15 diving tools you must own
The Pandora Tool is a no-brainer for anyone planning an expedition
Any idea what this strange looking contraption is? I’ll help you out: it’s a spanner with a few special party tricks.
The Pandora tool is the brainchild of South Korea’s Pandora-Lab, who are a team of technical divers and engineers specialising in innovative equipment.
Servicing a regulator should only be undertaken by qualified personnel. A dive workshop will have all the correct spanners to hand, but expeditionary divers can eliminate all these with this single tool in a handy credit card-sized pouch.
And it’s now available in the UK for the first time as either stainless steel (RRP £49.95) or titanium (RRP £69.95), thanks to a new distributor.
Steel can handle up to 5Nm of torque, while the titanium version takes a heftier 14Nm.
The complete list of of standard tools the Pandora tool replaces is:
- Orifice adjustment tool
- 16mm spanner
- 14mm spanner
- K tap inflator tool
- 19mm spanner
- 12mm spanner
- Bottle opener (nice)
- 4,5,6,8,10mm hex wrench
- 15mm spanner
- 17mm spanner
- 5mm hex wrench
- 6mm hex wrench
- Hose spline wrench
- 4mm hex wrench
- Hook wrench
It’s a clever solution for tech divers and instructors who want to adjust their regs out in the field, or those who are comfortable doing simple repairs.
We think it’s a no-brainer for anyone who doesn’t want a faulty reg to cut short a dive trip.
For more information or to find a dealer, visit www.pandora-lab.co.uk


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