crpntr133
lost, even with a compass
Lord forbid that you want to do an altitude dive.
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Scubaroo:What happens when you take a nitrox course? You have to buy an EAN-eRDP?
well look at it this way, all of those devices are expensive and damage sensitive.... People wont want to bring something like that on a dive boat or on vacation and risk it getting wet/stolen/or broken.... The eRDP (although I dont support it) is like a regular calculator in that it is cheap, durable, and "splash-resistent" (whatever the hell that means hah)... Its something that if broken wont cost you $100-300 to replace.... and keep in mind also that this is for BEGINNING divers... someone who has no idea how to use tables will probably find this much easier to use, and less confusion for the student while learning what everything means....kidspot:I'm kind of wondering, since the programming must be quite simple (just an electronic copy of the tables tied into a calculator) why hasn't PADI made a JAVA enabled cell-phone version... or a PDA version... much more convenient for a lot of folks...and more likely to be bought by larger numbers of divers as a convenience... but a standalone device for it... that's what I find hard to swallow... even a calculator is a multi-function device... this seems like a limited calculator to me...