Diving Gear & Equipment Reviews & Recalls

Recalls of Dive Gear and Equipment

For Undercurrent Online Members, articles with are available to all Available to the Public Aqualung Recalls the Exotec BCD, 11/22

Dive Computers

For Undercurrent Online Members, articles with are available to all Available to the Public It's All About the Algorithm, 7/25 Apple Ultra Watch Running the Oceanic Dive Computer App, 8/23 Apple Ultra Watch and App: The Future of Dive Management?, 1/23 The Apple Watch as a Diving Computer, 10/22 We Asked: Do You Download Your Dives?, the digital revolution is big in scuba, 8/22 Backup Computers, Part III, Master the complexities, 3/22 Do You Use a Backup Computer, Part II, only your computers count, 2/22 The Essential Backup Computer: Part 1, oh, are there stories to tell, 1/22 Understand Your Diving Computer, a Galapagos diving incident, 9/21 Is Your Computer Too Conservative? Not On Your Life!, 9/21

Regulators & Rebreathers

For Undercurrent Online Members, articles with are available to all A Regulator Attached Backward to a Tank , 1/26     Available to the Public A Free Ascent - the Last Resort? Part Il, some have found themselves forced to do it, 9/25 A Free Ascent - the Last Resort? Part 1, are you competent to make a CESA?, 8/25 Air Supply Problem, 11/24 Closed Circuit Rebreathers are for Solo Divers, 9/24 Scorkl: Why Divers See Its Potential Danger, 1/24 Why Does Your Regulator Let You Down After Servicing?, 3/23 An Important Advance for Closed-Circuit Divers, 8/22 Why Does Your Regulator Free-flow?, understanding how your regulator works, 10/21

Underwater Photography

For Undercurrent Online Members, articles with are available to all A Superb Photo Workshop , 6/26 Surprising Safety Flaws in Lithium-ion Batteries , 2/26   Available to the Public No Piece of Dive Gear is Worth Your Life, 6/25 Thailand Bans Cameras for New Divers, 5/25 Tariffs and Scuba Gear, and a tip on your border crossings, 5/25 Getty Has Not Requested My Images, 1/25 52 Assignments - Underwater Photography by Alex Mustard, 1/25 Investing in Digital Camera and Expensive Strobes?, 11/24 LiPo Bags Halt Battery Fires, 10/24 Now, Cancun Has the Customs Banditos, 8/24 Airlines Take Lithium-Ion Batteries Seriously, 7/24 Mandarinfish at Lighthouse Reef, 4/24 The Ocean Art 2023 Competition, 2/24 Want to Create Great Videos with Your Action Camera?, 11/22 Rude Divers Can Ruin Trips (Part II), it's all about competitiveness, 10/22 Is an Alex Mustard Workshop Right for You?, 3/22 Inept Buoyancy Control, 3/22 Want to Enroll in an Underwater Photography Course?, 3/22 Rubbish Photography, 2/22 By-Product of a Pandemic, 2/22 Award Winning but Sad, 2/22 The GoPro Selfie-Stick as Unwanted Shark Bait, 11/21 Anything It Takes to Get My Shot, 11/21

BCD's (Buoyancy Compensators)

For Undercurrent Online Members, articles with are available to all Available to the Public The Avelo System, a second look at this unique diving system, 6/25 Diving the Avelo System, Is the advantage enough?, 3/24 Sidemounting Tanks for Older Divers?, a more comfortable way to wear your tank, 10/23 Unsafe at Any Depth?, 11/22 Aqualung Recalls the Exotec BCD, 11/22 Continuing Sherwood BC Troubles, 7/22 Is This the End of the BCD?, technology replacing simple physics?, 3/22

Masks, Fins, Wetsuits, Weight Belts, Dive Lights, Etc.

For Undercurrent Online Members, articles with are available to all The OUSPT Full-Face Snorkel Mask , a serious risk of drowning, 4/26 Power-Assisted Finning? , 3/26   Available to the Public Full-face Snorkel Masks ... Specifications, 1/25 Death and the Full-Face Snorkel Masks, 11/24 Hawaii Snorkelers Drown Using Full-Face Masks, 10/24 Neoprene Is Nasty, we don't have to use it, 9/24 No Gloves When Diving? A Senseless Rule, but maybe controversial, 9/24 Recycle Your Old Wetsuits, 3/24 Coloring My World, 2/24 When a Dive Guide is Wrong Make Sure Your Weight Belt is Not Impeded, 8/23 Full-face Snorkeling Mask Implicated Again, 5/23 Whatever Happened to Dive Knives? Our Recommendations, 4/23 A Heated Vest, an Essential Cold Water Item, 10/22 What Happens to Your Unwanted Neoprene Products?, 9/22 That Snorkel Can Save Your Life, 2/22

Air and Tanks

For Undercurrent Online Members, articles with are available to all Available to the Public The Horror of J-Valves, 8/25 Are Third World Scuba Tanks Safe?, 6/25 The Avelo System, a second look at this unique diving system, 6/25 Belize Diving Death; Always Test Your Air, 7/24 Diving the Avelo System, Is the advantage enough?, 3/24 Scorkl: Why Divers See Its Potential Danger, 1/24 Sidemounting Tanks for Older Divers?, a more comfortable way to wear your tank, 10/23 Instructor Killed by Blasted Tank Valve, 11/22

Dive Merchandising

For Undercurrent Online Members, articles with are available to all Available to the Public Tariffs and Scuba Gear, and a tip on your border crossings, 5/25 Is This the End of the BCD?, technology replacing simple physics?, 3/22 The Risk of Selling Second-hand Dive Gear, 7/21

Miscellaneous

For Undercurrent Online Members, articles with are available to all Strong Current but No Hook? , 8/26 A Smoke Detector in Your Cabin? , 4/26 Power-Assisted Finning? , 3/26 That California Swimmer Killed by a Shark , she was wearing a "shark deterrent", 3/26 Surprising Safety Flaws in Lithium-ion Batteries , 2/26 Garmin Wants to Save You at Sea , 2/26 Available to the Public A Fright Worth $20?, 10/25 The Depth-rating for Watches is a Myth, 8/25 New Technology to Track Divers, 8/25 Saved By a Drone, 6/25 Abbreviations: Writing in Shorthand, 2/25 LiPo Bags Halt Battery Fires, 10/24 Presumption is the Mother of Disasters, Part II, some mistakes are worse than others, 10/24 Selling Used Gear/Underwater Photo Classes - New Undercurrent Blogs, 8/24 Save the Travel Hassle and Rent Your Dive Gear?, a good idea, firmly rejected by most readers, 8/24 Airlines Take Lithium-Ion Batteries Seriously, 7/24 Customs Banditos, 7/24 Underwater GPS Will Tell You Where Your Boat Is, 7/24 Should I Insure Old Scuba Gear?, 3/24 Pointer Sticks - Something You Should Do Without?, 2/24 Technology Used to Find Lost Guam Divers, 1/24 The 2023 New Orleans DEMA Show, an industry in recovery mode, 1/24 DAN Accident Insurance, 1/24 Don't Hide Your Keys in the Bushes, 1/23 Carbon Monoxide is a Killer, 11/22 When You're Adrift in the Sea, a personal locator beacon will save your bacon, 11/22 Equipment Checks to Prepare for Diving, 11/22 Electronically Tagging Your Dive Bag so You’ll Know Where it Is, 10/22 Underwater Texting?, 10/22 An Important Advance for Closed-Circuit Divers, 8/22

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