Indigo Industries is a new dive equipment company making a big splash here at DEMA 2016. First up is their new DPV Nautilus personal thruster which gives any diver an underwater jetpack.
Unlike a scooter which is expensive and has to be handheld, the Nautilus is a remote controlled thruster that straps right onto your dive tank. You read that right, with the Nautilus DPV you can get either forward or reverse motion with the simple handheld remote.
Indigo Industries is making the Nautilus in two models, the Nautilus XP and the Nautilus GLH. The Nautilus XP has one thruster, and will give divers the boosting power of your own fin kicks. Combined with your underwater kicking you can cover even more distance, with less effort, and it is launching with a price of $1299.
Meanwhile the Nautilus GLH has two boosters, and it has roughly double the power of the Nautilus XP. This model will retail for around $2000, and again, both devices are strapped to your dive tank, and offer both forward and backward motion. This is very competitive with full sized scooters and we would rent one of these in a heartbeat if they were offered by dive outfits.
Each of Indigo Industries new personal dive thrusters are good for about a full dive, so around an hour or less. Replacable batteries means you don’t have to wait to recharge between dives, but an included power supply will top off the hefty batteries in about three hours. This is one of the most exciting products we’ve spotted at DEMA so far, and we can’t wait to try one out for ourselves. [Indigo Industries]
Power Through Your Dive With Nautilus Thruster From Indigo Industries
Jake Adams
Jake Adams has been an avid marine aquarist since the mid 90s and has worked in the retail side of the marine aquarium trade for more than ten years. He has a bachelor’s degree in Marine Science and has been the managing editor of ReefBuilders.com since 2008. Jake is interested in every facet of the marine aquarium hobby from the concepts to the technology, rare fish to exotic corals, and his interests are well documented through a very prolific career of speaking to reef clubs and marine aquarium events, and writing articles for aquarium publications across the globe. His primary interest is in corals which Jake pursues in the aquarium hobby as well as diving the coral reefs of the world.
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