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Please Register or LoginUsed by United States Marines Combat Divers around the world, Professional Underwater Videography Teams and Scientific Dive Teams, the Kirby Morgan Modular Full-Face Mask represents a giant step-up in safety, versatility and convenience over conventional Full-Face Masks (FFMs).
Known simply as the “MOD-1”, the patented Kirby Morgan two-chamber (Mask & POD) design opens up multiple configuration possibilities with both Open Circuit and Closed Circuit Rebreather systems never before available. Hollis is excited to partner with Kirby Morgan Dive Systems, Inc, the designer of commercial and military diving systems, to bring our divers a product, the MOD-1 with optional Hollis BOV Pod, expanding the possibilities in diving safety, reliability and versatility. (Pictured with the optional Hollis BOV Pod.)
The MOD-1 utilizes two separately sealed cavities in a single FFM design. The Mask which acts exactly like an independently sealed dive mask, and a lower Breathing Pod which contains the mouthpiece; which can be used in Pod recovery and gas sharing emergencies, a dewatering one way valve and a hook and catch, release for sealing and releasing the Pod to the Mask. Wireless or hardwired communications can be installed into the Mask and when communicating with other divers underwater or topside, the diver can simply talk normally as the microphone rests nearby the mouth. At the surface, with the Pod removed from the mask, communication is very clear as there is no need to talk through a mask to your buddy or topside support crew. Switching gasses underwater or bailing out to an off-board system in the case of Rebreather use with the Hollis BOV Pod, is simple and straightforward because of the MOD-1's two chamber. The diver simply detaches the lower Breathing Pod and secures either a secondary Open Circuit Pod, or simply a second stage without a Pod attached. The Mask does not flood during this exchange, or when breathing off a second stage with no Pod attached! This dramatically increases safety and versatility over conventional one-piece designs where a bailout means momentarily losing breathing gas and the ability to see underwater. With the Hollis BOV Pod, bailing out to Open Circuit requires only flipping the CC/OC lever to Open Circuit mode. You do not lose critical time, communications or visibility, and you don’t need to grab a bailout mask. Because the MOD-1 utilizes glass lenses instead of plastic, you can install custom-ground prescription lenses, a critical feature for underwater videographers and photographers to get that perfect shot, in perfect focus. For Hollis Prism 2 and Explorer divers, the MOD-1 with Hollis BOV Pod has several important safety considerations, which cannot be understated. First and foremost, should a diver become unresponsive underwater, their airway is protected while a buddy switches the BOV to Open Circuit mode and starts the flow of a “known” gas. Secondly, if added, voice communications between dive teams means rebreather divers can alert team members to a potential issue, have more than one brain available to discuss solutions, and make the critical go/no-go decisions that will insure a safe return to the surface. |
WARNING: This Dive Right In Scuba product can expose you to certain chemicals which are known to the State of California to cause cancer, birth defects, or other reproductive harm. For more information go to www.P65Warnings.ca.gov
We appreciate your decision to purchase Dive Right In Scuba products to provide the best in water experience. We take our job seriously! You may have noticed that our products now show a warning label at point of sale referring to carcinogens and birth defects. You may also have begun to see warnings related to carcinogenic substances or substances causing birth defects prominently displayed in hotel lobbies, hospitals, or other places of business recently. These warnings are required by the State of California, and we believe that an explanation of the California statute legislating the requirement will provide you valuable information regarding the relative risks of the chemicals that may be present in consumer products.
In 1986, the State of California passed the Safe Drinking Water and Toxic Enforcement Act; otherwise known as “Proposition 65” or "Prop 65". Prop 65 requires businesses like ours to disclose to individuals the presence of chemicals listed in the Act prior to point of sale. The regulations implementing this Act have been amended over time with the most recent updates will take effect on August 30, 2018. There are more than 900 chemicals on the Prop 65 Chemical List, including many chemicals that are found in components of a wide array of consumer goods or are used to manufacture components that make up consumer goods.
Prop 65 does not establish acceptable concentrations for any listed chemical; however, the agency which enforces it has established what is called "safe harbor" exposure levels for about one third of these chemicals below which warnings are not required. These "safe harbor" are established for listed carcinogens based on the quantity of the chemical that would result in one excess case of cancer in an exposed population of 100,000, assuming lifetime (70-year) exposure at the level in question. A similar process is used to establish safe harbor levels for listed reproductive toxicants. Additional information in plain language on safe harbor levels is available from the California Office of Environmental Health Hazard Assessment at http://oehha.ca.gov/Prop65/background/p65plain.html
At Dive Right In Scuba, the safety of your in water experience is our highest priority. We go to great effort to select materials that offer superior value, quality, and durability while also being generally recognized as safe and reliable for the full life of the product. Dive Right In Scuba also works closely with many regulatory bodies, such as the US Coast Guard and Underwriter’s Laboratories, to ensure the longevity of your on-water safety through targeted selection of durable, long lasting materials and components that undergo significant validation testing before being used to manufacture end items. Sometimes the safety promise we offer appears at odds with the health and safety requirements of other legislation in certain parts of the world when some regulations are updated ahead of others. To ensure compliance with applicable legal requirements, Dive Right In Scuba has placed a warning on products that contain a Prop 65 listed chemical, either directly or as a part of the raw material supply chain. This allows us to comply with California law and provide our California consumers with the disclosure required by Prop 65, while still promising the safest on water experience possible.
Dive Right In Scuba is working diligently with regulatory bodies and our own manufacturing partners to continue to improve our product performance and reduce the presence of less desirable chemicals. Water is a precious resource we all share that is important to the health and well-being of our planet and all people. Our goal is to continue to enhance your water life experience while reducing our overall impact to the planet and, in particular, its waterways. While it is a bit of a juggling act to achieve, we are confident you will see continued improvement in both the immediate and long term future. We hope this explanation will enable you to understand why you will be seeing warnings on some our products.
Thank you for your continued use of Dive Right In Scuba products.