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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 [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

Whites has just announced two new variations in the evolution of their super flexible Fusion drysuits (see our previous fusion articles (1)(2)). One is for style and one is for function.  Four new colors graphics choices For style they are now offering  four new tech skin colors in addition to their gray northwest native style graphics. Customers can [...]

The Contenders – a pairing of “uniquely similar” drysuits. In this corner we have the little disputed and long reigning champion of its class, the custom fit DUI CF200 drysuit. In the far corner we have a new comer aching to challenge the status quo in drysuit diving, the Whites Fusion. The folks at both [...]