Diver Tests
MARES XR
When the new Mares XR drysuit arrived, it had a tough act to follow. Read more...
OMS IQ Lite Signature Package Wing
OMS has been making highly thought-of wings for a good while. Read more...
o’three Long Sleeve rash vest
I stood in the face of the oncoming breeze and tried to work out if I was feeling any wind-chill Read more...
OMS Reefstream
OMS (Ocean Management Systems) Reefstreams are fairly traditional-looking power fins. Read more...
Mares Shellcase
So how can you best protect your regulator and other accessories such as pressure gauges and computers Read more...
Scubapro Trinidad 3
The Scubapro Trinidad 3 is a single-lens mask of relatively low volume. Read more...
Mares Seal Skin Cold Water Semi-Dry
The Mares Seal Skin is very much a coldwater wetsuit. It’s designed to attract those who, for whatever reason, prefer to dive wet rather than dry. Read more...
Yamaha 500Li
The Yamaha 500Li came packed in a sturdy cardboard box with moulded polystyrene inserts to keep it safe in transit and, once unpacked, the combination Read more...
Sea & Sea IST 30m
The spool is made of marine-grade aluminium anodised in a choice of colours. I had a blue one. There’s a slight flare to the sides of the spool to Read more...
Atomic BC1
US maker Atomic has positioned itself unashamedly at the top end of the market, with pricing to match. It doesn’t do budget Read more...
Olfi One-Five & Goxtreme Barracuda
It all started with the original GoPro, a video camera the size and shape of a box of matches. Add a housing capable of diving to reasonable depths Read more...
Otter Polar-D
I’ve always envied those people who come out of the coldest water beaming from ear to ear and claiming to be toasty-warm. Read more...
Cressi GOA
Cressi is one of the oldest diving-equipment companies. Italian brothers Edigio and Nanni Cressi began making freediving and spearfishing kit in the late 1930s. Read more...
Never Had It So Good
‘Send us your best drysuit for an enthusiastic general diver!’ suggested MIKE WARD, and nine confident manufacturers responded. Read more...
Mares Excite & Excite Pro
Mares is synonymous with one of the very few diving products to have become iconic – the Plana Avanti fin, launched more Read more...
Waterproof G50 Basic Sport Series Wet
I’ve never really liked dive gloves. The water has to be 12° or below before I reluctantly reach for a pair. But in the days Read more...
HL Healthcare Earol Swim
This test is a wee bit different from most. It’s not about a piece of shiny hardware, but it is about something vitally important to divers. It’s also a long-term test, which it really needed to be to mean anything. Read more...
Mares All In One DSMB Kit
My second article for Diver, in 2003, was a feature about divers who had either got separated from their boat or, even more Read more...
Beuchat Maxlux S
The late Nigel Wade was raving about a DIVER cover shot by Alex Mustard. “It’s brilliant. Alex has matched the colour of the Read more...
Mares Prime Upgradeable
The Mares Prime Upgradeable is a low-cost BC from the eponymous Italian company founded by Ludovico Mares in 1949 Read more...
Beuchat VRT90
REGULATOR Beuchat VRT90 FORTY METRES DOWN, I’ve dumped all the air from my BC ...
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Scubapro Equalizer
Scubapro was one of the innovators that popularised the stabiliser or jacket-style BC in the late 1970s that eventually displaced the horse-collar Read more...
Garmin Descent MK1
The watch-styled descent MK1 is the first dive-computer from US marine-electronics giant Garmin, and the hype preceding Read more...
Gralmarine Strobo
A good few years ago, I rolled backward from the tubes of the club rib and set out to explore the wreck of HMS Falmouth Read more...
Beuchat Masterlift X-Air Comfort
My first BC was a buddy commando profile. I dived with it for years, home and abroad, and then bought a wing and retired Read more...
Suunto EON Core
Go online to the scuba forums and you can still find passionate debates on the minutiae of decompression theory and dive-planning Read more...
Mares XR DCT/V/S
I’ve been diving for 30 years or so, and while I acknowledge that this isn’t so much as a pimple on the rear of the Read more...
Apeks XL4
REGULATOR Apeks XL4 APEKS AND REGULATORS ARE SYNONYMOUS as far as many British divers ...
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