Greetings fellow divers. This month, I thought that an appropriate subject would be to talk about umbilicals. If you had the fortunate experience to attend Underwater Intervention 2008, you would have seen a plethora of choices when it comes to ...
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Instead of our usual fare of maintenance tips for today’s modern and technologically advanced gear, let’s take a look back and discuss maintaining historical diving helmets. I recently had the honor and privilege of diving Rich Riley’s Schrader ...
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Tanks, tanks, and more tanks. This issue we will go over some details and maintenance tips on scuba pressure cylinders. Look for a future article on highpressure vessels. For now, I would like to concentrate on those colorful vessels that we throw on ...
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For a brief history of the drysuit, we have to start with the development of the diving helmet. The first of these was the “smoke helmet,” which was invented by Charles and John Dean in England in or around 1824. The brothers faced two challenges ...
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Let's takes a look at one of the popular new helmets on the market, the Gorski Hat, and what it takes to maintain it. Its creator, Les Gorski, focuses on simplicity, and has designed a rugged, stainless steel commercial diving helmet that is all ...
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