Scuba Gear Reviews by John Johnston

Scuba 5-Page Wrist Dive Slate
Rating: Ok Slate 7/24/2007

this slate writes farly well and cleans easily. the pencil holder works well as long as the pencil is not pushed too far into it. i have two complaints: 1) the band is too big i cant tighten it enough to kep the slate from getting loose and turning. 2) the "rubber bands" that hold the plates/pages coudl be stronger strong water movement has a tendency to open the slate.

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UNDERWATER KINETICS HID Light Cannon 100
Rating: Great light! 11/14/2006

This is a very good primary light. The light it produces is bright and very white. The colors visible by it are great, especially at night. I used this on a night dive and it was by and far the brightest light of anyone on the boat (note that no one was using professional grade lights.)

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UNDERWATER KINETICS Mini Q40 eL.E.D. Plus
Rating: Good mask light 11/14/2006

This is a good lightweight light for attaching to a mask for hands-free use. The white LED makes for good close-in illumination. I did find it to be a bit distracting at night when mask-mounted.

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SCUBA ROLLER BACKPACK BAG
Rating: Scuba Roller Bag is Large! 11/14/2006

This is a great bag for holding lots of gear. It is alomost too large for air travel, though. I recently used this bag on a trip to TCI. As advertised, it will easily swallow a set of warm water gear with room to spare. However, this bag exceeds the standard size limits of some airlines when fully expanded. Since I didnt want to test the system, I put everything inside (which it easily handled) and used luggage straps to "compress" the size. Even with only one set of gear it also barely met the 50lb weight limit for some flights.

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