ScubaGadget - The Deep Background on Scuba

I had planned to write a review article stating how much I loved the DeepOutdoors Freedom Harness and back plate. The system is incredibly engineered and well built. Every feature is just a bit stronger than you find on most other harnesses. The laser-cut back plate has no sharp edges. The raised D-rings make it simple [...]

EDITOR’S NOTE: Due to a migration in our blog hosting, we are behind in publishing some articles related to the Northwest Dive and Travel Expo. We apologize to the our readers that some of this information is a bit late in coming. How many times have you had to rush from a post dive gathering [...]

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 [...]

Here are our @ScubaGadget Tweets you may have missed from the Northwest Dive and Travel Expo 2010 held May 22 and 23 at the Tacoma convention Center. We will have a full report in a few days. More exhibits, nice mix of travel and equipment vendors. Seemed less crowded then last year. Numbers after the [...]

WASHINGTON, D.C. April 28, 2010 Release #10-208 – The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission, in cooperation with the firm named below, today announced a voluntary recall of the following consumer product. Consumers should stop using recalled products immediately unless otherwise instructed. Name of Product: Buoyancy Compensators used for Scuba Diving Units: About 20,000 Manufacturer: Ocean [...]

If you have been to either of the first two NW Dive Expo’s you know it is a phenomenal and world class dive event. But Rick Stratton and his great team at the Dive News Network on not resting on their laurels. This year the show is not only bigger and more diverse, there is [...]

A new dive shop has arrived to patch the hole left by the failure of Smokey Point Dive Center and the Underwater Sports closing of their Everett Washington store. We stopped in for a look and found Evergreen Diver Service to be a very friendly, clean and moderately sized dive shop. Their main brands are [...]

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 [...]

At some point before every dive you hand over the care of your lungs to the dive shop employee filling your tank. Few divers ever think about and even less understand what goes on behind the scenes in preparing and operating the complex system that fills his/her tank. When we did research on this question [...]

We just got word (3/2/2010) that Whites Manufacturing has been purchased by Aqualung. Whites, as they say, “will become a member of the Aqua Lung Group of Companies effective March 1, 2010." Whites new siblings will include other well know brands such as Suunto and Apex. The word from the staff at Whites is that [...]