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 <title><![CDATA[BC TUSA Voyager ]]></title>
 <pubDate>Thu, 12 Jan 2012 13:36 +0000</pubDate>
 <description><![CDATA[IF YOU’RE LOOKING FOR A BC THAT WON’T PLAY HAVOC with your all-up packing weight, the TUSA BCJ 1800 Voyager should be in the frame. ]]></description>
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 <title><![CDATA[Computer Oceanic BUD ]]></title>
 <pubDate>Thu, 12 Jan 2012 13:51 +0000</pubDate>
 <description><![CDATA[THE OCEANIC BACK-UP DEVICE or BUD fulfills a need for something that I have always advocated – a second computer in case your primary ceases to function. ]]></description>
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 <title><![CDATA[Drysuit Typhoon Fathom]]></title>
 <pubDate>Thu, 12 Jan 2012 14:04 +0000</pubDate>
 <description><![CDATA[THE TYPHOON FATHOM is a membrane-style suit, so its material offers little or no insulation against the cold, serving merely to keep your undersuit dry.]]></description>
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 <title><![CDATA[Undersuit Fourth Element HALO 3D]]></title>
 <pubDate>Thu, 12 Jan 2012 14:20 +0000</pubDate>
 <description><![CDATA[THE “WOOLLY BEAR” used to be standard issue for use with drysuits. It was an open-weave garment that provided insulation when encased in the suit, but I can affirm that the wind whistled through it when it was worn alone between dives. ]]></description>
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 <title><![CDATA[Regulator DIVEX 960 MIL ]]></title>
 <pubDate>Thu, 08 Dec 2011 11:42 +0000</pubDate>
 <description><![CDATA[THIS REGULATOR IS NOT INTENDED FOR YOU. Divex in Sweden makes professional diving equipment, and this unit is intended for working divers who may be on scuba. <br/>]]></description>
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 <title><![CDATA[Light UK LIGHT CANNON eLED]]></title>
 <pubDate>Thu, 08 Dec 2011 12:01 +0000</pubDate>
 <description><![CDATA[The Californian diving lamp manufacturer headed up by Alan Ukay and known as Underwater Kinetics or UK (geddit?) has always eschewed the use of metal in its products...]]></description>
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 <link>http://www.divernet.com/Diving_Gear/diver_tests/1161212/light_mares_eos_3.html</link>
 <title><![CDATA[Light Mares EOS 3 ]]></title>
 <pubDate>Thu, 08 Dec 2011 12:21 +0000</pubDate>
 <description><![CDATA[It’s often better to be a developer than an innovator. The latest EOS 3 lamp is unambitious, in that it uses what has become fairly standard technology.]]></description>
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 <link>http://www.divernet.com/Diving_Gear/diver_tests/1161216/light_hollis_led5.html</link>
 <title><![CDATA[Light Hollis LED5 ]]></title>
 <pubDate>Thu, 08 Dec 2011 12:31 +0000</pubDate>
 <description><![CDATA[It has a milled handgrip along its body, and a rubber insert around the shroud that encases the lamp front. It has that solid feel of something valuable. It is an undeniably tough lamp for the price.]]></description>
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 <link>http://www.divernet.com/Diving_Gear/diver_tests/1161218/bag_seac_flight_mate.html</link>
 <title><![CDATA[Bag SEAC Flight Mate ]]></title>
 <pubDate>Thu, 08 Dec 2011 12:38 +0000</pubDate>
 <description><![CDATA[The Flight Mate is made from tough 1600-denier polyester fabric in a simple rectangular shape measuring 75 x 42 x 32cm. It weighs 3.5kg empty, and internal volume is 100 litres. ]]></description>
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 <title><![CDATA[Regulator Atomic Z2 ]]></title>
 <pubDate>Fri, 04 Nov 2011 11:31 +0000</pubDate>
 <description><![CDATA[The Atomic Z2 is a balanced piston-type design, with all the high flow-rate performance this implies. It has a high-pressure piston-seal system, in common with all Atomic regulators.]]></description>
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 <title><![CDATA[Light Frogman Lenser SLT & Lightake Shallow ]]></title>
