ScubaGadget - The Deep Background on Scuba

When we interview dive shop owners, it always amazes me how many do not know of, or take advantage of the many ways in which DEMA (Dive Equipment and Manufactures Association) can help them build a successful dive business and save thousands in marketing costs. If you have a dive business, from divemaster or instructor [...]

Some new dive products are just cool, some are just very practical, but for drysuit divers, the Integrated Silicone Seal System (I.S.S.S) | by WaterProof and Si Tech is a true revolution. For those who have silicon seals, it will change your experience of diving dry. We have shown the seals to dozens of other divers [...]

Dive charter and live-aboard operators consistently tell us that it is much easier to become a diver-lost-at-sea statistic that most divers realize. Although they do not let on, boat captains and crew live with this realistic fear on most trips that are outside of calm, current free coves. On a recent dive trip to Neah [...]

Brackets and mounts for pony bottles or (redundant air systems) range from simple hook-on bags to complex and often expensive bracket systems. Some are simply nylon or canvas bags that hang on to your main tank and flop around. On the other end of the spectrum are the ones the require you to mount brackets [...]

In the proper world of the future when there is a Pulitzer prize category for scuba writing, Daniel Lenihan has the first one in the bag. Submerged is not a new book, being first published in 2002, but I have not found many divers that have read it yet. Every diver should, as well as [...]

Fourth Element, makers of our current favorite undergarment, the Arctic, is getting ready to launch glove liners for dry suit gloves.  We saw these at the DEMA show in Oct 2009., and are eager to try them out. Made using a soft neoprene foam which has a thermal bamboo/charcoal derived lining, these gloves are said [...]

Underwater GPS for recreational divers would have been the most exciting product at the 2009 DEMA SHOW, if it were real! Here is what the the press release said and notice the present tense -  “Navimate™ is the first product to provide divers with the full functionality, convenience and safety of GPS navigation and positioning [...]

XS Scuba’s cool new and tiny multi-tool has some hard to find and frequently needed tools for tank valves, hoses and regulators. Joshua Hill of Tacoma Scuba says he loves this tool because it is the first multi tool available with an inflator (schrader) valve tool and a valve nut slotted screwdriver. It is common [...]

Editors note: This year we chose to give two overall best in show awards. One for products now shipping and one for products coming soon. The main factor that we use for choosing best in show is our judgment that it the product is revolutionary and will make a change in the dive industry or [...]

We are reporting live from the DEMA SHOW via ScubaGadget, http://www.twitter.com/scubagadget. WE ARE BACK FROM THE 2009 DEMA SHOW. HERE ARE THE TIDBITS WITH MUCH MORE TO COME…. An amazing travel BCD that converts to a usable day pack. It is the JackPack from DiveSystems. Currently only in Europe. They also have a technical dive computer with a heads up [...]