We were way better off diving with the SOS than the Farallon!!! They seldom lasted through the first day of diving. Ralph, of Farallon "infamy" was touted by the diving press (aka Skin Diver Magazine) to be a great genius and innovator... but their seemingly cool and ingenious products turned out to be short-lived due to their consistently crappy quality. Some were downright dangerous (DPV and Decomputer), and the company finally bit the dust, as deserved. That's the nicest thing I have to say about them, but there is more that could be saidcouv wrote:I rarely see mention of the "Farallon Decomputer." It was a (short lived)step between the SOS Bend-o-Matic and the Orca Edge.
Their tri view low profile mask was very good, moldable bite tabs on the mouthpiece and the snorkel and they were the 1st spring heel straps I can remember...I worked at two stores that carried Farallon but I never saw a Decomputer...antique diver wrote: Ralph, of Farallon "infamy" was touted by the diving press (aka Skin Diver Magazine) to be a great genius and innovator... but their seemingly cool and ingenious products turned out to be short-lived due to their consistently crappy quality. Some were downright dangerous (DPV and Decomputer), and the company finally bit the dust, as deserved. That's the nicest thing I have to say about them, but there is more that could be said
Thanks for refreshing my memory about the successful moldable mouthpiece tabs and spring straps! Those worked well. The masks were very popular too, but we had a high return rate on them due to leaks in the frame.Bryan wrote: Their tri view low profile mask was very good, moldable bite tabs on the mouthpiece and the snorkel and they were the 1st spring heel straps I can remember...I worked at two stores that carried Farallon but I never saw a Decomputer...
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