Building diving equipment was actually second nature to me. It began out of necessity, as a result of being a commercial diver and operating a small diving company in Eastern Europe in the early 1980’s. The idea to build my own helmet began in Poland about 25 years ago (1980). (Note: Ex-military, Antiquated Commercial Equipment and SCUBA is all that was available in this part of the world at that time.) Equipment from the Western market was far too expensive and difficult to acquire. As a result, there was a definite need for improved diving equipment. The options were to make do with what we had or to build our own equipment. Many ideas were considered and several variations and adaptations to existing diving equipment took place from 1980 thru 1984, during the time that we operated our business in Eastern Europe.

In 1984, I immigrated to the United States and became involved in the diving community here along the Gulf of Mexico Coast and Inland Waters. In the beginning, I worked with available US equipment. However, the thought of developing and manufacturing a better helmet was not far from my mind. I wanted something different and comfortable to wear, easy breathing, modern, safe, low maintenance and cost effective. Ideally, the Helmet would be made of Stainless Steel if possible and would contain component parts, i.e. valves, o-rings etc. that may be readily available, easy to assemble and easy to disassemble.

From 1984 to 2003, during the course of its development, the G2000SS underwent many design modifications. It went from a hand build one at a time, no two alike individual helmet, to an able to be reproduced CNC programmed investment casting in Stainless Steel. All drawings were created in the Solid Works Program. The Helmet has been field tested in the Gulf of Mexico and on Air and HEO2 operations. It has been used in Saturation, on Construction projects in low visibility conditions, and on Dams, Pipeline river crossings, intake structures, etc. It has also been tested and is well adapted for use in underwater welding and burning operations.

The G2000SS has been tested by the US Navy EDU in October 2003 with the following results:
-WOB in 165 fsw at 62.5 RMV resulted in a Resistive Load of 1.5 Kpa, with double exhaust
-G2000SS UBA Inspired CO2 Measurements:
Volume averaged inspired CO2:
At RMV = 22.5 L/min: 1.78%
At RMV = 62.5 L/min: 1.88%
These CO2 results are consistent with values commonly seen in diving helmets.

As of now, we are in production and have helmets available starting at $6,000.00 US.

The G2000SS meets most, if not all, requirements/goals presently in place. In addition, we anticipate receiving European Certification (CE) in the near future.