This lack of understanding of dive computers by new divers is the exact reason why we started teaching dive computers in our beginning SCUBA courses 15 years ago.
The benefit is the new diver will know how his dive computer works, what to do if it goes into deco and how to react if it fails.
The benefit is the new diver will know how his dive computer works, what to do if it goes into deco and how to react if it fails.