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The October Issue of DIVER sees the Launch of the 2008 Diver Awards

For those of you not familiar with the Diver Awards, they are you chance to thanks the dive centres, equipment manufacturers and holiday providers for all there hard work during 2008.

To be in with a chance of winning a stunning £3000 holiday to Indonesia from Diver Magazine, all you need to do is log onto the divernet web site and submit your votes!  All we ask is that you don't forget us when placing your votes!

We all know the Dive Show is on the way, but with a month or more still to go and the prospect of more than a few great weekends of diving to be had between now and then we figured "Why Wait ?!?" lets just drop our prices right now ... This weeks super special offer  is our Cylinder Mega Blitz ... So now you can get your hands on your brand new scuba cylinder at a simply amazing price, and save the arm stretching walk back to the dive show car park if you wait to the show ...

Faber 12ltr 232bar
£129

Faber 15ltr 232bar
£144

Faber 10ltr 232bar
£119

Pro Pony Package
£199

Ok there you go, now's your chance to get your hands on your brand new scuba cylinder without having to wait for the Dive Show, and without having to go through the arm stretching walk to the car park routine ... It really is a win - win offer, but please don't hang around this is a one week offer only and expires on Monday 6th October 2008 ... To get your hands on your new cylinder simply click on the link above to your chosen option ...

* All deals are strictly stock limited and expire on the 6th October 2008, or when stocks run out.

Its late in the season now, and no doubt you (or some of your buddies) have been developing your skills and advancing your diving, so no doubt your thoughts are now turning to upgrading your kit to a more advanced Technical Level. With the prospect of you having to shell out some serious £££'s on your new kit, you'll be pleased to hear that we've decided to put together a list of dedicated Sept-TECH-ber Sale items, offering you some absolutely superb deals on your new TECH kit ...

Save £191 On a VR3

Save £71 On a Poseidon W50 Wing

Save £50 On a Apeks XTX50 DS4 Reg

Save £30 on a Green Force FII HID50

Ok there you go, now's your chance to upgrade your kit to Tech level without having to sell a Kidney (or two !) in our mega value Sep-TECH-ber sale. These deals are strictly stock limited, and valid for this month only, so please please don't hang around - Dive In (excuse the pun !) to our Sep-TECH-ber Sale today ...

During our usual processes of checking out all the new products available, we came across the two below that we think are a bit special:

GreenForce Tristar Max LED torch

GreenForce have just launched the Tristar Max LED head. Featuring 3 LED's, wired Independently for redundancy , the Tristart MAX offers a staggering 55w of light, combined with the burn time you would expect from an LED torch

Sea Water Scooter

The Sea Water scooters offers 280w, two speeds and a max depth of 30m. Best of all, its available for less than £130!

Fuji F100 Camera Package

Not a new product, but the Fujiu F100 Camera Package, including camera and housing, is now available for only £289

With every on-line dive store and their dog offering budget scuba packs and clearance scuba deals left right and centre, we've decided to buck the trend and put together some truly Mega Aqualung Pro - Bonus 10% Package Sale deals for September and October. These Mega Aqualung Pro packages are certainly not going to be the cheapest gear that can be bought, and we're certainly not going to apologise for that, but for the more discerning or more experienced diver out there they certainly do offer the best in top quality and performance - At a genuinely Mega Pro - Bonus 10% Sale Price !

Whether you're just starting your transition through to BSAC Instructor or PADI Professional or are already an experienced and well seasoned Resort Instructor, our Aqualung Mega Pro Packages are fully flexible and can be personalised to meet your exact requirements, whether that be Lightweight Travel, Ultimate Breathing Performance or Pure Innovation - At a genuinely Mega Pro - Bonus 10% Sale Price !

You can select from the ultimate in lightweight comfort and performance if you are planning to travel with the Seaquest Latitude BCD or Seaquest Diva XLT Ladies BCD, go for extreme breathing performance with the unique overbalanced mechanism contained within the Legend LX Supreme regulator, or simply go for the greatest and most accurate inflation system to have ever come from the Aqualung stable with the new i3 in-flight inflator system on the Pro QD i3 or Pearl i3 - At a genuinely Mega Pro - Bonus 10% Sale Price !

So that's it, we're offering you the chance to bring your gear bang up to date at an unbelievable Mega Pro - Bonus 10% Sale Price, and all in time for your next training session !

PS - You don't actually need to be a Professional or Club Instructor to have great taste in gear and to access this deal !

Following the trend of recent recalls from Aqua-Lung and Apeks, Ambient Pressure / AP Valves have this weekend announced a recall on some of their LP Hoses.

The recall affects any Crimped Low Pressure hoses, where a certain number have not been crimped.

On all Ambient Pressure Rebreathers

• ADV hose
• Buzzer Connections
• Oxygen Supply Hose to Solenoid
• Handset Hose at Lid End

On General Products

• Buddy Blast Hose
• 2nd Stage Reg Hose
• Gas Connection System

This recall does not affect the LP inflator hoses found on Buddy Jackets, which are not crimped

More details can be found from Ambient Pressure / AP Valves Here

Its just after holiday time and even if you’re not broke, we’re sure you know a novice or new diver that is, so do them a favour and keep reading because we’ve got a simply amazing scuba solution (and its costs less than £320) !

With more and more new divers being forced to pay extortionate hire charges when they head off overseas, or more importantly having just qualified but being unable to enjoy and develop their news skills because they simply can’t afford their scuba gear, we really have got a prefect answer.

Our brand new Pacifca Simply Amazing Scuba Package can see your novice or new diver friends fully kitted out, with top branded BCD, REGULATOR, OCTOPUS AND TWIN GAUGE for under £320– Yes UNDER £320 !

This limited edition package includes Aqualung Pacifica BCD, Calypso Regulator, Calypso Octopus and Suunto Twin Gauge, all of which are fully cold water rated, incredibly comfortable and best of all reliable top brand quality. It really is a limited stock offer with only 20 of these great top branded packages available at this simply amazing price, so please don’t miss the boat (excuse the pun !) and spread the word today.

Its been a long time coming, but Fourth Element have finally launched their truly amazing Thermoflex Fourth Element Dive Gloves and boy oh boy are they superb !

If you've been doing what most of us have over the last few years, ie bouncing from regular wet gloves to dry gloves to semi-dry gloves and back again, in a vain ettempt to find the "RIGHT" glove then stop right there, the new Fourth Element Dive Gloves are finally here. The gloves are manufactured from a super flex 5mm neoprene with a Thermoflex internal lining and fully taped and waterproof seams to ensure unrivalled thermal protection no matter where you dive. This concept of ultimate warmth and minimal water ingress has been combined with the truly striking Carbonite grip finish (aka Spiderman Grip) over the entire external areas of the glove to finally deliver the Ultimate Dive Glove for all occasions.

No matter where you dive and whatever the temperature the Fourth Element Dive Gloves are the perfect fit !