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Black Skirt Mask vs. Clear Skirt Mask

I have been diving with a clear silicone mask skirt since the mid-80s when my old black neoprene skirt mask…
Dale Sheckler
Dale ShecklerMay 16, 2011
Dive TipsGearGuides

Top Ten Tips to Keep Your Dive Gear Working Like New

Remember how your dive gear looked and felt when it was brand new? Your wetsuit was flexible and slipped on…
Bruce Watkins
Bruce WatkinsJune 15, 2009
GearGuides

Snorkel Savvy

Some time ago I was on a dive boat where the current had shifted 180 degrees. Fortunately, it had gone…
Dale Sheckler
Dale ShecklerJanuary 1, 2009
GearGuides

How to Buy a Dive Mask: The 3 Most Important Points

I've seen more dives ruined by dive mask problems than any other piece of dive gear. Hey, if you can't…
Dale Sheckler
Dale ShecklerJanuary 1, 2009
GearGuides

How to Buy A Dive Knife

A dive knife has long been considered a necessary piece of dive gear for extraction in the unlikely event of…
Dale Sheckler
Dale ShecklerJanuary 1, 2009
GearGuides

Considerations for Consoles

If you think a dive console is simply a collection of gauges, you're sorely mistaken. The console of the 21st…
Dale Sheckler
Dale ShecklerDecember 23, 2008
GearGuides

Getting a Grip on Gloves

In the tropics it is now advocated that you not wear dive gloves when you dive. It is said that…
Dale Sheckler
Dale ShecklerDecember 23, 2008
GearGuides

Snorkels: How They Work, How They Work Best

Along with the mask, it was the first piece of dive gear invented. The snorkel allowed the user to breath…
Dale Sheckler
Dale ShecklerDecember 22, 2008

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