Extra air for when there's trouble down there.

Here's our annual product excellence awards for regulators, brought to you by ScubaLab, the only independent testing facility of scuba life-support equipment.

ScubaLab reviews the good, the bad and the deeply troubling.

Are the most expensive regs also the best?

$160 or $1,600? Is a high-end model really better than a plain-jane one? The answer may surprise you.

Scuba Lab puts 23 models on a state-of-the-art breathing machine and in the water with a team of test divers to find the cream of a new crop.

Scuba Lab tests state-of-the-art regs and finds a dozen great reasons to get out and go diving.

Your dive buddy just ran out of air and he's coming for you. Is your octopus reg up to the job?

Insulating neoprene is a scuba diver's best friend. Check out ScubaLab's testers' choice for 5mm wetsuits, dive skins, and wetsuit vests.