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Best Travel Gear for Scuba Diving Trips

For our 2026 Liveaboards issue, ScubaLab reviewed travel-friendly dive gear. This roundup highlights several categories of travel-ready gear, including bags, BCs, fins and more.

ScubaLab: 9 BCs to Help You Achieve Maximum Comfort

Sure, there might be other dive gear deemed more important to basic survival (a reg) or your general well-being (a dive computer) than a BC.

ScubaLab 2012 Testers' Choice and Best Buy BC: Cressi Aquaride Elite

This year’s undisputed favorite among test divers, the Aquaride Elite is well built with virtually no inherent buoyancy.

ScubaLab 2012: In Search of the Perfect Fin

15 kickers vie for the top spot in this year's ScubaLab fin tests.