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Diving Gear & Equipment Reviews & Recalls
Dive gear articles from the last 5 years' issues of Undercurrent
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Most articles from 2021 and on are only available in full to Online Members.
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Recalls of Dive Gear and Equipment
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Dive Computers
For Undercurrent Online
Members, articles with are available to all
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Apple Ultra Watch and App: The Future of Dive Management?, 1/23 |
The Apple Watch as a Diving Computer, 10/22 |
We Asked: Do You Download Your Dives?, the digital revolution is big in scuba, 8/22 |
Backup Computers, Part III, Master the complexities, 3/22 |
Do You Use a Backup Computer, Part II, only your computers count, 2/22 |
The Essential Backup Computer: Part 1, oh, are there stories to tell, 1/22 |
Understand Your Diving Computer, a Galapagos diving incident, 9/21 |
Is Your Computer Too Conservative? Not On Your Life!, 9/21 |
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Available to the Public
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Stupid or What?, 9/19 |
Dump Valves, Customs Scams, Suunto Lawsuit, your letters to the editor, 7/19 |
The Real-Time Data Every Dive Computer Should Have, 5/19 |
Old Dive Computers, Odd Treatment: Letters to the Editor, 4/19 |
Is Your Old Computer Still Safe?, how to determine whether it’s time for an update, 3/19 |
Shearwater Recalls Its Computer Transmitters, 1/19 |
What’s What at the Latest DEMA Show, and do you really need to buy anything they’re selling?, 1/19 |
Suunto Finally Settles Its Lawsuit, the results may benefit owners of its dive computers, 10/18 |
Phone For Your Deco Too?, 6/18 |
Diving Computer Algorithms Are Important, and you should be on the same page as your buddy, 6/18 |
Oxygen Analyzers – What’s New?, 6/18 |
Things Are Not Always As They Seem, especially to an ill-informed passing boater, 5/18 |
Suunto/Aqualung Computer Lawsuit Continues, 4/18 |
A Taste of New Products at DEMA 2017, 1/18 |
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Regulators & Rebreathers
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Avoiding Any Infections from Scuba Equipment, are you confident your regulator remains pathogen-free?, 4/20 |
An Investment for the Gullible, 2/20 |
A Taste of the DEMA Show November 2019, not much in the way of new gear, 1/20 |
Failing to Turn Your Tank On All the Way Is “Simply Stupid”, 11/19 |
A DIN or a Yoke Regulator? It’s Time To Know The Difference, 11/19 |
Atomic Regulator Hose Recall, 9/19 |
A Catastrophic Regulator Failure, don’t hold your breath if you have one (I’m serious), 4/19 |
Your Next Dive Safety Device Might Be . . . an Underwater Tent?, 3/19 |
What’s What at the Latest DEMA Show, and do you really need to buy anything they’re selling?, 1/19 |
Scubapro Steps Up, 10/18 |
Is Your Mouthpiece Causing You Pain?, 9/18 |
Oceanic/Hollis Regulator Recall, 7/18 |
Rebreathers: What Every Scuba Diver Needs to Know, and know about the diver next to you using one, 2/18 |
Regulator Servicing: Do It Every Two Years, 1/18 |
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Underwater Photography
For Undercurrent Online
Members, articles with are available to all
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Want to Create Great Videos with Your Action Camera?, 11/22 |
Rude Divers Can Ruin Trips (Part II), it's all about competitiveness, 10/22 |
Is an Alex Mustard Workshop Right for You?, 3/22 |
Inept Buoyancy Control, 3/22 |
Want to Enroll in an Underwater Photography Course?, 3/22 |
Rubbish Photography, 2/22 |
By-Product of a Pandemic, 2/22 |
Award Winning but Sad, 2/22 |
The GoPro Selfie-Stick as Unwanted Shark Bait, 11/21 |
Anything It Takes to Get My Shot, 11/21 |
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American Underwater Photography Team Cleans Up Again, 2/20 |
Climate Change is Killing Clownfish, 1/20 |
Lithium-ion Battery Safety: Industry Experts Give Their Points of View, 1/20 |
A Taste of the DEMA Show November 2019, not much in the way of new gear, 1/20 |
The Picture of His Life, Yonatan Nir and what lay behind his film of Amos Nachoum, 11/19 |
Those Underwater Photo Courses, some that really deliver, 11/19 |
Bringing Underwater Camera Gear to Dive in Mexico?, it just may cost you, 10/19 |
Apple’s iPhone Plans to Lure Underwater Photographers, 6/19 |
How You Can Get Great Underwater Pictures, start raw, stalk your subject, and more tips, 6/19 |
Top Tips from Other Dive Photo Pros, 6/19 |
Strobes Don’t Damage the Marine Life, 3/19 |
Confused about Lithium Batteries?, 1/19 |
Not All Magnifying Glasses Will Spot Critters, 8/18 |
Your Battery Charger: a Real Risk of Liveaboard Fire, 5/18 |
An Incredible Voyage, 5/18 |
Are Underwater Photography Courses Good Value? We Want To Hear From You, 5/18 |
Diving in Lembeh Can Be Infectious!, 4/18 |
Does Your Light Cause Critters Harm?, are high-powered video lights a concern?, 4/18 |
Underwater Bullies, 3/18 |
A Taste of New Products at DEMA 2017, 1/18 |
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BCD's (Buoyancy Compensators)
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Dump Valves, Customs Scams, Suunto Lawsuit, your letters to the editor, 7/19 |
There’s an Easier Way to Dump Air from Your BC, 5/19 |
Serious BC Issues: A Mares Recall, and a Major Design Flaw, 4/19 |
Sidemount Diving: Take that Weight off Your Back, 4/19 |
Zeagle Recalls Five Types of BCs, 11/18 |
Scubapro Steps Up, 10/18 |
Problems with Sherwood Avid BCs Still Continue, 9/18 |
No Side-Mount Tanks on Aggressors?, 6/18 |
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Masks, Fins, Wetsuits, Weight Belts, Dive Lights, Etc.
