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Below you'll find links to Undercurrent articles concerning all kinds of dive gear and equipment, from regulators to fins, dive computers, BC's, tanks, ... There are regulator and dive computer review articles, problems with BCD's, suggestions for diving accessories, how effective and how safe are some kinds of scuba equipment, manufacturer recalls, how to use and how NOT to use some diving gear, ... Honest, unbiased info about dive gear that you will not find in other publications.

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Four Solid, Inexpensive Regulators, well-suited for all but the most demanding divers, 6/09	Anatomy of a Free Flow , manual controls are a marketing gimmick, 4/09	Rebreather Firm Wins Its First U.S. Lawsuit, did diver error or product liability cause a user’s death?, 2/09
Brownie’s Third Lung Recalls Its Hookah Air Compressors, 2/09	Rebreathers, Pack Your Canisters Properly , 10/08	Apeks and AquaLung Announce Regulator Recalls, 8/08
Rebreather Deaths Are on the Rise, 3/08	Regulator Recall from Oceanic and Aeris, 1/08	The Most Likely Time for Your Regulator to Fail, 8/07
Regulators: Two Recalls and NOAA's New Favorite , 7/07	Looking for the Strong and Sturdy; test divers rate the regulators, 3/07	Scubapro Recalls Dangerous MK20 First Stages, 10/06
Have a Little Nitrox, M'Dear, 7/06	Scuba Pro Recalls X650 Second Stages, 7/06	Killer Regulators, 6/06
The Apeks Tungsten Regulator: bling bling, 2/06	Convenient High Performance Octopus, 10/05	Titanium and Nitrox Don't Mix, 9/05
Scubapro Cracking Problem Deepens, 8/05	Your First Stage Regulator; Official Warning on Improper Match with Second Stage, 7/05	Aqua Lung's "Mistral" Double Hosed Regulator Tested, 6/05
Serious Cracks appear in Scubapro Mk20 First Stage Regulator, 6/05	Regulator Servicing: Are You Paying for Unnecessary Parfts?, 4/05	Servicing Your Regulator Too Often?, 3/05
Problems with ABS Octopus, Aqualung Powerline Air Hose, 7/04	Two Equipment Problems with Aqualung/Seaquest Gear (see sidebar, p.7), 7/04	Same Day Switching Between Air and Nitrox divers do it, but is it sensible? 3/04
Are We Warmer Diving with Nitrox? probably not. (see sidebar, p.7) 2/04	Breathe Nitrox, Dive an Air Computer? (see sidebar p. 8) 10/03	Is the Inspiration Rebreather a Death Trap? (see sidebar p 2) 4/03
Breathing Easy Below regulator tests find the good and not-so-good. 3/03	Is Your Gear Safe with Nitrox? at what oxygen content is ignition possible, 1/03	24,700 Faulty Oceanic Regulators (see sidebar, p. 10), 1/03

		Is This Ascent Rate Alarm Useful?, 6/09
Battery-Eating Uwatec Computers, 3/09	A Must Have for Nitrox Divers, oxygen analyzers that met our requirements, 2/09	The Misuse of Dive Computers, 8/08
Dive Computer Watches, eight to consider wearing on your wrist, 5/08	New Innovations in Dive Gear , 3/08	Irrational Fear of Flashing Dive Computers , 7/07
Dive Computer Recall, 5/07	The Tactical Use of Dive Computers, 5/07	Serious Software Error in Suunto Computers, 7/06
Why Your Computers Limits for Flying After Diving Are Too Short, 3/06	Dive Computers: Part II: Five computers compared, 6/05	Comparing Dive Computers, identifying the liberals and the conservatives, 5/05
UWATEC Settles Over Dive Computer, the final calculations of the Aladin Air X Nitrox?, 5/05	Tests Find the Oceanic Versi Computer Least Conservative 5/05	UWATEC Settles Faulty Computer Lawsuit with Bent Divers 5/05
Darwin Computer Recalled; Improperly Calibrated 4/05	Computer Problems, Part III , 9/04	More Computer Problems; the Necessity of a Backup, 8/04
Computer Problems: Part II: more reasons why a back-up is mandatory, 8/04	Oceanic Objects to Review of Veo 250 (see sidebar, p.10), 8/04	So Your Computer Has Been Discontinued? 7/04
Dive Computers: Readers report surprising problems 7/04	Endemic Computer Problems: Part I: readers' reports illustrate why a backup is essential, 7/04	When Your Computer is Discontinued (see sidebar, p.11), 7/04
The New Wave of Dive Computers: tests find some more readable and conservative, 4/04	UWATEC Sport Dive Computers Go Dumb (see sidebar, p. 15), 8/03	Aladin Air X Nitrox Computers Recalled, [View as html] at last, 4/03

	The Inadvertently Inflating Power Inflator , 2/09	Sleek BCDs from Mares and Halcyon, 6/08
A Rusty BCD Connection Can Rocket You to The Surface, 3/08	Lighten Up with Travel BCs, 4/07	Halcyon Recalls Explorer-40 BCs, 2/07
Cressi BC Recalled, 4/05	Faulty Oceanic and Aeric BC Inflators, 10/04	More About Weight Integrated BCDs, 9/04
Two Equipment Problems with Aqualung/Seaquest Gear (see sidebar, p.7), 7/04	Halcyon Power Inflator Defect (see sidebar, p.3), 7/04	Weight Integrated BCDs: worth the hassle for traveling divers?, 5/04

