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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.

60:Second ScubaLab - Apeks XTX200

The Apeks XTX200, the company’s flagship regulator, gets high marks for its excellent breathing characteristics: well-designed user adjustments, great hose swivel connection on the second stage, an

60:Second ScubaLab: Tilos Men’s 3/2 mm Delphite SuperStretch Jumpsuit

ScubaLab reviews the Tilos Men’s 3/2 mm Delphite SuperStretch Jumpsuit

60:Second ScubaLab: Suunto Wrist Computers

ScubaLab reviews Suunto Wrist Computers

60:Second ScubaLab - Seasoft Sunray and Stealth Booties

Seasoft’s Stealth and Sunray booties are built with a hard sole that keeps a diver’s feet from moving up and down inside the foot pocket of their fins, one of a diver’s biggest causes of cramps.

60:Second ScubaLab - Cressi Master Frog Fins

Based on a design used in Cressi’s successful free-diving line, the classically crafted Master Frog paddle fin offers performance-minded divers pure power for a great price.

ScubaLab: 2011 BC Tests

These nine new BCs stretch the limits of features, comfort and performance. Read here how each BC fared in the reviews, along with a detailed explanation of our scuba gear testing process.

ScubaLab Blog: BC Testing 2011

A behind-the-scenes look at ScubaLab’s BC testing in the pool and the open ocean