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Letters to the Editor: Too Much Weight to Dive?, 4/20 |
Those Full-face Snorkeling Masks – More to the Story, 3/20 |
That Weight Belt Can Kill You, 2/20 |
Head/Mares Discovers the Reason for Full Face Mask Deaths, 1/20 |
Advances in Integrated-Weight Systems, 10/19 |
Full-Face Flop, 10/19 |
Dump Valves, Customs Scams, Suunto Lawsuit, your letters to the editor, 7/19 |
Cozumel, Raja Ampat, Cuba, Grand Turk . . ., plus advice on wetsuits and resort options for older divers, 5/19 |
Lessons from My Wife’s Snorkeling Death, and why I suspect her mask as the culprit, 4/19 |
Maybe This Is the Reason Why His Wife Drowned, 4/19 |
What Wetsuit Should You Get?, the right choices for keeping warm in the water, 4/19 |
What Fins Do You Fancy?, our reader feedback is as varied as there are fin types, 3/19 |
“Traditional” Fins Are Making a Comeback, 2/19 |
Some Divers Really Need to Drop a Few Pounds, 10/18 |
Buoyancy Cell Failure Causes Diver Fatality, 7/18 |
Blubber For SEALs and Penguin Feathers, 7/18 |
Still Trouble with Full-Face Snorkeling Masks? A Retired Mares Dealer Makes His Reservations Clear, 5/18 |
Mares Tests Full-Face Snorkeling Masks in the Light of Snorkeling Deaths, 4/18 |
Get Your Weights Off First!, 3/18 |
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Air and Tanks
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Dive Merchandising
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An Investment for the Gullible, 2/20 |
A Taste of the DEMA Show November 2019, not much in the way of new gear, 1/20 |
What’s What at the Latest DEMA Show, and do you really need to buy anything they’re selling?, 1/19 |
Diving Gear to Stand Well Clear Of!, 4/18 |
Diviac Goes to PADI, 2/18 |
The Diving Industry Must Get Rid of Disposable Plastic, 2/18 |
Mergers, Acquisitions, and Warranties, where did my Aeris warranty go?, 2/18 |
A Taste of New Products at DEMA 2017, 1/18 |
Plastic is Suffocating the Ocean, and the dive industry must share the blame, 1/18 |
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Miscellaneous
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Have You Ever Surfaced and Been Lost?, sensible divers take steps to avoid it, 5/20 |
Lithium-ion Battery Safety: Industry Experts Give Their Points of View, 1/20 |
A Taste of the DEMA Show November 2019, not much in the way of new gear, 1/20 |
Do These So-Called Shark Repellants Keep Sharks at Bay?, 3/19 |
Can a Fish Tell If a Scuba Diver Is Armed?, 3/19 |
Your Next Dive Safety Device Might Be . . . an Underwater Tent?, 3/19 |
Read This Before Plugging In Your Dive Camera, 11/18 |
Not All Magnifying Glasses Will Spot Critters, 8/18 |
No Safety Sausage? Toss Water!, 5/18 |
Sending Your Sausage Safely, letting them know where you are before you surface, 4/18 |
A Safety Sausage Can Save Your Life, 4/18 |
Solutions for Rescue When Lost at Sea, they are not as simple as you might presume, 4/18 |
A Taste of New Products at DEMA 2017, 1/18 |
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