IDEST and IDEST Ltd attend Go Diving Show March 2026
IDEST and IDEST Ltd could be found on stand 325 in Hall 2 of the Go Diving Show held on 28 Feb 28 and 1 March, 2026 at the NAEC…
Alert, Unmarked and poorly marked airgun valves
During a recent inspection IDEST was shown a 300 bar shooter valve that the technician had removed from a shooter’s cylinder explaining to their customer that “As it is unmarked…
Alert, Thanet Diving & Watersports imitation cylinder quadrants
We have been advised of imitation quadrant stickers on cylinders brought into IDEST centres for filling. The origin of these stickers appears to be: Thanet Diving & Watersports, 4 Military…
UK Diving Industry Committee – Risk assessment V7 released
Following annual review on 16th October 2025 the UK Diving Industry Committee released V7 of their risk assessment of cylinder periodic testing. The key changes in V7 are Section 9,…
New Additional Visual Inspection (AVI) label
IDEST are pleased to add a new Additional Visual Inspection (AVI) label to our catalogue for inspection and test centres. The idea of these labels has come about following requests…
New ‘Alerts’ page
We've added an Alert page to the website. This is where IDEST will highlight matters of concern to IDEST cylinder testing centres and/or the general diving community. This may include…
Alert (C-023), Unauthorised use of IDEST labels and cylinder stamp
It has been drawn to our attention that the quadrant labels and stamp associated with a suspended centre - High Pressure Services, 9H - are currently being used. This use…
BS EN ISO 13341 updated
The standard for fitting of valves to gas cylinders has been updated, the current version is now BS EN ISO 13341:2025 (Gas cylinders. Fitting of valves to gas cylinders). It…
New ‘For Sale & Wanted’ page
At the request of some members we have added a for sale and wanted page to the website. Upon request we will advertise your surplus equipment related to cylinder testing,…
Sold: Cylinder Lifting Winch
Sold - Cylinder Lifting Winch
