


    I'm pretty sure it's going to be a series of small cylinders at a relatively low pressure.


    I'm also pretty sure those cylinders won't be serviceable in any way. After a couple of years, you'll just have to throw it away because the mechanisms will no longer be reliable and no one can inspect or refill it.

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    Image of GitEmSteveDave_My Brute Dojo CDIAFIFE GitEmSteveDave_My Brute Dojo CDIAFIFE
    02/24/09

    @Jon Cousins: It's a Yanko. The innards are whatever you imagine them to be, b/c they aren't anymore tangible than that.
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    Image of ejl10 ejl10
    02/23/09

    In reply to Phantom Air Supply, For Superheroes Who Only Save Themselves
    Pony bottles have always been pretty clumsy. This is an interesting way to reshape them to be more convenient. Cool idea if they can keep the price in the ballpark of current pony bottles.
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    Image of GitEmSteveDave_My Brute Dojo CDIAFIFE GitEmSteveDave_My Brute Dojo CDIAFIFE
    02/24/09

    @ejl10: I have to disagree. Pony bottles, while a little small, aren't real clumsy. The only time I can see you having trouble holding them is after you've drunken 6 or 8 of them. From the glass lined tanks of Ol' Latrobe...
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    Image of Jon Cousins Jon Cousins
    02/23/09

    In reply to Phantom Air Supply, For Superheroes Who Only Save Themselves
    That's what your dive buddy is for. And if you're in an overhead environment, this thing is useless.


    I could see it being useful for a whitewater kayaker. It's just enough air to save your life if you get pinned in a hole. Or possibly a surfer, but no surfer would ever wear this.


    Beyond that, I don't see it being useful for anything.

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    02/24/09

    @Jon Cousins: Waa-pack, totally pitted!
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    Image of BeautifulAgony BeautifulAgony
    02/23/09

    In reply to Phantom Air Supply, For Superheroes Who Only Save Themselves
    Ideal for the emergency pit-stop into a train-station restroom.
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    Image of GitEmSteveDave_My Brute Dojo CDIAFIFE GitEmSteveDave_My Brute Dojo CDIAFIFE
    02/23/09

    In reply to Phantom Air Supply, For Superheroes Who Only Save Themselves
    Isn't this like those "bottles" of air that The Hoff and the GLORY's used to use on Baywatch?
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    02/23/09

    @AcceptingTheAward_GitEmSteveDa...: I'm not even going to ask how you know that..
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    02/24/09

    @B0LUBA..: College. We used to sit and bust on it for hours. Then Jerry Springer.
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