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NOTE: This is a companion our article, A least Six Good Reasons To Dive Dry in Tropical Waters) When we tested and reported on the Whites Fusion Dry suit (articles http://blog.wetcatscuba.com/?p=399 and http://blog.wetcatscuba.com/?p=373) we discussed Whites’ claim that you could dive this suit from tropical to polar waters. But we had no real proof at [...]

We did raise some eyebrows when we took our drysuits (see the companion sidebar article “Fusion is truly a Polar to Tropics drysuit”) to dive the in the “warm” waters around Grand Cayman. But we were in absolute comfort the whole trip and quickly found a lot of good reasons for diving dry in the [...]

At a recent dive club event, presenter Laura James introduced the new Halcyon Infinity BC with the “revolutionary cinch system” (harness). Not in the market for a new dive BC, I put on my game face and tried it on. I was impressed with the comfort of the cinch system harness. The “revolution” is that [...]

If you are a super dive geek you will already have noticed the BigBlue AFO lights look just like the underwater TV camera mounted on the bottom of Mike Nelson’s boat in some of the Sea Hunt episodes. The shape of this light is so eye catching that, even though all but a few of [...]

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 [...]

CPSC Date: 4/14/2010 Name of Product: Mares Nemo Air Dive Computers Units: About 600 in the United States, 140 in Canada and 15 in Puerto Rico Distributor: Mares USA, of Boca Raton, Fla. Hazard: An O-ring in the high pressure air connector can fail and leak air, causing a continuous but slow loss of breathing [...]

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 [...]

We just added a the paragraph below to our article, “The OPV Recall: Illustrates why you should check all you gear today. (click for full article)” The article talks about the Toyota like response of Dive Rite to the problem of corroding springs in the over pressure valves of their wings. (INSERTED PARAGRAPH) When we [...]

DUI (Diving Unlimited International, Inc.) is offering to install their flexible wrist and neck ZipSeals free ($300 value) on any new DUI drysuit purchased from now through July 31, 2010 (from North American Dealers). The ZipSeals allow divers to change out any damaged seals in just minutes and save their dive. The promotion includes all [...]