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Gear Review

ScubaLab Best Buy: Cressi Travelight BC

The restyled Travelight offers enough stability, comfort and amenities that it’s easy to forget it’s not a full-featured jacket BC with a rigid backplate. Ready why the Travelight was voted Best Buy this year by ScubaLab.

ScubaLab Testers' Choice: Mares Prestige 2 MRS+ BC

This latest model from Mares shows how manufacturers continue to distill all the best qualities of jacket-style BCs. Read why the Mares Prestige 2 MRS+ is this year's Testers' Choice for jacket BCs by ScubaLab.

Video: 60:Second ScubaLab - Aqua Lung Axiom i3 BC

Aqua Lung’s Axiom i3 is loaded with features designed to solve all of diving’s little hassles. From its patented i3 inflation system--no more dangling inflator hose--to its pinch-free tank strap and much more, the Axiom works hard to be a diver’s best friend.

ScubaLab Best Buy: Ikelite Gamma

While other compacts had brighter, tighter hot spots, the Gamma has a wider central beam and a broad outer halo that doesn’t drop off much nearly out to its limits. Check out how the Ikelite Gamma was our ScubaLab Best Buy.

ScubaLab Testers' Choice: UK Vivid eLED

UK’s newest compact, the Vivid eLED delivers a lot of performance in a small package. Read why the Vivid is the ScubaLab's Tester's Choice in the Pocket Lights category.

ScubaLab Testers' Choice: IST Sports Dolphin Tech T-24040

Careful where you shine this light when night diving, or you’ll quickly become unpopular. It’s blazing, with a hot-spot meter reading higher than any others in our test, though some had broader main beams. Find out why this dive light was our ScubLab Testers' Choice in the Primary & Canister lights category.

SCUBALAB 2014: Dive Lights Review

A diver's principal light source, these new models are getting more powerful and more compact. Check out SCUBALAB's review of 15 of the latest dive lights.

60:Second ScubaLab: Aqua Lung Zuma BC

Aqua Lung’s Zuma BC saves air travelers precious weight and bulk. Its soft backpack design is compact and weighs less than five pounds, yet still gives divers creature comforts like a lumbar support and integrated weights.

60:Second ScubaLab: Dolphin Tech SMB-42

DOLPHIN TECH helps divers keep a low profile with two new side-mount buoyancy systems. Rated for either 21 or 42 lbs of lift, the SMB harness and bladder are ideal for qualified divers venturing into caves, wrecks and other confined spaces.