Diving equipment articles
Diving equipment articles
There used to be limited choice when it came to technical diving equipment. Nowadays many brands have their own versions of wings, and the range of sidemount harnesses is increasing every year. There is little point in adding articles that review diving equipment, as so many clickbait “diving” websites are prevalent online.
With technical dive equipment, a few companies put all their energy into producing well-designed products. That list is slowly growing and there is now a lot of choice for choosing robust and reliable equipment. Of course, brand loyalty is strong and no two tech divers will agree on the best regulator or wing. For example, drysuit manufacturers go out of their way to add new features and styles to their suits to be ahead of the competition. But all drysuits have one main job, to keep you dry, and eventually, they all leak. How eventually is the important question.
When it comes to manuals, where do you start, there are so many. Add the number of regulator and drysuit manufacturers out there, and it quickly becomes a long list. So only the most popular technical diving product manuals are listed.
I would like to review dive equipment, but there are two problems to that. One, there are so many companies constantly bringing new products out. Two, I wouldn’t want to review something I haven’t tried, and I don’t have the money (or space) to buy 30 drysuits. Instead, I’ve outlined the equipment used in technical diving here.
If you know of an article about dive equipment not listed below, contact me.
Equipment articles
Getting sidemount tanks to behave themselves and sit where they should- Doppler’s tech diving blog
The “weighting test:” are technical divers absolved for some reason I don’t know about-Doppler’s tech diving blog
How to set up a stage cylinder- RectoTec
How to rig your stage/deco bottles- Frogkick Diving
DIR stage rigging in detail- Maggie Owens
Deco cylinder markings- Frogkick Diving
Deco cylinder leash- Frogkick Diving
Understanding oxygen sensors- Advanced Diver Magazine
Technical diving equipment- X-ray Mag, Mark Powell
Oxygen Cleaning of Dive Gear: Part 1: When to Oxygen Clean- Alert Diver
Oxygen Cleaning of Dive Gear: Part 2: The Essential Steps in Oxygen Cleaning High-Pressure Scuba Equipment- Alert Diver
Heated garments- Alert Diver
High-pressure hoses- Alert Diver
User manuals
When I made the list below, I wasn’t aware that the All Things Diving website has a comprehensive list of service and maintenance manuals. You can view it here.
Razor harness manual- Go Sidemount
Perdix AI manual- Shearwater research
Teric manual- Shearwater research
Perdix manual- Shearwater research
Nerd 2 manual- Shearwater research
Petrel manual- Shearwater research
Predator manual- Shearwater research
Argonaut handbook- Fourth element
Drysuit users manual- Waterproof
Ultima dryglove system manual- Waterproof
Marine rescue GPS manual- Nautilus Lifeline
Stealth Classic manual- XDeep
Hydros manual- XDeep