 <pubDate>Fri, 04 Nov 2011 11:44 +0000</pubDate>
 <description><![CDATA[The Shallow Light I was sent can evidently be purchased for one-fifth of the cost of a Frogman.<br/>]]></description>
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 <link>http://www.divernet.com/Diving_Gear/diver_tests/1118717/computer_cressi_leonardo.html</link>
 <title><![CDATA[Computer Cressi Leonardo ]]></title>
 <pubDate>Fri, 04 Nov 2011 11:55 +0000</pubDate>
 <description><![CDATA[This computer is designed for use by those who enjoy being under water for reasons other than using the kit.<br/>]]></description>
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 <title><![CDATA[Camera & housing Panasonic Lumix GF2/INON X2 ]]></title>
 <pubDate>Fri, 04 Nov 2011 12:09 +0000</pubDate>
 <description><![CDATA[WHAT A PALAVER!]]></description>
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 <title><![CDATA[Regulators SEAC X10 & X10 ICE ]]></title>
 <pubDate>Fri, 04 Nov 2011 12:20 +0000</pubDate>
 <description><![CDATA[Seac broke into the British diving market with a BC, the Pro2000, which at the time had some unique features. Until then it had virtually no market share. <br/>It has never really cracked the problem of convincing you that its regulators are worthy of consideration, and I don’t know why.<br/>]]></description>
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 <title><![CDATA[BC Mares Hybrid MRS ]]></title>
 <pubDate>Fri, 07 Oct 2011 07:59 +0000</pubDate>
 <description><![CDATA[The Hybrid looks like a standard inverted-T shape BC, except for the little winglets that rise either side of the tank. This is where all the compensating air tends to lodge when swimming horizontally, unless the diver is massively over-weighted. ]]></description>
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 <title><![CDATA[LIGHT Fa & Mi Super LEDIUM 50]]></title>
 <pubDate>Fri, 07 Oct 2011 08:11 +0000</pubDate>
 <description><![CDATA[The Super Ledium 50 measures 22cm long, so it might fit into some BC pockets. It weighs about half a kilo in air, and half of that again under water, and comes in its own case. ]]></description>
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 <title><![CDATA[Semi-dry suit Scubapro Nova Scotia]]></title>
 <pubDate>Fri, 07 Oct 2011 08:24 +0000</pubDate>
 <description><![CDATA[The term semi-dry is a misnomer. These are wetsuits but they avoid the flushing effect of cold water with a suit that might not be a snug fit by employing seals at wrists, ankles and neck. If you had a wetsuit of similar-weight material that fitted your contours exactly, you would enjoy the same effect.]]></description>
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 <title><![CDATA[Gloves Waterproof  G1]]></title>
 <pubDate>Fri, 07 Oct 2011 08:34 +0000</pubDate>
 <description><![CDATA[The box in which the Waterproof G1 gloves arrives bears the challenging statement: “We would compare our glove to it’s (SIC) competition – if it had any. Try this glove and then buy our competitors, go ahead – we dare you.” <br/>]]></description>
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 <title><![CDATA[Computer-watches SUUNTO gas-integrated D4i, D6i & D9tx]]></title>
 <pubDate>Wed, 31 Aug 2011 10:23 +0000</pubDate>
 <description><![CDATA[...I haven’t used anything as crude as a hose connected between my tank and a mechanical pressure gauge in years.<br/>Why would I? It’s as daft as having your phone connected to the exchange by a copper wire!...]]></description>
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 <title><![CDATA[Light EDi-T D4 long lamp]]></title>
 <pubDate>Wed, 31 Aug 2011 10:39 +0000</pubDate>
 <description><![CDATA[It didn’t take much for even a simple bear like me to work out how to use the lamp. I took it down past 30m a few times and it didn’t flood, so things looked promising. ]]></description>
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 <link>http://www.divernet.com/Diving_Gear/diver_tests/1036163/bc_oceanic_biolite.html</link>
 <title><![CDATA[BC Oceanic Biolite ]]></title>
