Healthways (scuba gear company)
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Healthways was a firm founded by Dick Klein which made scuba gear. It went bankrupt in 1963; its successor company is Scubapro. It was one of the five original USA diving gear makers: U.S. Divers, Healthways, Voit
, Dacor
, Swimaster.
Healthways is notable in that it was the first manufacturer to use "scuba" as a word rather than an acronym; in fact, their twin-hose regulator
line was called the "Scuba"; hence, one of their later models, the Scuba Pro, eventually became the name of reorganized company. (Healthways' single-hose regulators were dubbed the "Scubair" line.)
Voit
The Voit Corporation is a sporting goods company founded by German American entrepreneur William J. Voit of Worthington, Indiana in 1922...
, Dacor
Dacor (scuba diving)
Dacor is a former USA manufacturer scuba diving gear. Dacor was one of the five original United States diving gear makers: U.S. Divers, Healthways, Voit, Dacor, and Swimaster. Dacor is now merged with Mares.- External links :...
, Swimaster.
Healthways is notable in that it was the first manufacturer to use "scuba" as a word rather than an acronym; in fact, their twin-hose regulator
Diving regulator
A diving regulator is a pressure regulator used in scuba or surface supplied diving equipment that reduces pressurized breathing gas to ambient pressure and delivers it to the diver. The gas may be air or one of a variety of specially blended breathing gases...
line was called the "Scuba"; hence, one of their later models, the Scuba Pro, eventually became the name of reorganized company. (Healthways' single-hose regulators were dubbed the "Scubair" line.)
External links
- Healthways equipment evaluations by the United States Navy Experimental Diving UnitUnited States Navy Experimental Diving UnitThe United States Navy Experimental Diving Unit is the primary source of diving and hyperbaric operational guidance for the US Navy...