It’s drummed into us at every stage (for good reason) that we should always dive with a buddy. It makes perfect sense! You both have someone you can rely on in an emergency w[...]

As UK divers, our dry suits are a vital piece of our dive kit. In my experience, its also the piece of kit that needs the most maintenance. I have had my Typhoon ProSport suit for [...]

The BCD may seem to be a relatively simple thing that we constantly rely on but in reality it is a incredibly complex piece of equipment when you take into the number of mechanisms[...]

AIRs or alternate inflator regulators are essentially octopus second stages built into the inflator mechanism of your BCD. In an out of air emergency you swap to this and pass your[...]

It still remains common practice for divers to strap their dive knife to the outside of their calf. I am going to explain why I believe this to be a really bad idea. The outside of[...]

In follow up from my post “Should I dive with an unbalanced regulator?” I thought it would be worth discussing the overbalanced regulators, the other end of the scale so to speak. [...]

When buying a regulator the first thing the dive assistant tells you is that you want a balanced one. (If you are interested in knowing how they work view our choosing regulators a[...]

Buying a used diving cylinder is a bit like buying a used car, you never quite now what you are buying. Just like buying a used car buying dive tank can be a bargain, saving you a [...]