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Robert Hart wanted to start his own business to develop a better design of scuba-diving equipment. Once he had this vision in mind, inspiration came from the most unlikely of places:

As I was walking up a platform at Liverpool Street Station in London one day, I saw hundreds of different rucksacks that were being worn by men, women and children, all in different colours, shapes and sizes, and I thought, well, here’s a format that has been accepted for over ten years and has in many ways replaced things like handbags, and how would it be if we could make one of these work under water. And so that’s why I chose the format of a rucksack to be the new type of scuba kit. Simple, easy to use and attractive.’

As a result, Robert ...

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