ScubaGadget - The Deep Background on Scuba

Pete Naylor’s awe inspiring photo at the right does a better job than any words I can conjure up to illustrate why we are passionate about diving, more passionate about diving cold water, claim that B.C. diving is the best in world at any temperature, and why diving with Porpoise Bay Charters will likely be [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

Before we got in the water on our first test try of the ScubaSight® – Multi use underwater mirror, we were skeptical. Our dive buddies made lots of jokes about primping before the dive. Thinking it merely a novel idea – using a mirror to view what was behind us – we splashed, anticipating a [...]

Divers can soon sit around the fire and talk about the old days when we had to use those stiff and bulky rubber hoses on our regulators. With the introduction of the new Miflex Xtreme-hi (high pressure) hose there is no longer any reason to have dangly rubber on your reg. This product line is nothing less than amazing. First there was the [...]

One of our greatest joys when reviewing products is when we find a company or product that is so good that it is the only obvious choice in its class. To bring to you the best products and warn you against the worst is our raison d’être at Scuba Gadget. Again, as with Fourth Element Arctic undergarments, the Fourth Element [...]

Like Port Hardy (see article) Quadra Island diving is one of those dives you must dive before you die. The best image of diving here is to image a weightless flight along the cliffs of an alien planet completely covered with life in all the colors of the best tropical dives. A couple of our [...]