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Last November, we wrote an article about the multiple complaints from divers about Miflex's high-pressure hoses breaking, and at least one dive shop stating that it won’t carry them because of all the reports about leaking issues.
Now comes a notice last month that the U.S. distributor is recalling 17,000 hoses in North America, but Miflex still intends to sell them everywhere else. What's going on? ..... more >
You can make your next dive trip a family adventure with your kids. But because those under age 15 aren’t old enough to do standard dives, you’ll have to plan for it differently than you would for yourself and other “old timers.” Kids Sea Camp president Margo Payton offers a few suggestions. ...... more >
• M/V Bilikiki, Solomon Islands: fishy reefs and WWII wrecks
• Caribbean and Raja Ampat liveaboards, serious inflator problems and credit card ripoffs
• Integrated weight vest: helpful or a piece of junk?
• Do you really need a dive watch?
• Doc Vikingo evaluates the VO2 max test for divers
• A good method for pinpointing sound underwater
• More marine species going onto the endangered list
• 189 failures mean a recall of 17,000 Miflex hoses
• How to keep kids happy on your next dive trip
• Kid-friendly dive resorts in the Caribbean and Pacific
• The minor and potentially major injuries Bob Halstead faced on one liveaboard trip
• How the Internet screws up dive vacations
Today's airline weight restrictions not only limit the amount of dive gear
and cameras you can pack for overseas trips, but also those valuable
prized marine life identification books. And with spotty Internet access
overseas, it's not like you can look a critter of or fish up easily
online.
For the divers who still want a book in their hands post-dive to
look up the fishes they encounter, Paul Humann and Ned DeLoach are
offering "Travel Edition of Reef Fish Identification: Caribbean, Bahamas,
South Florida." It's lightweight enough to thrown in your carry-on but
rugged enough to withstand frequent saltwater washings on board.
Click here to buy it at Amazon via our website -- our profits go to save the reefs.
Today's airline weight restrictions not only limit the amount of dive gear
and cameras you can pack for overseas trips, but also those valuable
prized marine life identification books. And with spotty Internet access
overseas, it's not like you can look a critter of or fish up easily
online. 
