Dive Magazines - who's reading what?
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06-03-2003, 03:11 PM,
(This post was last modified: 06-03-2003, 03:13 PM by scubert.)
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Dive Magazines - who's reading what?
I'm interested to see which magazines are read around here, and hopefully spark a few discussions on the strengths/shortcomings of each.
As we all know Skin Diver went the way of the DoDo, and Rodales has purchased the name, format, and in my opinion a lot of the weaknesses of Skin Diver. I always got it for the photo annual (I only read it for the pictures ;D ) Now I am getting the rest of my subscription to Rodales Scuba Diving, which I think has weakened considerably with the addition of Skin Divers "reviews" which are nothing but undisguised adverts for products with paid ads elsewhere in the magazine. Sport Diver is a complete waste of paper in my opinion. With pathetic gear reviews, less than inspiring photos and advertising based travel reports I give this one a rating of 0. I like Immersed quite a bit. Recently they have had some very good articles on great lakes wrecks as well as features on insulation for the diver, and cold's effects on the divers physiology. Recently I got my first copy of Advanced Diver. Seems promising. Too soon to see yet, but it came well recommended. There are also Diver from the UK, and Tauchen from Germany. I like Diver, and catch some articles occasionally online, My german is pretty weak and Tauchen is too $$$ locally. The last one I can think of is Fathoms, which I've never seen on the news stand, but gets sent to me occasionally. They must have some tie-in with TDI, as I started seeing them after my nitrox cert. The pictures are great, but they seem to dedicate too much space to the same three or four people. I've gotten two issues so far, and both have HUGE articles about Howard Hull. Any I've missed? Opinions you disagree with? :o I'd love a lead on a mag I haven't seen yet. |
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