A common complaint I hear is that newer dive computers are overly conservative. The reason given is that computer manufacturers are afraid of litigation.
I encountered one diver who had adapted to the problem by setting his new computer to a few percent of enriched oxygen. He could test the setting by running the computer in dive planning mode and comparing bottom times with what his old computer allowed. In effect, he used the nitrox adjustment to create a less conservative setting on his new dive computer that matched his old computer.
This was my first exposure to the technique. I am wondering how common it is in the dive community.
Pedro
I encountered one diver who had adapted to the problem by setting his new computer to a few percent of enriched oxygen. He could test the setting by running the computer in dive planning mode and comparing bottom times with what his old computer allowed. In effect, he used the nitrox adjustment to create a less conservative setting on his new dive computer that matched his old computer.
This was my first exposure to the technique. I am wondering how common it is in the dive community.
Pedro