In January 2009, DUI introduced their XM450 undergarment to the general diving public. Having listened to the divers from all over the world complain about the 400G undergarment, DUI set off to make a product with all of the characteristics that made the 400G great, but without it’s flaws. The result was the XM450. I recently purchased a XM450 as my Weezle Extreme+ just wasn’t cutting it on really long, cold dives. I dove it this past weekend, here are my thoughts. [Read more...]
Product Review: HOG Regulators
This summer I had an opportunity to test out the new Highly Optimized Gear (HOG) D1 cold water regulator. A dive store, who sells them, sent me a first and second stage and asked me to dive them for a while to give them my feedback on how they performed when compared to my Scubapro and Apeks regulators. If you’ve read a few of my other product reviews, you’ll know that I am very leery of new products unless they can solve a reoccurring problem. [Read more...]
Product Review: Vindicator Valve Handles
Vindicator Valve Handle
Product Review – Whites Fusion Dry Suit
Earlier this summer, I was asked to try out a Whites Fusion dry suit. I have only owned Diving Concepts and DUI suits. My only experience with Whites was when I dove the Nexus suit for my dry suit certification course. My experience with that suit was so bad, I questioned if I wanted to dive dry or not. So I was more than reluctant to try out the Fusion suit. [Read more...]
