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Exposé on Exposure Suits!

December 12, 2013 by Jacki

The primary reason why you need an exposure suit is you lose heat to water about 20 times faster than to air thus a temperature of 27°c may feel fine on land but will feel cold in water after 30 minutes of diving. What happens is that the body heats up a thin layer of water …

Back Inflation Vs Jacket BCDs

November 26, 2013 by Jacki

When purchasing a BCD, one of the main decisions is whether to buy a back inflation or jacket BCD. So what is a jacket style BCD? Jacket-style BCDs are the more traditional of the two styles. The bladder (or the part of the BCD that inflates) wraps from the diver’s back around his sides and …