Next up was the Ouroboros Rebreather, another UK company and a very high tech and high priced rebreather. The Ouroboros features a circular shaped scrubber which gives it a unique appearance. The use of this …

I stopped by the Hydroptix Masks booth to see if there was anything new to see. I’ve seen these mask, read the reviews but never used one myself. The mask is curved, which expands the …

Deep Sea Supply is a boutique maker of technical diving equipment. Tobin George, the owner, is a passionate diver who has been working closely with DPV maker, Dive-Xtras, to make accessories for the X-Scooter.
He had …

I headed on over to Aquatica’s booth for more photo gear therapy. They had some new lens housings that now features glass instead of poly-carbonate, those are called Megadomes. I love that name.
Also, they were …

A new vendor was Calabasas based Bubblseekers Titan rebreather. At first glance, it looked like a leatherback turtle but that was only the protective fabric outer shell.
The compact and fully electronic Titan was design with …

I stopped by Light and Motion’s booth to see what they had that was new. The new item was the Titan housing for the Nikon D200, it’s seriously made me consider ditching my trusty Canon …

I have an Ikelite housing and two DS-125 strobes, so I had to go over to Ikelite and see what was new. They had some new housings out for the entry level DSLRs, like the …

Next up was KISS rebreathers. KISS stands for Keep It Simple Stupid and the design philosophy is a simple mechanical rebreather that travels easy. They have two models, the Classic KISS and the Sport KISS, …

There were a bunch of rebreathers at this year’s Scuba Show. I would say that it was easily double compared to last year. Rebreathers are interesting to me for two reason, they are big time …

Scuba Show 2007 was this weekend and for the second year in a row I attended this event. This isn’t DEMA, it’s a very laid back convention and it’s held in downtown Long Beach. Long …