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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: Dive Computers - Mares Icon HD

With its vibrant color, large compass, data-crunching capability and innovative menu system, the conservative Icon HD rivals the Cobalt in ease of use, plus it offers a wider variety of logging and

Suunto Zoop Dive Computer: ScubaLab Review

Suunto's Zoop dive computer is an easy-to-use computer for a beginner scuba diver, but still offers all the features a veteran diver might need.

ScubaLab: Dive Computers - SUUNTO D4

The D4 offers all the functions recreational divers need plus a whole lot more in a really sharp-looking package.

ScubaLab: Dive Computers - SUBGEAR XP10

The XP10 offers most features common in other dive computers. It takes more practice to navigate through its programs than other models, but you can’t beat the price.

ScubaLab: Dive Computers - Sherwood Insight

It offers more features than the Profile, and its extra control button makes it easier to navigate through the system.

ScubaLab: Dive Computers - Sherwood Profile

It’s a basic, easy-to-use computer available in a variety of mounting options and can be considered a solid entry-level dive computer.

ScubaLab: Dive Computers - Genesis React Pro

This is a time-tested data cruncher with some new features.