Description:
A guide to how diving gear works. Completely independent of brands, the book focuses instead on the design, technology and practicality of the options available for scuba and other types of diving.
Brief description: Jonas Arvidsson is a former Head of Education at PADI Sweden, dive centre owner and PADI Course Director. He translated most of the PADI training materials into Swedish and has instructed in Australia, the Philippines and Thailand. A former biology and chemistry teacher, Jonas is now a writer, illustrator and translator. See www.a-pub.se for more.
Review Quotes:
'A must-have for newly qualified divers, but this excellent book shouldn't be dismissed by those with more experience as a publication on the basics - it offers far more than that. The vast majority of us would benefit from a deeper understanding of the dive-gear on which we rely so heavily, what it does, how it works and how it should be used and maintained. This volume delivers such information in spadeloads, and should be on every diver's bookshelf'- Diver magazine.
'One of the few diving titles out there that everyone should own and, in my view, should be a required text for those diving professionals working in instruction, supervision or sales'- Steve Warren, INON UK.
'First thing I have to say about this book is that every sports diver should have one... Diving gear is not cheap and can become a serious investment, so knowing what to choose and how best to ensure its long and reliable life is to my mind definitely worth the cost of this book'- Scubaverse.com.