Have you seen this?

Is that a personal assistance scooter for underwater Walmarts?

Unfortunately, I have now seen it. Thanks. Time to get some work done I guess.

I'd like to imagine the bubbles emanating from the helmet are actually farts.

I think the more important question is, "How do we unsee this?"

Wow, that is pretty darn cool!

Bali Underwater Scooter

It's a way for non-certified folk to scuba dive sites in Bali. That's great! It also looks like a lot of fun.

Instead of just trolling it as fat folk of Walmart, a little research reveals it to actually be very nifty, useful, and it should be of fascination to gear heads as one could set up underwater autocrossing and such with it.

^^This

That is neat. Especially for guys like me who can't swim.

The concept is interesting. Just the first picture is less than flattering.

Dusterbd13 wrote: That is neat. Especially for guys like me who can't swim.

SCUBA diving isn't swimming. It's literally the easiest thing ever and feels essentially like flying underwater.

foxtrapper wrote: Wow, that is pretty darn cool! Bali Underwater Scooter It's a way for non-certified folk to scuba dive sites in Bali. That's great! It also looks like a lot of fun. Instead of just trolling it as fat folk of Walmart, a little research reveals it to actually be very nifty, useful, and it should be of fascination to gear heads as one could set up underwater autocrossing and such with it.

Wow. It reminds me of the "Solo Sub" in that ride at EPCOT Center with sci-fi future predictions. That water looks shallow enough to snorkel to the bottom in; I wonder how deep it can go.

Huckleberry wrote: Is that a personal assistance scooter for underwater Walmarts?

My first thought.^^

My second thought.vv

I have actually used one when I was in Hawaii for a family vacation ~16 years ago. They were a lot of fun for extended underwater exploring without having any scuba experience

Wife and I did one of these in Nassau a few years back. I can't swim, but I wanted to dive and see the coral and shipwrecks/stuff. THis allowed me.

My wife and I did this at St Thomas...it was a lot of fun.

I have actually kind of wondered in the past why personal size racing subs arent a thing. Probably because clear enough water to see where you are going is rare.

Imagine racing in a 3-d environment with subs (like air racing, but slower and probably safer)

Mini-subs meets bumper cars. Sounds hilarious! Well, until you sink.

In reply to Apexcarver:

Because A:

underwater is a seriously hostile environment to human life and you need a personal life support system to survive there.

And B:

Racing sort of likes an audience, submarine races are a terrible event for spectators.