AP Diving

Ambient Pressure Diving redirects here. Or see ambient pressure diving.

AP Diving or Ambient Pressure Diving, formerly known as A.P.Valves, is a British manufacturer of diving equipment at Water-Ma-Trout in Helston, Cornwall, England. They produce a range of scuba and surface-supplied diving equipment including buoyancy compensator jackets and the Inspiration range of electronically controlled closed circuit diving rebreathers. ^{[1] [2] [3]}

The firm started in 1969 making a valve to allow a diver to breathe from a stabiliser jacket buoyancy compensator's inflation cylinder.^{[ citation needed ]} They progressed to making divers' adjustable buoyancy life-jackets and stabiliser jackets, and then other diving equipment such as rebreathers. ^[4] and diving accessories etc.^{[ citation needed ]}

They often exhibit at diving trade shows. ^[5]

Product lines

• "Inspiration" rebreathers have been in production since 1997. The earliest model, now known as the Inspiration classic, reached the end of its product support life in April 2017 after 20 years. It has been superseded by more recent models using different electronic control systems, which are backwards compatible with the original architecture. ^{[6] [7] [8]}
• "Buddy" and "Commando" - recreational and military scuba buoyancy compensators. ^[9]
• "Mk IV Jump Jacket" - a buoyancy compensator designed for use with surface supplied diving equipment. ^[10]

Awards

In January 2018 Martin Parker, Managing Director of AP Diving, received the European Underwater Federation Lavanchy Award at the Boot Show in Düsseldorf. ^[11]

References

1. "REVIEW: AP DIVING COMMANDO ESCAPE - DIVE Magazine". divemagazine.co.uk. Archived from the original on 2017-04-07.
2. "Military BCDS & Commercial Dive Jackets from AP Diving". Archived from the original on 2017-07-11. Retrieved 2017-05-27.
3. "Cardiff Scuba - TDI Rebreather Air Diluent (DECO - 45mt) - 5 Star IDC Scuba training in South Wales". www.cardiffscuba.co.uk. Archived from the original on 2014-05-28.
4. Staff. "Key milestones in BSAC's history: 2001 - rebreather go-ahead". www.bsac.com. British Sub-Aqua Club. Retrieved 27 May 2017.^{[ permanent dead link ]}
5. Staff (21 November 2016). "Upcoming events". AP Diving. Archived from the original on 17 March 2017. Retrieved 30 May 2017.
6. Staff. "Inspiration rebreathers". Dive Inspiration. AP Valves. Archived from the original on 11 July 2017. Retrieved 27 May 2017.
7. Staff (5 April 2017). "Product announcement - Inspiration Classic Electronics - End of Product Life – April 2017". AP Diving News. AP Diving. Archived from the original on 28 May 2018. Retrieved 30 May 2017.
8. "Diver October 2015".
9. Staff. "The Commando: a jacket with a proud military history". Military and commercial. AP Diving. Archived from the original on 4 October 2024. Retrieved 27 May 2017.
10. Staff. "The mark IV jump jacket". Military & commercial. AP Diving. Archived from the original on 11 July 2017. Retrieved 27 May 2017.
11. Rosemary E Lunn: Martin Parker Receives EUF Lavanchy Award At Boot 2018 Archived 2018-04-10 at the Wayback Machine X-Ray Magazine

External links

• A.P.Valves's website
• Google Earth view from the air
• Google Earth view on the ground