Old PADI dive tables vs Newer PADI RDP

[rhwestfall]

If you get bored with calculating still with tables, it could be good time to acquire next generation diveplanning tools, which are fully graphical and working in real time. Worked for me at least nicely as quick check when attending dive trips where some else making the plans.
Check out for example: DiveX

Only if you have a i-phone (those of us with real corporate requirements for phones can't use toys)........

 

[rhwestfall]

Thanks ZKY! I added this to the comparison spreadsheet.

Have you got any other of those older tables?

I've got an old NASDS table (likely close to the old PADI/Navy) if you want an image. Let me know, and I can maybe scan & post it....

 

[Lemna]

Check out for example: DiveX

Nice! I didn't know that one. I tried iScubaPlan Lite (its website has disappeared, but still available in the app store) and Baltic Deco Lite. I really wonder why PADI hasn't ported their ERDP-ML calculator to a smartphone version yet - they already have a flash version so it must be doable.

Would you mind adding NDLs for DiveX to the spreadsheet?

 

[Lemna]

I've got an old NASDS table (likely close to the old PADI/Navy) if you want an image. Let me know, and I can maybe scan & post it....

That would be great! I'm definitely interested.

 

[TMHeimer]

Need clarification. I know the Navy tables were used before the RDP. But I thought the RDP developed in '88 by PADI was one of a kind. Was there another PADI one in use in the earlier '80s before the current one?

 

[Cixelsyd]

If you get bored with calculating still with tables, it could be good time to acquire next generation diveplanning tools, which are fully graphical and working in real time. Worked for me at least nicely as quick check when attending dive trips where some else making the plans.
Check out for example: DiveX

I like the graphical interface. Really slick. Does this show pressure groups? I couldn't tell that from the website or screenshots.

 

[Lemna]

Does this show pressure groups?

iScubaPlan shows pressure groups. It has a somewhat unusual, but really easy to use interface; see the app store for screenshots.