Bantin's Dive Equipment Blog for Mike's Dive Store London
Don't Hold Your Breath
One of the first rules you learn when training to scuba dive is to always continue to breathe normally and to never hold your breath. There's a very good reason...
Don't Hold Your Breath
One of the first rules you learn when training to scuba dive is to always continue to breathe... Read More
Buddy Love!
It is always best to dive with a completely redundant set of equipment. It’s a spare set in the unlikely event anything should fail. Where is it? Your buddy is...
Buddy Love!
It is always best to dive with a completely redundant set of equipment. It’s a spare set in... Read More
The Wonderful Whaleshark
The whaleshark is the largest fish in the sea and is so-called because it filter-feeds on plankton and shoals of tiny fish just like the great baleen whales. It s...
The Wonderful Whaleshark
The whaleshark is the largest fish in the sea and is so-called because it filter-feeds on plankton and... Read More
What a Palaver!
Few people realise that the little boy of Hans Christian Anderson's story, who declared that the Emperor had no clothes, was hung, drawn and quartered. Sometimes there's a conspiracy of...
What a Palaver!
Few people realise that the little boy of Hans Christian Anderson's story, who declared that the Emperor had... Read More
Leading Experts?
I've never marketed myself as an expert. I have always asserted that I am a witness even though in my lengthy career as a diving journalist I witnessed quite a...
Leading Experts?
I've never marketed myself as an expert. I have always asserted that I am a witness even though... Read More
Minature Cameras
Looking for a last-minute Christmas present? Treat yourself to a GoPro or something similar! Miniature cameras like the GoPro and similar products are so tiny they have revolutionised much of...
Minature Cameras
Looking for a last-minute Christmas present? Treat yourself to a GoPro or something similar! Miniature cameras like the... Read More
Adding Weight
Most people are naturally neutrally buoyant. With a normal relaxed lung volume, they neither float nor sink. Take a deep breath and you will float. Empty your lungs and you...
Adding Weight
Most people are naturally neutrally buoyant. With a normal relaxed lung volume, they neither float nor sink. Take... Read More
Free this Saturday and live in West London? The...
The dancers need you! All of the contestants (fellow Hogarth and Park Club members and staff) have taken themselves to the limit and beyond in their pursuit of your...
Free this Saturday and live in West London? The...
The dancers need you! All of the contestants (fellow Hogarth and Park Club members and staff) have... Read More
Diving from Small Boats
Divers soon get tired of having to swim out from the shore. It's almost normal to use a boat to get to the dive site. Sometimes the boat is quite...
Diving from Small Boats
Divers soon get tired of having to swim out from the shore. It's almost normal to use a... Read More
Drift Diving
Strong currents can be a delight if you know that your boat will come to pick you up after you surface. You bowl along effortlessly and the scenery rolls on...
Drift Diving
Strong currents can be a delight if you know that your boat will come to pick you up... Read More
Hazardous Marine Life?
So what about the sharks? Everything eats everything else in the ocean and yet, because the marine life has evolved over millions of years, the last-minute arrival of man on...
Hazardous Marine Life?
So what about the sharks? Everything eats everything else in the ocean and yet, because the marine life... Read More
Wreck Diving
There is always something special about diving on the remains of a mighty ship that now lies on the seabed in its watery grave. Some shipwrecks got there because of...
Wreck Diving
There is always something special about diving on the remains of a mighty ship that now lies on... Read More
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