AP Diving explained

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. 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.

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 It has been superseded by more recent models using different electronic control systems, which are backwards compatible with the original architecture.^{[6] [7] [8]}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. Web site: REVIEW: AP DIVING COMMANDO ESCAPE - DIVE Magazine . divemagazine.co.uk . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20170407182321/http://divemagazine.co.uk/kit/7627-review-ap-diving-commando-escape . 2017-04-07.
2. Web site: Military BCDS & Commercial Dive Jackets from AP Diving. 2017-05-27. 2017-07-11. https://web.archive.org/web/20170711151945/https://www.apdiving.com/en/bcds/militarycommercial/. live.
3. Web site: Cardiff Scuba - TDI Rebreather Air Diluent (DECO - 45mt) - 5 Star IDC Scuba training in South Wales . www.cardiffscuba.co.uk . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20140528170023/http://cardiffscuba.co.uk/viewcourse.php?id=77 . 2014-05-28.
4. Web site: Key milestones in BSAC's history: 2001 - rebreather go-ahead. Staff. British Sub-Aqua Club. www.bsac.com. 27 May 2017.
5. Web site: Staff. Upcoming events. AP Diving. 30 May 2017. 21 November 2016. 17 March 2017. https://web.archive.org/web/20170317175652/http://www.apdiving.com/en/events/. live.
6. Web site: Staff. Inspiration rebreathers. Dive Inspiration. AP Valves. 27 May 2017. 11 July 2017. https://web.archive.org/web/20170711152135/https://www.apdiving.com/en/rebreathers/. live.
7. Web site: Staff. Product announcement - Inspiration Classic Electronics - End of Product Life – April 2017.. AP Diving News. AP Diving. 30 May 2017. 5 April 2017. 28 May 2018. https://web.archive.org/web/20180528133246/https://www.apdiving.com/en/classic-inspiration-end-of-product-life-announcement-april-2017/. live.
8. Web site: Diver October 2015.
9. Web site: Staff. The Commando: a jacket with a proud military history. Military and commercial. AP Diving. 27 May 2017. 4 October 2024. https://web.archive.org/web/20241004125103/https://www.apdiving.com/en/bcds/militarycommercial/. live.
10. Web site: Staff. The mark IV jump jacket. Military & commercial. AP Diving. 27 May 2017. 11 July 2017. https://web.archive.org/web/20170711151945/https://www.apdiving.com/en/bcds/militarycommercial/. live.
11. Rosemary E Lunn: Martin Parker Receives EUF Lavanchy Award At Boot 2018 X-Ray Magazine

External links

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