bradshsi
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xiSkiGuy:
Using HID lights can also cause failure of the wireless link. This is acknowledged by some of the manufacturers.
I don't own a wireless computer, and have never had a spg failure.
Failure of Wireless Air Integrated COmputer and SPG
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Using HID lights can also cause failure of the wireless link. This is acknowledged by some of the manufacturers.
I don't own a wireless computer, and have never had a spg failure.
Diver Dennis
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Since I solo most of the time, I have both and neither has failed. I carry a backup computer as well and it has never failed either.
I can not post a vote,as I don't own one and never would!
on a dive boat in FL a group had a set of units and on SI reads were false on deck,
that was my first clue,
But one wireless / hose less killed a good friend I considered a good diver on a false read or slow read,get rid of your unit and go gauge!
Brad
on a dive boat in FL a group had a set of units and on SI reads were false on deck,
that was my first clue,
But one wireless / hose less killed a good friend I considered a good diver on a false read or slow read,get rid of your unit and go gauge!
Brad
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Matsya
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moneysavr:
Thanks for the advice moneysavr. I am trying to make an informed decision. I am trying to find out how much more reliable a gauge is compared to an AI computer - is the failure rate less, more, same?
ramsabi:
IMO
And My opinion is slanted I would think,wireless,battery's,electrical contacts, transmitters all add failure points,
With a HP Gauge you have a hose & o-ring and heck that ain't much to go wrong and if it dose,,,
Dive safe,
Brad
split0101
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I dive with the Vytec, and never had a problem yet (knock on wood). I havent noticed any lost links during a dive, and I have not had any problems near metal objects. I heard that people had problems with that so at Dutch Springs I went inside the school bus, trolley car, and helicopter, and not once did it loose the link.
moneysavr:
Yep, besides the fact that an SPG uses a bordon tube and the xmitter uses a pressure transducer, the xmitter is going to have almost all the modes of failure an SPG will (o-ring, etc) but with all the other parts, it will likely add some more (computer battery, xmitter battery, etc).
jfoster33702
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moneysavr:
To that, I would say, "How many divers have died from mis-reading analog gauges, or making a mathematical mistake in their dive planning?".
airsix
Contributor
I don't have an air intetgrated comp, but I've had TWO SPG failures. Neither were catastrophic - one was a flood durring first year of service. Second was an internal swivel failure that resulted in a steady moderate rate of air loss.
-Ben M.
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