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	Finally, it's your chance to be a pig: a London Diver Magazine Guinea Pig, and fill your greedy hands with free stuff. Here's how it works: Being a media type publication magazine kind of thing, all manner of dive companies are queueing up to give us free stuff with the noble and simple dream twinkling in their altruistic hearts that we promote it for them so that they might make more money. Now we're busy [lazy] people and we can't bear to leave the confines of our desks in order to go galavanting around the world having a good time underwater. Nevertheless, there's every chance that you (yes, YOU) have. As such, we're quite prepared to give you the opportunity to get your hands on these free items of material goodness, as long as you promise to test them out for us (rather than just skipping off into the sunset with them gripped between your teeth) and tell us whether they're a) worth every hard-earned penny of the cash you didn't pay for them, or b) tat. This time around we have the Halcyon Cold Water Defender Spool, up for grabs. This what Halcyon have to say about it (Parental Advisory: The following statement contains strong double-entendres): Thick gloves and cold fingers can make it difficult to use a spool; gloved fingers overlap the edge of the spool and cold hands make it hard to grip small edges. Halcyon solved this problem by creating the industry’s only built-in handle. The flanged edge around the Halcyon coldwater spindle allows the spool’s double-ender to act as a handle.
Are they sooth-sayers or evil liars? Seize your chance to find out by filling in the form below (you can also volunteer yourself to be a random guinea pig at any time in the future; it's just pot-luck what you might win). If you're struggling with the question, a small peek here might help. First Name: Surname: Email: What is the name of Halcyon's other quality diving reel? Pathfinder Reels Wreck Guidance Reels Routefinder Reels Tick this box if you want to us to consider you a pig in the future: Entering this competition is considered as acceptance of the Terms and Conditions.
	Matt Speed was the winner of the set of Miflex Hoses from issue 5 Matt was given a set of Miflexhoses (2.1m black regulator hose; 75cm yellow octopus hose; 75cm low pressure inflator hose) and checked out these puppies over the cold winter months. Here’s what he has to say: "The first thing I noticed about them was their weight, about 25% lighter than my normal hoses. The yellow is extremely noticeable underwater, even in conditions created by open water students at Wraysbury! I dived at a temperature of 3 degrees for about 30mins and they remained very flexible. When moving your head there is much less pull on the regulator from these hoses than with my standard kit. The blue low pressure one makes identifying the correct hose during kit-up a breeze. Overall, would I recommend Miflex hoses? Yes. Are they worth the money? Definitely. Am I going to give them back? Not a hope."