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一顆好浮球的定義是什麼？我們認為：
What is the definition of a good Freediving buoy?
 

* 輕量化 - 減少自潛者旅行裝備的負擔。
Light-weight : Reduced the Freediving traveler’s excess baggage.
 

* 耐用度 - 壽命長的產品也是一種環保。
Heavy-duty : Long-life products are also environmentally friendly.
 

* 實用性 - 浮球本身就是一個裝備背包。
Functional : Is a buoy, but also a backpack as well.
 

輕量化
對於經常出國潛旅的自潛人而言、我們經常攜帶大小包的裝備袋、如何有效精簡，與必要的裝備同行？則成了這次浮球設計中的一個要點。汄浮球，是裝備袋也是浮球，合二為一。
 

Light-weight
For someone who often travels for the freediving that needs to bring defferent sizes of gear bags. How to reduce the weight is essential that become one of the important elements of this design. Waterman Freediving Buoy is a gear bag, but also a buoy, nicely combined itself together.

耐用度
觀察到市面上充斥著各種低廉的浮球，低價的浮球所使用的材料與工法是大量製造業者的結晶，這往往會面臨一個問題！壞了就扔了，因為便宜，就當耗材將就使用吧！但是這不就浪費了地球資源與製造垃圾了嗎？其中也有國外知名品牌的浮球也是如此，浮球外層布料太薄，連車縫也不是使用潛水等級的材料標準，承重結構設計上也有問題，也就難怪常常被抱怨好看不實用了，以前我也常常晚上慈母手中線的一針針修補，但這都不是解決問題最根本的方法；也有些品牌選擇使用防水塑料布製作浮球，但重量是自潛旅行者的惡夢。於是我們選擇與製作水肺 BCD 的國際大廠合作，以國際的標準來完成我們的設計，兼顧耐用與輕量化。

Heavy-duty
There are some cheap buoy on the market that choose the cheap materials to cost down that to make sure the profits and easy to sell.  Even the materials are non-suitable for the diving activities. These kinds of products are easily damaged. Be course it is cheap that, so users simply just purchase a new one. Even some famous branding is doing that way as well. False of materials choices, bad sewing technical…etc. Either of both is making the disaster to the earth.
These cases are for real that we want to straighten it. By choose quality materials, a proper sewing technical to meet its standard. The Waterman Freediving buoy’s standard as same as the scuba BCD. Long-life products are also environmentally friendly.

實用性
浮球本身就是一個兼顧時尚的裝備背包. 想像一下，你的裝備背包同時也是浮球！不論腳蹼、面鏡、呼吸管、濕衣⋯等等的都可收納；待換裝完畢，將乾的衣物置於防水包內 ( 相信玩水的人多少都有自己的輕便防水包了吧！）然後就可以跳海去啦～浮球一共有八個握把，美觀又好用。

Functional
The buoy itself is a backpack. Can you image that, your gear-bag also is a buoy!
It can fill all your freediving gears in that you don't need to bring another bag to pack the buoy in. Only you need is bring a small dry bag that for your dry stuff.

初期在討論時，友人曾開玩笑的說：做這麼紮實又採用水肺 BCD 製程會不會買的人都用不壞! 那你怎麼會賣的好呢？
設計師是要肩負起社會責任的！我說。

One of our friends said that : you made the buoy difficult to broken that with the scuba BCD manufacturing process. I am worry about your buoy business. "Designers must take social responsibility !"  I said.

早期在業界難免會遇上甲方的無理要求與自己道德的拔河，最終還是得聽從公司的決定⋯只要是設計人都懂得的血淚史。
( 品質、價格、時間 ) 現在我們可以完全自主！做好產品，用料實在，而且是功能性的產品，不將就，當然外觀也很耐看。現在自潛已經是多數自潛人生活中的大部分，所以自潛裝備，對我們而言，其實就是生活物件。

Waterman Freediving is a small design studio that has more freedom and flexibility. Our target is not only design a good quality freediver’s life style products, but also a functional, essential products. Only do the best or do nothing that to avoid resource waste.

4th Dec. 2019