Dec 23, 2011 Posted by John McKenzie

BEST in SHOW AWARDS – DEMA Show 2011

Each year we honor a few new or updated products that we feel are inspirational examples of creative innovation in the industry and/or leaders of new industry trends. With nearly 700 booths we may have missed your favorite, so let us know at http://facebook.com/ScubaGadget.  The envelope please… OVERALL BEST IN SHOW WINNER Cetatek Aquabionic Warp 1 Fins Cetatek, a new venture out of North Vancouver, BC,... read more

Nov 7, 2011 Posted by Chaela Sumner

DEMA Show 2011 Day 4 Coverage

Here is a summary of what we saw on day four of the 2011 DEMA Show in Orlando, Florida. We spoke at length with Elaine Kwee, founder of DiVo, a non-profit environmental organization based in Australia whose aim is to bring more recreational divers to active marine conservation/research participation. Elaine strives to make a difference with the DiVo Voluntourism program, which brings recreational divers... read more

Nov 3, 2011 Posted by John McKenzie

DEMA 2011 – DAY 1 Coverage summary

Here is a summary of what we saw on day one of the 2011 DEMA Show in Orlando, Florida. We will have end of day coverage throughout the show as well as live tweets and facebook posts during the day. NEW PRODUCTS: The following are some of the interesting products we saw in the in DEMA Show New Products display area. Cetatek Aquabionic Fins water adapting fins (booth 2471) Web Deploying SMB (booth... read more

Jul 28, 2011 Posted by John McKenzie

Sola Dive 1200 a dive changing experience – EDITOR’S CHOICE

Sola 1200 D is a ScubaGadget Editors Choice Winner. How can you tell the cold water divers from the holiday divers among a group on a tropical dive boat? The cold water most always divers bring a dive light with them. All new divers learn the “red drops out of the light spectrum first, etc.” lesson in Scuba 101. But many tropical divers do not carry lights on daytime dives or they carry a small light... read more

Jun 18, 2011 Posted by John McKenzie

BigBlue CF600 Focusable Beam Dive Light – a Concept that Misses the Mark

BigBlue Dive Lights is an innovative company and we loved their bullet shaped Auto Flash Off (AFO) Focus lights. But the new CF600 focusable beam light made us wonder out loud, “did the designers of this light every take it diving?” In many ways the CF600 seems like a concept prototype or beta version of a dive light. The CF600 is the big brother version of the smaller focusable CF250. What we liked As... read more