Hello all:
After a long absence, I'm pleased to be back with news that Scuba Diving magazine is once again conducting our annual Top 100 Survey. Each complete survey makes you eligible to win some pretty sweet gear prizes (see below), so please enter today at
http://www.scubadiving.com/top_100
Thanks in advance for your help and good luck!
Keith Phillips
Publisher and Editor
Scuba Diving
(912) 351-6234
From all entries completed by Oct. 15, 2008, we'll drawn names at random to award these prizes:
Scubapro MK25 S600 regulator
Scubapro's top performing balanced piston first stage, the MK25, paired with its best-selling high-performance air balanced second stage. Retail value: $682
Mares Pegasus BC
The Pegasus is a simple, low-profile rig that's got the travel angle covered by weighing in under 8 pounds, and with its streamlined back-buoyancy air cell and efficient harness system. Retail value: $425
Mares Cruise Journey Backpack, Cruise Office & Cruise Backpack Pro
Split your gear into two conveninet carry-on bags and one easy-to-use checked bag. Retail values: Cruise Journey Backpack, $100; Cruise Office, $70; Cruise Backpack Pro, $240.
Mares Cruise Roller Bag
Mares new full-sized Cruise Roller Bag fits plenty of dive gear, but when you don't need it, it folds to a size not much larger than a briefcase. Perfect of live-abaords! Retail Value: $180.
Scubapro Caravan Rolling Duffel
The Caravan is a rolling duffel designed for air travel. It holds a lot of stuff in a humongous main compartment while a detachable backpack zips off to serve as a carry-on. Retail Value: $189.
Scubapro White Tip Knife
The perfect compact, BC-mounted back-up cutter, the White Tip is a 304-grade hard-tempered stainless-steel knife with a 2.5-inch blade offering an inch of serrated edge, an inch of plain edge, and an angled tanto tip. Retail Value: $58.
Atomic Aquatics Frameless Mask
This mask fits great, has a wide field of view, great squeeze-tab buckles, and it folds up flat in a cool low-profile case. ScubaLab measured an impressive 85 degrees of horizontal vision and 75 degrees vertical through the uUltraClear distortion-free lenses. Retail Value: $99.
Atomic Aquatics Smoke on the Water fins
This impressive new fin gets its name from the smoky transparent panels on its long split blades. They are a bit more flexible than previous versions of the Atomic Splitfin, but in our 2007 ScubaLab Fin Test, they also generated the highest thrust measurement, tied for the fastest speed score among open-heel fins and slashed through the slalom course with a top-three performance. Retail Value: $249.
Atomic Aquatics SV1 Snorkel
Breath easy and dry with the SV1 snorkel. Inside, ust behind the mouthpiece, there's a one-way flap valve inside an internal tube that lets water pass through the snorkel and collect in a self-draining lower reservoir without obstructing the breathing passage. Retail Value: $54.99.
Akona AKB176 Roller Carry-On
The AKB176 is a well-built carry-on bag that boasts a fully padded main compartment and a lower front lid compartment shaped to accommodate Akona's optional regulator bag. Retail Value: $120.
Akona AKB188 <10 lbs. Bag
This roomy checked bag does indeed weight less than 10 pounds so go on—pack it full of clothes and gear and you'll probably still be well under airline weight restrictions. Retail value: $165.
Note: All prizes will be awarded by random drawing from the pool of completed surveys filled out before October 15 that contain a valid e-mail address. Winners will be notified by e-mail and must consent to have their full name, city and state published in Scuba Diving magazine and on ScubaDiving.com.
