Before I buy an AI computer...

[StSomewhere]

The Suunto Vytec is an AI wrist computer, that has a transmitter for the SPG instead of a hose.

 

[Tom Winters]

Oh man, you guys are all braver than I am. I'm just so leery of any extra doodads - I just have a clunky brass SPG on the end of my HP hose. My computer slate, bottom timer sits on my wrist, and no one is on speaking terms with anyone.
I'd love to go AI, but I have seen people having problems with them in some truly exotic places. Plus it's a nice chunk of change that I'm not willing to tie up in one piece of gear. I guess I'm just doomed and stuck with my brass SPG. It does come in handy repelling boarders at sea though.

 

[StSomewhere]

Oh man, you guys are all braver than I am. I'm just so leery of any extra doodads - I just have a clunky brass SPG on the end of my HP hose. My computer slate, bottom timer sits on my wrist, and no one is on speaking terms with anyone.
I'd love to go AI, but I have seen people having problems with them in some truly exotic places. Plus it's a nice chunk of change that I'm not willing to tie up in one piece of gear. I guess I'm just doomed and stuck with my brass SPG. It does come in handy repelling boarders at sea though.

Not really, I personally have the Vytec but without the AI transmitter. I have the same kind of SPG as my primary. Later I might add the transmitter as a nice-to-have backup (or maybe not). Since I work with redundant (sometimes triple redundant) computer systems for a living, I'm not prone to trusting the electronics too much.