About

The Complete System

The FunUnder Pool breathing System comes fully assembled and ready to plug and play with the air pump, two dive quality silicone masks and regulated mouth pieces, a 25 foot main air supply hoses, two 25 foot swimmer air hoses, and the 2 belts to which they attach and a 6 foot safety cable to secure the FunUnder to a stationary object.

How it began:

Two years ago, my brother, TJ, brought me what I believe is the best thing to happen to backyard pools since...well, since the back yard pool was invented. TJ has been a product development and manufacturing engineer for over 25 years. In a past life he was a commercial diver harvesting crabs and sponge 60 feet underwater off the coast of Florida all day, every day using a surface supplied air system. He wanted family and friends to experience the weightless freedom and fun of relaxing and playing underwater so he created a surface supplied air system for them to use in his pool and gave birth to FunUnder.

FunUnder

FunUnder is the first surface supplied air delivery system designed specifically for home pools. With FunUnder two swimmers can breathe underwater in your pool for as long as they want. FunUNder is NOT a toy. It is dive equipment that should only be used who have had dive training. Improper use could result in serious injury or death. It is crucial to never hold one's breath when you are breathing underwater especially on the ascent even in water as shallow as a couple of feet. Dive training will help users understand this and practice.

Assumptions and Research

We started with the assumption that most pool owners would like to be able to breathe under water for as long as they want. As we approached the design of FunUnder, we studied all of the other underwater breathing systems available and found that they were designed for open water and deep diving; not swimming pools. They were bulky and complicated with refillable air tanks, gas engines, and most of all ……cost thousands of dollars.

Conclusions and Design Parameters

We surveyed pool owners and were able to determine that FunUnder would need to cost less than $500, cover the whole pool, be maintenance free and most importantly, as safe as possible. These goals guided our design and development of FunUnder. We decided to use a UL approved oil-less breathable air pump that would supply two swimmers to a maximum depth of 10’. The FunUnder unit would be secured to a stationary object with safety cable (included) between 10 to 25 feet from the pool and equipped with a 6’ GFI cord that instantly cuts off the power if the air pump gets wet. No electricity near the pool, just air hoses.

Designed to cover entire pool with only air hoses near the water.

We determined that the average pool is about 16’x32’. Providing 25’ of main air supply hose from the FunUnder would allow for the pool owner to plug in the FunUnder a safe distance from the waters and then some. From the main air hose two 25 foot swimmer lines split off providing more than enough air hose to cover most pools. The air hoses are equipped with swivel air fittings to prevent the hose from becoming twisted or curled. The hose attaches to the swimmer’s belt so that no tension will be felt at the mouthpiece (regulator).

New Underwater games

While testing with pool owners, we realized that FunUnder has opened up a new underwater playground, so we developed the Funslinger Torpedo Launcher for playing catch underwater. FunSlingers are easy to use and launch the arrowpedos which have blunt hydrodynamic safety tips over 30 feet accurately through the water. FunSlinger comes with two arrowpedos and two launchers.

Our Successful New Product Strategy

We have over 30 years experience developing, designing and manufacturing recreational products. Our credits include the ubiquitous Funnoodle and we started the revolution of home bounces and water slides. We believe that FunUnder will be equally as popular with pool owners.The most successful paradigm we have used to create new products is to take something that everyone would want to have but its too expensive and make it affordable.When we found the foam noodle it had been selling in pool shops for over $10 for years. We redesigned the noodle (including putting a hole in the middle) and brought it to the mass market (WalMart, Kmart, Target, etc.) and created the $2.99 FunNoodle which was the pool craze of the 90's and today is found virtually everywhere people want to float in the water. The Funnoodle business was eventually sold to Jakks Pacific, a publicly held, California based toy company.

We started the FunNoodle and home bounce and waterslide revolutions.

In 2002 we developed the first Bounce 'Round (continuous air bounce) for home use priced at an affordable $199. (the least expensive Bounce at that time was over $2,000). The Bounce'Round made it possible for the average family to own their own Bounce for about the same cost as renting one for the weekend. We sold the Bounce Business to our friends at SpinMaster Toys and since then literally hundreds of millions of dollars of inflatable home bounces and water slides have been sold because we created a version that was affordable for the average family.

Ready to Sink AND Swim!

We are currently in production on the first 500 FunUnders and should be shipping from our West Coast warehouse before the end of August. My brother, TJ, has been in China for over two months on this project and will stay there until the door is closed on the first shipment.