The

scuba equipment Scuba diving is a mode of underwater diving whereby divers use breathing equipment that is completely independent of a surface air supply. The name "scuba", an acronym for "Self-Contained Underwater Breathing Apparatus", was coined by Chri ...

manufacturer AP Diving or Ambient Pressure Diving, formerly known as A.P.Valves, is at

Water-Ma-Trout Water-Ma-Trout is a road and an industrial estate on the northern edge of Helston in west Cornwall, England. Theories about its name are: *That its name started as Cornish dialect English for "wet my throat", here used as a name for a dry fie ...

in Helston, Cornwall, England. They produce a range of scuba and surface supplied diving equipment including buoyancy compensator jackets and the Inspiration diving

rebreather A rebreather is a breathing apparatus that absorbs the carbon dioxide of a user's exhaled breath to permit the rebreathing (recycling) of the substantially unused oxygen content, and unused inert content when present, of each breath. Oxygen is ...

range. Their products are very popular in Britain. The firm started in 1969 making a valve to allow a diver to breathe from a

stabiliser jacket A buoyancy compensator (BC), also called a buoyancy control device (BCD), stabilizer, stabilisor, stab jacket, wing or adjustable buoyancy life jacket (ABLJ), depending on design, is a type of diving equipment which is worn by divers to establis ...

buoyancy compensator's inflation cylinder. They progressed to making divers' adjustable buoyancy life-jackets and stabiliser jackets, and then other diving equipment such as

s. and diving accessories etc. They often exhibit at diving trade shows.

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 It has been superseded by more recent models using different electronic control systems, which are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 Backward or Backwards is a relative direction. Backwards or Sdrawkcab (the word "backwards" with its letters reversed) may also refer to: * "Backwards" (''Red Dwarf''), episode of sci-fi TV sitcom ''Red Dwarf'' ** ''Backwards'' (novel), a nov ...

with the original architecture. *"Buddy" and "Commando" - recreational and military scuba buoyancy compensators. *"Mk IV Jump Jacket" - a buoyancy compensator designed for use with surface supplied diving equipment.

Awards

In January 2018 Martin Parker, Managing Director of AP Diving, received the

European Underwater Federation The European Underwater Federation (EUF) is an umbrella organisation representing the interests of scuba diver training organisations operating in both the not for profit and for profit sectors within Europe. Purpose and scope EUF seeks ...

Lavanchy Award at the Boot Show in Düsseldorf.Rosemary E Lunn
Martin Parker Receives EUF Lavanchy Award At Boot 2018
X-Ray Magazine

References

External links

A.P.Valves's website

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