Diving Equipment

In Part 1 of this article, we covered the history of the on-demand scuba regulator. Now let’s talk about the importance of maintaining your scuba regulator for peak performance and maximum [...]

There’s no denying that scuba diving is an equipment-intensive sport. While many recreational activities require specialized gear, only diving carries humans into a watery realm that is [...]

The most important maintenance to prolong the life of your BCD and ensure its proper operation during every dive is to thoroughly rinse it with fresh water after every use. The salt particles [...]

Of all the equipment divers use to carry them into the wonders of the underwater world, the buoyancy control device (BCD) may be the one that is most taken for granted. After all, it’s just [...]

The term “exposure protection” encompasses more than just wetsuits and drysuits. Apart from a reliable way to deliver breathing gas to a diver underwater, a means of insulating the [...]

Every diver learns the importance of proper pre-dive hydration. Although some dive agencies are now downplaying the role that dehydration plays in decompression sickness the evidence still points [...]

Whether you’re an experienced recreational diver or favor the more technical side of the sport, you probably remember your earliest gear configuration as a new diver. Most of us learned [...]