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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.

The Best Oceanic Dive Computer

Test divers found a lot to like about the OCI — from its data display and presentation to its backlight — and several considered it perhaps the most stylish of the wristwatches.

2014 ScubaLab Testers' Choice: Mares Icon HD Dive Computer

The Icon’s new dive display is even better than before, with streamlined data presentation and improved use of the Icon’s colors.

ScubaLab First Look: The Newest Gear for Underwater Photographers

Are you trying to improve your underwater photography? Then check out our ScubaLab Director's picks for the best new camera gear, perfect for your next vacation.

The Best Scuba Diving Computers Reviewed by ScubaLab

Today you can find a computer just as compact and complex — and, fortunately, just as simple — as you’d like.

2014 ScubaLab Testers' Choice: Stahlsac Rangi Roller Dive Bag

Hoist the Rangi Roller, and you’ll notice it’s a little hefty — the heaviest roller carry-on we tested. It’s also packed full of features we like.

2014 ScubaLab Testers' Choice: Armor API-3R Dive Bag

Overall, this bag delivers the kind of ruggedness and clarity of design we’re looking for in a go-anywhere dive bag. It’s our Testers’ Choice in the full-size roller bag category.

2014 ScubaLab Best Buy: Cressi Cargo 145L Dive Bag

A well-designed, well-made jumbo bag with a budget-friendly price tag, the Cressi Cargo is ScubaLab's Best Buy.