[Mark Davies]

<font color='#000080'>I don't think that's quite fair, Phil. John has a well deserved reputation for giving impartial opinion on the products he reviews. There's no doubt that if he thinks it's crap then he says so.

No doubt manufacturers send their products with the hope that they will get a bit of free publicity in Diver, but they certainly need to have faith in their goods. I refer to John's kit reviews regularly on Divernet whenever I'm planning a purchase and he has never let me down yet.

I have always seen the reviews as exactly what they claim to be, honest and impartial assessments. I for one don't see them as &quot;advertising&quot;.