Soft Gear Builder

Pick a twin-lens mask such as the Zoom if you need optical lenses. Wear open-heel fins with boots for shore entries, Go Travel barefoot in warm water; 5mm suits are rated for 10 to 18 degrees, 7mm for 7 to 12. Add fins and you are in a Scubapro set: the set price applies, and a mask or snorkel beyond the ones it ships with is priced as an upgrade.

Choose a Big Eyes Evolution or Focus mask if you need prescription lenses. Wear full-foot fins in warm water, open-heel with boots from shore and Gara for freediving; the Fast 3mm is made for water above 22 degrees, the Diver 7mm for 10 to 18. Where a mask and snorkel are sold together as a set, we charge the set price.

Reveal Ultrafit comes in three face sizes, Linea is cut for women and Micromask X suits freediving. Wear Stratos 3 full-foot fins in warm water or Phazer with boots from shore; Hydroflex 3mm is for warm water, Aquaflex 5mm and Wave 5.5mm for cooler. Where Aqualung sells your pieces as a set in the same colours, the set price applies.

Navigator comes in Classic or Wide fit for technical diving, Scout in lens tints for different water, and Aquanaut is for freediving. Pick Rec or Tech fins by your diving; Proteus II 3mm is for 23 degrees and up, 5mm for 19 and up. Every piece is sold at its own price.

X-Vision masks take prescription lenses, the Mid fits smaller faces and Samurai X is for freediving. Wear Avanti Quattro open heels with boots or full-foot Volo Race in warm water; Switch 2.5mm is for warm seas, Evolution 5mm temperate, Seal Skin 6mm cold. The Pure X, Superchannel, Volo and Quattro sets come at a set price once you pick their three parts.

Choose Paragon, Freedom Ceos or Intega if you need prescription lenses, or a single lens sized to your face. HyFlex open-heel fins share one foot pocket and go with boots; Travel Right is worn barefoot and Solla FF is full foot. The Vesna, Tri-Force, Switch and Travel Right sets come at a set price once you pick their three parts.