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 <title><![CDATA[A brief history of leisure-diving rebreathers]]></title>
 <pubDate>Thu, 07 Mar 2013 14:29 +0000</pubDate>
 <description><![CDATA[In the late 1980s Peter Readey, recently retired from the Royal Navy, decided that rebreathers were the way forward for leisure diving. He constructed some prototypes of what he called the Prism in his garage and in the early ’90s, after some brief training in a pool, technical diving guru Rob Palmer and I joined him in the Red Sea for trials. ]]></description>
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 <title><![CDATA[Bring on the ideas: America’s Dragons’ Den ]]></title>
 <pubDate>Wed, 16 Jan 2013 15:31 +0000</pubDate>
 <description><![CDATA[Automated buoyancy control? Your own signs-of-life detector? A dive computer that texts? A clip-on underwater phone? Just what divers needed, or crackpot shots in the dark? JOHN BANTIN reports from the Diving Equipment Manufacturers Association show in Las Vegas ]]></description>
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 <title><![CDATA[The right stuff]]></title>
 <pubDate>Wed, 05 Oct 2011 10:32 +0000</pubDate>
 <description><![CDATA[Setting off to dive somewhere far away from home, it’s crucial that you arrive at your destination with the right equipment for the conditions you’ll encounter under water. Five divers choose five very different destinations, and we feature the suits and other kit that they select to go with them]]></description>
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 <title><![CDATA[Big ideas & one-show wonders]]></title>
 <pubDate>Wed, 11 Jan 2012 08:28 +0000</pubDate>
 <description><![CDATA[The DEMA show is where the characters of the professional diving world – gurus, experts and the up-and-coming – choose to meet up every year. It was once all about product launches – now, not so much. Undeterred, JOHN BANTIN goes trend-hunting ]]></description>
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 <title><![CDATA[A skipper’s point of view ]]></title>
 <pubDate>Wed, 22 Jun 2011 10:56 +0000</pubDate>
 <description><![CDATA[After his recent review of electronic diver-location devices, NIGEL WADE turns his attention to those lo-tech items every diver should consider carrying for self-protection. And who better to consult than the man who is always on the look-out for ascending divers? ]]></description>
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 <title><![CDATA[Where's Wally? ]]></title>
 <pubDate>Tue, 10 May 2011 09:47 +0000</pubDate>
 <description><![CDATA[Emergency diver-location devices will soon become familiar, especially for southern Red Sea safari divers. <br/>We may even start taking the type of installation into account when selecting a boat – or taking the initiative by investing in our own personal unit. Nigel Wade investigates ]]></description>
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 <title><![CDATA[The kit in America ]]></title>
 <pubDate>Mon, 31 Jan 2011 08:05 +0000</pubDate>
 <description><![CDATA[The apparel may be brash, but it was a comparatively quiet year for new dive-gear announcements at the latest big international trade show in Las Vegas. John Bantin <br/>was there ]]></description>
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 <title><![CDATA[The Stylish Diver]]></title>
 <pubDate>Thu, 29 Jul 2010 09:05 +0000</pubDate>
 <description><![CDATA[Style, élan, flair - whatever you call it, some have it and some don't. <br/>It may not matter a jot to you, but it may be all-important to your buddy. <br/>Usually it costs money, but not inevitably. <br/>John Bantin considers the kit that makes a diver look cool]]></description>
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 <title><![CDATA[A place for everything ]]></title>
 <pubDate>Tue, 02 Mar 2010 16:51 +0000</pubDate>
 <description><![CDATA[A popular feature of the UK's two Dive Shows are the kit-configuration workshops, and this month's London event will be no exception. In the meantime, John Liddiard looks at the vexed question of how best to stow your bits and pieces on a dive ]]></description>
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 <title><![CDATA[Q&A: KIT February 2010]]></title>
 <pubDate>Tue, 02 Feb 2010 09:54 +0000</pubDate>
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 <title><![CDATA[Star Trek & iPhones ]]></title>
 <pubDate>Tue, 05 Jan 2010 13:28 +0000</pubDate>
 <description><![CDATA[Non-tear drysuit seals; a hi-def video camera in your mask; a housing that fits some 450 compact cameras; even a dive-computer app for your iPhone! These were just a few of the eye-opening innovations on display at the DEMA show in Florida - John Bantin reports ]]></description>
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 <title><![CDATA[Bubble-free Poseidon]]></title>
 <pubDate>Wed, 03 Jun 2009 13:48 +0000</pubDate>
 <description><![CDATA[No-one knows what future dive-gear will look like, but Poseidon is sure it will leave no bubbles. Its closed-circuit rebreather the Discovery VI is the breathing gear the Swedish manufacturer hopes will revolutionise diving. <br/>Martin Örnroth reports, with additional images from Jesper Kjøller and Poseidon ]]></description>
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 <pubDate>Wed, 29 Apr 2009 12:39 +0000</pubDate>
 <description><![CDATA[Everyone wears a drysuit in cold water, don't they? Well, most do, but it's not compulsory. For some, a semi-dry suit may offer advantages, including being half the price, says John Bantin. ]]></description>
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 <title><![CDATA[The £1000 diver]]></title>
 <pubDate>Wed, 08 Apr 2009 17:00 +0000</pubDate>
 <description><![CDATA[You're just starting to assemble your own collection of dive gear - or maybe you're an experienced diver looking for a bargain. John Bantin outlines some affordable options]]></description>
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 <pubDate>Tue, 28 Oct 2008 06:41 +0000</pubDate>
 <description><![CDATA[Jackets, suits and accessoriesLast month John Liddiard looked at caring for your regulator - now he moves onto BCs, drysuits and other diving equipment. Don't give kit the chance to fail on you when you least want things to go wrong]]></description>
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