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Gear Review

ScubaLab TV: IST Sports Mercury BC

Our editors try the new IST Mercury jacket BC while diving in the Bahamas aboard Blackbeard's Cruises Sea Explorer. Watch the video.

ScubaLab TV: Cressi Tropical Gear

Are you looking for warm-water dive gear? Scuba Diving's editors tried Cressi's tropical line — find out what they liked best.

Best Scuba Diving Fins: ScubaLab Gear Review

We tested the best new fins for scuba diving to review their performance, comfort and style. Here are the ScubaLab fin test results.

Vivid-Pix Photo Software: Quick Fixes for Your Underwater Pics

We took some photos of our recent trip to Alexander Springs, a freshwater spring in Central Florida, and decided to test out Vivid-Pix color-correction software when we got back. Check out these great results.

Dive Knife Review

You need the right dive knife for the right job. ScubaLab walks you through what criteria to consider when looking for a new knife as part of our gear review.

Dive Travel Gear Reviewed by ScubaLab

Here's our list of the best scuba diving gear for easy travel, from compact fins and BCs to folding snorkels and lightweight dive masks.

ScubaLab 2014: Best Diving Gear of the Year

Over the past 12 months, ScubaLab has tested scores of new products, from regs and computers to wetsuits and dive lights. Here is the gear we rated the best.

2014 ScubaLab Best Buy: Cressi Leonardo Dive Computer

You won’t find any color LED display here, or air integration, or four-gas switching. So what do you get with the Leonardo? As it turns out, exactly what it promises: a simple design aimed at new divers “or those who just want to dive.” Read why the Cressi Leonardo is our Best Buy in this category.

2014 ScubaLab Best Buy: Mares Smart Dive Computer

It doesn’t have the longest list of goodies — there’s no air integration or compass — but what it does, it does very well. The dive-mode display is well thought out and easy to see and understand, with data for depth, NDL, dive time and temperature, along with a tissue-loading bar graph and ascent-rate indicator. Learn why the Mares Smart was the ScubaLab 2014 Best Buy for Dive Computers.