	New Divers Need to Reduce Their Weights, 6/09	Will Argon Keep a Drysuit Diver Warmer?, 5/09
Sales of “Shark Shields” Soar in Australia, 5/09	Have Problems With Your Mask’s Upward Vision?, 4/09	Get A Magnifying Glass , 4/09
Have to Replace Your Mask? downward vision is a distinguishing feature, 1/09	How Divers Will Never Be Lost Again, new personal GPS device still working out the kinks, 10/08	Rescue Devices For Saving Your Bacon , 9/08
The Fastest Fins for Divers, achieve the same speed for either $786 or $160 a pair, 7/08	A Brief History of the Wetsuit, 6/08	New Innovations in Dive Gear , 3/08
Backup Lights for Divers the five brightest - - and the five dimmest bulbs, 3/08	Unusual Scuba Fins, Part II: Force Fins; one thumb up and two down, 2/08	Testing Quirky and Not-So-Quirky Fins , which are worth putting your feet into?, 1/08
The Warmest Wetsuit Lining Ever?, 9/07	NOAA Nixes Split Fins, 6/07	Weighing In on Weight Systems , 4/07
Ill-Fitting Wetsuits, 4/07	A True Lifetime Warranty, 3/07	Getting the LEDs Out, 2/07
CDs: The Ideal Surface-Detection Aid?, 2/07	Fin Myths, 8/06	Comparison of Fin Tests, 8/06
The Wonderful Whizzer of Aus, 7/06	Putting Spring Straps in Your Kick, 4/06	Three Day Emergency Wet/Dry Suit Repair, 4/06
An Artificial Gill for Divers?, 4/06	Sporasub Ignores a fin problem, 3/06	Up close critter viewing; best bet for an underwater magnifier, 1/06
In Water failure of Velcro-held Weights, 10/05	Myths of the Fresh Water Rinse 3/05	Moving Your Weights: from your love handles to your navel, 2/05
And the Weird Winner Is: DEMA's weirdest new equipment, 1/05	Manta Mouthpiece; Designed with Safety in Mind 10/04	Get a Grip: Matna Bite Mouthpiece, 10/04
Equipment Insurance the Good and the Bad 6/04	Equipment Insurance Changes Make Claims Tougher. 5/04	Rodale and Force Fins Agree to Disagree (see sidebar, p. 12) 2/04
Scientists Debunk Fin Claims & Faulty Fin Claims 1/04	Getting Into Dry Suit Diving (see sidebar p.2) 8/03	Split Fins vs. Quattros (see sidebar, p. 6) 8/03

		Why Your Old Aluminum Tank May Be Rejected for Testing, 3/09
Fraudulent Tank Inspectors Busted, 10/05	Saved by an Exploding Tank, 8/05	Shaking the Rust in Cozumel; tank problem corrected., 8/05
That Ten Percent Tank Overfill; Why it Can Jeopardize You 5/05	Company Indicted for Certifying Scuba Tanks They Never Inspected 1/05	Study Finds Percentage of Dive Shops Pumping Bad Nitrox Mixes 1/05
Tanks, Bottles, and Spare Airs May Be Confiscated (see sidebar, p. 4) 5/04	ULuxfer Tank Trade-In Is No Bargain, But Worthwhile (see sidebar, p. 10), 6-03	What if the Burst Disk Doesn't Burst? , [View as html] (see sidebar, p. 2), 6-03

	Brownie’s Third Lung Recalls Its Hookah Air Compressors, 2/09	Apeks and AquaLung Announce Regulator Recalls, 8/08
Poseidon Clips Its Wings In Dive Gear Recall, 7/08	Regulator Recall from Oceanic and Aeris, 1/08	Faulty Gear? Contact Your Dealer, Not the Manufacturer, 9/07
Regulators: Two Recalls and NOAA's New Favorite , 7/07	Dive Computer Recall, 5/07	Halcyon Recalls Explorer-40 BCs, 2/07
Scubapro Recalls Dangerous MK20 First Stages, 10/06	Scuba Pro Recalls X650 Second Stages, 7/06	Darwin Computer Recalled; Improperly Calibrated 4/05
Scuba Pro and Ocean Management Systems Recalls, 1/05	Cressi BC Recalled, 4/05	Aladin Air X Nitrox Computers Recalled , [View as html] at last, 4/03

		Perfect Your Underwater Photos, these how-to guides will help you create a better images, 4/09
Stop Chasing Digital Innovations, 9/08	Are Your Dive Photos Worthy of a Book?, 8/08	Reader Tip: “Pad” Your Camera Gear, 7/08
New Travel Rules for Dive Gear Batteries, 2/08	Underwater Photo Tips From the Pros: Part I, 10/07	Is Digital Imaging Underwater Photography?: Part II, 8/05
Is Digital Imaging Underwater Photography?: Part I, 7/05	Clearing Up Underwater Photos , 10/04	The Divi Tiara Resort, Cayman Brac: the Nikon School of Underwater Photography, 1/04

		Dive Gear Warranties: Always Honored?, generally satisfactory, with some annoying quirks, 7/09
“This Industry Isn’t Run By Divers Anymore”, reader feedback from sport divers and industry professionals, 5/09	A Personal Perspective on Dive Innovation, 3/09	Smart New Products Debut at DEMA, 1/07
The Dive Industry and the Internet, Part V, 9/06	Dive Stores, the Internet and the Industry, Part IV, 8/06	Divers, The Internet and the Industry: Part II, 6/06
Divers, the Internet and the Industry, 5/06	Scuba Pro and Ocean Management Systems Recalls 1/05	The Houston Dema Show Fails to Meet Expections 1/05

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