 <pubDate>Wed, 31 Aug 2011 10:50 +0000</pubDate>
 <description><![CDATA[Setting off for a brief excursion around some of the most southerly islands in the Bahamas, with excruciatingly mean weight-limits for checked-baggage on inter-island flights, I chose the new lightweight Biolite back-flotation BC to take with me. ]]></description>
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 <link>http://www.divernet.com/Diving_Gear/diver_tests/1036240/computer_mares_icon_hd_air.html</link>
 <title><![CDATA[Computer Mares Icon HD Air]]></title>
 <pubDate>Wed, 31 Aug 2011 11:11 +0000</pubDate>
 <description><![CDATA[DIVING EQUIPMENT may be predominantly black nowadays, but blue is the colour of the ocean and a fill of more than 150bar. Green is the colour of the hillside and a fill of more than 100 bar.<br/>Yellow is the colour of cornfields in sunshine and for caution, and maybe only a bit more than 50 bar. Red says less than 50 bar left, so get out of there!<br/>What am I talking about? Part of the display of the Mares Icon HD Gas computer. ]]></description>
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 <title><![CDATA[BC Aqua Lung Lotus i3 ]]></title>
 <pubDate>Sat, 23 Jul 2011 10:18 +0000</pubDate>
 <description><![CDATA[So here are my impressions of the Lotus i3, another BC intended for the fairer sex, and scuba-diving cross-dressers like me. <br/>]]></description>
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 <title><![CDATA[Camera housing Fantasea FP7000 ]]></title>
 <pubDate>Sat, 23 Jul 2011 10:44 +0000</pubDate>
 <description><![CDATA[HOWARD ROSENSTEIN of Fantasea Line was an early Red Sea pioneer credited with discovering the wreck of the Dunraven. Now back home in Israel, he runs a company making camera housing and accessories. It is named after his last dive-safari boat, Fantasea II. (That’s now called Pelagian and is alive and well operating in Wakatobi, Indonesia.) <br/>Fantasea Line specialises in making underwater housings for compact cameras, mainly the Nikon Coolpix range.<br/>]]></description>
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 <title><![CDATA[Drysuit O’THREE Ri 1-100 CCN]]></title>
 <pubDate>Fri, 24 Jun 2011 10:23 +0000</pubDate>
 <description><![CDATA[If you’re in the market for a cheap suit, look away now. This is a suit for those who want the best, and in real life you usually get what you pay for.]]></description>
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 <title><![CDATA[Camera lens Sigma 15mm f/28 Fisheye]]></title>
 <pubDate>Sat, 23 Jul 2011 11:07 +0000</pubDate>
 <description><![CDATA[The depth of field is so massive with this lens that one is almost unaware of the focusing operation. ]]></description>
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 <title><![CDATA[Wetsuit Body Glove FREE FIVE & EX7]]></title>
 <pubDate>Sat, 23 Jul 2011 10:57 +0000</pubDate>
 <description><![CDATA[These new suits from Body Glove are beautifully stitched and finished, and might accommodate anyone likely to dive in the Mediterranean, Sea of Cortez or northern Red Sea in winter.]]></description>
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 <title><![CDATA[Regulator MARES ABYSS NAVY]]></title>
 <pubDate>Fri, 24 Jun 2011 10:12 +0000</pubDate>
 <description><![CDATA[The Mares Abyss Navy looks and feels exactly like some other current Mares Abyss regulators, except that this one has an all-black second stage – although I guess that members of special forces on covert operations would blank out the glittery Mares badge. ]]></description>
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 <title><![CDATA[OXYGEN THERAPY UNIT MARINOX MK2 BOAT]]></title>
 <pubDate>Fri, 24 Jun 2011 10:34 +0000</pubDate>
 <description><![CDATA[I have religiously carried the Marinox Marine Oxygen Therapy Unit around with me, but as I’m one of the people most likely to need it, should the worst happen, I thought I’d better find out how easy it would be for a casual observer to get it up and running.]]></description>
