by Richard Taylor. Images courtesy of Rob Wilson unless noted. Hindsight can be sobering. Eight years ago, I argued open circuit (OC) technical training was becoming...
How many “deep” open circuit dives would you have to conduct—you are using helium aren’t you?—to pay for a rebreather, training and necessary experience dives? It’s...
Closed circuit rebreathers have arguably become the platform of choice for BIG DIVES. So, does it make any sense to continue to train divers to conduct...
Now that pools are getting busy again for spring and summer training, we thought it fitting for us to take a deep dive into pool chemistry....
Introduced in 1959, the Italian SOS Deco Meter—the forerunner of modern dive computers—was the first decompression device used by sports divers that automatically tracked users’ dive...
The SOS meter was wildly popular in the 1970s and 80s prior to the advent and broad adoption of electronic diving computers like the EDGE. What’s...
Introducing Divesoft’s new Analyzer SOLO O2 made for recreational divers’ gas analysis needs! It’s a smart and accurate NITROX analyzer that offers simple oxygen measurement and...
Now, just like their triathlete counterparts, freedivers will be able to access their realtime biometric performance data, including heart rate and blood-oxygen saturation, enabling them to...
Dr. Alessandro Marroni and his team are preparing to test their real-time diver monitoring system that has been more than 50 years in the making. Called...
The news in 2016 that Poseidon Diving Systems would be incorporating a solid state oxygen sensor in their rebreathers sent a buzz through the rebreather community....