DEMA 2026 Gear: Garmin's $349 Descent X10, Scubapro's $299 Aladin 100 and a Poseidon Regulator That Turns Full Circle

Susan Lyman, Garmin's vice president of consumer sales and marketing, said clear, accessible dive data can make all the difference under water, which is the pitch in a sentence.

What is the Scubapro Aladin 100?

Scubapro went a step cheaper and a step simpler. The Aladin 100, unveiled on DEMA's opening day according to DIVE's report, is a single-gas computer, nitrox to 50 percent, with a 2.4 inch angled display, two buttons, full-text menus rather than abbreviations and large written warnings. It runs Scubapro's predictive Bühlmann ZH-L16 ADT MB algorithm, is rated to 80 metres, switches itself on when it gets wet, and runs on a user-replaceable AA battery that the company says lasts more than 300 dive hours with the backlight on. For rental use there is a code-protected factory reset to hand a clean unit to the next student, and Bluetooth log transfer through the LogTRAK 2.0 app. Price: 219 pounds, 249 euros or 299 dollars.

Put the two side by side and the choice for a dive shop is about philosophy as much as money. Garmin sells an ecosystem, with app, simulator and shared settings across its Descent range. Scubapro sells a tool that a student can read at a glance and a shop can keep alive with a supermarket battery.

What does Poseidon's Xstream 360 regulator do differently?

Poseidon's new first stage, reported the same day, puts four intermediate pressure ports on a turret that rotates through a full 360 degrees, so hoses can be swung round without fouling the valve wheel, plus one axial IP port, two fixed IP ports and two fixed high-pressure ports, DIVE Magazine said. It keeps the balanced, compact Xstream design, the integrated anti-freeze protection and the ruby ball valve, is EAN40 ready, and needs no new service tools, so any centre already servicing Xstreams can handle it. Poseidon pitches it at everything from single-tank recreational rigs to long-hose technical setups, doubles, sidemount and rebreathers, where the turret opens up routing options around cylinders and loop components. Daniel Bener, the company's head of global sales, said the turret adds flexibility and cleaner hose routing. No price or shipping date was given.

None of the three makers has said when the new products reach shops, and DEMA announcements have a habit of arriving in stores the following spring. The open question is whether the other computer makers answer the entry-level push before the show is over.