Diving Equipment: Choice, maintenance and function is a guide to how
diving gear works. It is completely independent of brands - focusing
instead on the design, technology and practicality of the equipment
options available for scuba and other types of diving. Former Head of
Education at PADI Sweden Jonas Arvidsson details the choices that divers
are faced with, and gives tips to help ensure your gear will last. If
you want to better understand diving kit without having to dismantle it,
then Diving Equipment - with its colourful illustrations and
explanations of the hidden inner workings - is the answer. Although it
is therefore of obvious benefit to newer divers, Diving Equipment will
also be of interest to the experienced. Divemasters, instructors, those
in need of a refresher and curious non-divers are all likely to find out
things they did not previously know. This book covers a wide range of
diving gear options including: accessories, BCDs, computers, cylinders,
drysuits, fins, gauges, masks, rebreathers, regulators, sidemount,
snorkels, stages, torches, weights, wetsuits, wings and more...
Although many of the dives we make are in tropical regions, Diving
Equipment has an international perspective. It covers a range of
conditions; discusses laws and regulations in different parts of the
world; suggests what to look out for and what to ask locals about.
Anyone who asks technical questions will often be directed to have a
look at equipment manufacturers' websites, but those have limited
descriptions of how equipment really works. This book aims to plug the
gap. Diving Equipment also includes some less common and older items
for interest and historical comparison, and finishes with some
speculation on what the future might bring.
