Diving Equipment

Wetsuit Cleaning Made Easier [Video]

Wetsuit Cleaning Made Easier [Video]

Your wetsuit can last for years if it is properly cared for.  This device can make washing your wetsuit a whole lot easier.

It goes without saying that a wetsuit should be washed to remove the sand, grass and dirty stuff. 

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Scuba Diving Scooters (DPVs) and Cave Diving

Scuba Diving Scooters (DPVs) and Cave Diving

A scuba diving scooter (DPV) can be a valuable tool for cave diving as well as other types underwater explorations.

DPVs are not only fun to ride, they extend your diving range and provide a convenient way to travel to otherwise unreachable places.

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Is CCR/Rebreather Diving For You?

Is CCR/Rebreather Diving For You?

Closed-circuit Rebreathers (CCRs) may become the future of diving.  However, they are not for all scuba divers, not yet anyway.

There certainly are many benefits to rebreather diving.

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Recycle or DIY Old Wetsuits [videos]

Recycle or DIY Old Wetsuits [videos]

The time has come and you need a new wetsuit.  So, what do you do with your old wetsuit?

Wetsuits are made of neoprene which is soft and flexible yet durable and rugged.  

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Scuba Assassins Culling Lionfish with A Glock [Video]

Scuba Assassins Culling Lionfish with A Glock  [Video]

Scuba diver uses nontraditional method for culling the invasive lionfish at 100ft in the Gulf of Mexico.

His weapon of choice is a Glock 17 9mm equipped for underwater use. 

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Innovations For The Future In Scuba Diving [video]

Innovations For The Future In Scuba Diving

 

Innovations in scuba diving equipment are underway that could dramatically change scuba diving in the not too distant future.

Simply Scuba’s video, featured below, summarizes the latest technological advances in diving equipment that look very promising.  

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Handling Regulator Free Flows at Depths [video]

Handling Regulator Free Flows at Depths

As impressive and meticulously designed as they are, regulators  can sometimes malfunction and go into free flow.

Free flow occurs when regulator fails and the downstream valve in the second stage sticks wide open resulting in the continuous delivery of gas.

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How To Rent Scuba Gear – Dos and Don’ts [Video]

How To Rent Scuba Gear – Dos and Don’ts [Video]

Alec Peirce provides very useful insights for renting the proper diving gear.

As Alec Peirce explains, unless you dive more than about  eight times per year it may not be advantageous to actually buy your scuba gear. 

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Tips For Diving With Reef Hooks? [video]

Tips For Diving With Reef Hooks?

There are a number of advantages to diving with a reef hooks, not excluding diver safety.

Reef hooks are typically nothing more than a stainless steel claw or hook at the end of a 6 – 8 foot long rope. 

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Home Made Scuba Gear [videos]

Home Made Scuba Gear [videos]

Scuba Diving is a relatively new sport … The first scuba divers had to actually make their own gear (DIY).

We have had a number of posts over the years about home made scuba gear which were somewhat controversial as it relates to DIY scuba gear.  

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