Marjo

If you look up IPG and AWRY with the Kentucky Secretary of State, you will see that both companies lists the same address, and both companies lists Dixie Lehrmitt as the Director and Incorporator and Registered Agent. As for AWRY, Dixie is listed as the Sole Officer and Director. As for IPG, Deane Lehrmitt (Dixie's husband) is listed as President and Dixie as Chairman. So to answer you question : not much.

Timmoranuk, you are asking a very valid question.

However, one of the things that really helps confuse things up is when people refer to the company as DEPP. We need to start calling them by their right name, that way when people are looking for information, they will have a shot at finding something. For example, if you were searching for information on a company online (for example the Better Business Bureau site, Secretary of State Fast track site or on the pacer.gov site (public access to court electronic records), you wouldn't get very far if you didn't use the right name.

The company is named Innovative Programs Group, Inc. They are a broker for an insurance policy that is underwritten by unknown insurance company. I have asked them via emailand they replied they don't need to tell me who it is.

The DEPP is the "product package"  they sell.

I love the original post, how refreshing! My mind might be a little too narrow to believe in those other worlds, but the images created in my mind while reading the post are beautiful and inspirational. Thanks SoulDiver!

Hi Erin,

If you lost your Nauticam handle, its super easy to make one just like it. I actually made a bunch of them, because I wanted some in different lengths, I wanted them to be a little wider than the one that came with the housing and also, I wanted the handles to be in a different color to help my housing look a little different to avoid confusion, in case there is a few on them sitting on the dive deck. Basically, I got some multicolored line and a few stainless steel rings and braided myself a few handles. What I did differently from the supplied handle was that instead of using one thick line, I used line that was a bit thinner but quadrupled the line so that each "run" of the braid consisted of 4 lined. This helped form a "flatter" handle that is a a lot more comfortable to carry. The only problem I had that was that since I live on a small island, my choice of line-colors is limited, and the best line I could find was... pink. So I as soon as my local hardware store gets another color line in, I will have to make remedy this by making new handles.

I'm with Mike Weitch, when I saw this I also thought "what's Canon got to do with this?" If the dude has an insurance policy, then the insurance company should pay. Like previously posted, this forum is full of people who have had that awful experience at some point, but I can't recall anyone who would have asked the camera equipment manufacturer to replace gear. If anything, if the case manufacturer (Pelican?) made some claim that the case will never flood, then perhaps one could understand him going to them, but even that is far sought.