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.
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You’ve logged hundreds of dives, traveled to the world’s hottest dive spots and enjoyed just about every underwater adventure there is.
The tools tec divers take down with them are not just accessories but devices that might save a life.
Whether venturing into a cave, exploring a wreck or diving to depths beyond the reach of the sun’s rays, tec divers need to carry their own illumination.
Solid breathing performance and reserve capacity –– the ability to deliver gas smoothly and easily even at extreme depths and breathing rates –– is what counts when choosing a tec regulator.
The traditional tec BC is a metal backplate, an air cell — also called a wing — and a harness made from 2-inch webbing.
Akona’s less than 10 pound roller bag is a travelers dream.
Cressi’s Big Eyes Evolution mask is now available in Crystal silicone, an exclusive Cressi material that’s so clear it renders the mask skirt virtually invisible.