Trusting a computer

[dmaziuk]

"Technically" this isn't quite correct. What the computer is doing is tracking your depth and time, and offering a decompression profile based on some specific algorithm.

On a related note, this log of pressure ("technically" ) vs time can be downloaded to a regular computer. Then you can run it though pen and paper and your favourite tables (or a dive planner program you do trust), and see how close the numbers you get match what the computer told you.

 

[stuartv]

There are computers that incorporate temperature and heart rate into their algorithms. ScubaPro's big internal push right now (or so I was told) is to incorporate "biometrics" into their computers.

Personally, until their is a published (i.e. non-proprietary) algorithm, like Buhlmann or VPM, that incorporates those parameters and is shown to be as safe as those others, I'll do without, thanks.