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 <title><![CDATA[LIGHT FINN LIGHT LONG 750 ]]></title>
 <pubDate>Fri, 24 Jun 2011 10:44 +0000</pubDate>
 <description><![CDATA[The Finn Light Long 750 is a canister light with the head permanently connected to the battery-pack and, as the name indicates, a longer burntime. ]]></description>
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 <title><![CDATA[DIVEWEAR Thermalution heated wetsuit vest]]></title>
 <pubDate>Fri, 24 Jun 2011 10:52 +0000</pubDate>
 <description><![CDATA[The packaging claims that this is a powered inner layer that turns any wetsuit into a heated wetsuit. It comes as a sleeveless vest or T-shirt, and in three sizes]]></description>
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 <title><![CDATA[Reel KENT TOOLING Narrow ratchet ]]></title>
 <pubDate>Fri, 24 Jun 2011 11:00 +0000</pubDate>
 <description><![CDATA[The Kent Tooling Narrow Ratchet Reel will last a lifetime, but if you change to this reel from another with which you are more familiar, practise with it from safe depths, and be prepared to let it go if you have to]]></description>
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 <title><![CDATA[BC Cressi Air Travel ]]></title>
 <pubDate>Fri, 27 May 2011 07:59 +0000</pubDate>
 <description><![CDATA[Cressi sent me an early example of the Air Travel in size L . It weighed only 2.5kg, and I happily packed it for a trip to Banda Aceh, in Indonesia. ]]></description>
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 <title><![CDATA[LED light Metalsub XRE 500-R]]></title>
 <pubDate>Fri, 27 May 2011 08:49 +0000</pubDate>
 <description><![CDATA[It’s the sort of lamp that is bought by someone who appreciates precision engineering and is prepared to pay the price for something that appears that little bit better made.<br/>]]></description>
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 <title><![CDATA[LED light Light & Motion Sola Dive 1200]]></title>
 <pubDate>Fri, 27 May 2011 08:35 +0000</pubDate>
 <description><![CDATA[It’s more compact than many so-called back-up lights at only 10cm long, and is certainly brighter.]]></description>
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 <title><![CDATA[LED light Ikelite PCm2 lite]]></title>
 <pubDate>Fri, 27 May 2011 08:25 +0000</pubDate>
 <description><![CDATA[A PC Lite was one of the first diver’s lamps I ever reviewed. Since then, we’ve seen a revolution in both battery technology and light-source technology, but the latest PC2 Lite LEDs looks very much the same as that original successful design.]]></description>
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 <title><![CDATA[LED light Aquatec Aqua-Marine]]></title>
 <pubDate>Fri, 27 May 2011 08:14 +0000</pubDate>
 <description><![CDATA[This 300-lumen lamp is a development of Aquatec’s 230-lumen model.]]></description>
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 <title><![CDATA[Fins Mares Wave]]></title>
 <pubDate>Tue, 10 May 2011 14:03 +0000</pubDate>
 <description><![CDATA[For as long as we can remember, Mares Plana Avanti Quattros have been the fins by which others are judged. Has a worthy successor finally arrived? JOHN BANTIN thinks Mares has done it again]]></description>
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 <title><![CDATA[Computer APEKS Quantum X ]]></title>
 <pubDate>Tue, 10 May 2011 14:25 +0000</pubDate>
 <description><![CDATA[The Quantum X is the latest version, which not only can now be used with three alternative nitrox mixes during a single dive, but features an electronic compass display too. ]]></description>
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 <title><![CDATA[Light IST T-100 LED lamp ]]></title>
 <pubDate>Tue, 10 May 2011 14:36 +0000</pubDate>
 <description><![CDATA[MY WIFE TAKES THE OCCASIONAL DIVING HOLIDAY without me. Preparation is quite stressful for me, because she expects me to pack her dive-bag for her, and woe betide me if it’s not to her liking when she gets to where she’s going. ]]></description>
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