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[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago

I keep people saying the porthole window was only rated for ~1300 meter dives, though I haven't seen the source for this yet.

Also fiberglass as a material and the way they were cheaping out on checking it for imperfections.

But yeah also the join. It seems so obviously a horrible idea.