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I was going to say something, but I figured there was good discussion regarding wireless transmitters and eventually someone would realize that wasn't what I was asking..haha
BTW on a live-aboard who is checking these computers? I've been on a couple and never been checked. Maybe they were in stealth mode! I hear of this no diving for 24 hours stuff, but have never seen the crew monitoring any of the divers all that closely. I likely could have been diving a different computer on every dive and they would be none the wiser.
Same holds true for multi day dives most anywhere. The crew is certainly not monitoring my computer. They want folks to dive safe, but are not monitoring 20+ divers daily. Maybe some live-aboard's do this, but none I have used.
I hear of computers failing all the time...... on Scubaboard! Tech divers especially like to talk about computer failures, and low tech bottom timers and SPGs. Funny thing is these dudes don't use them so how come they see them fail so much?
The reality is I have never witnessed a computer failure while diving. They tend to go south before the dive. I have seen them flood, I've seen them run out of battery juice, never seen one fail as in electronics meltdown. I know it happens as I do see these things in for service. Actually my buddies would not Sync years ago. Oceanic replaced the transmitter.
In any event computers are subject to failure, and I'm sure it will happen to me one day. I dive with a backup......
Yeah, well spend enough time around here and you notice AI automatically means transmitter and failure to some. With YOUR specific post it shows they either did not read it or have no real knowledge of the product you are asking about. Seems to usually be "I have a friend" type posts. I for one dive an Atom 2, since it was released. Some 500+ dives and have never ever lost link with the transmitter. About a month ago it did start to think I was 40 feet deeper than I actually was. Surfaced from a dive, said I was still 40 down. Next dive at 65 ft, it said I was at 105 (I do actually dive w/a backup). Any computer can fail. Oceanic repaired it for me BTW. Great service. For that matter so can SPGs, depth gauges and bottom timers. A computer failure is not a huge deal if you pay attention to your bottom times and depth through your dives, can always go to tables (horror!). But many of us don't pay that close attention when using the computers. One day local dive trip, who cares. Vacation of your dreams, a cheap backup is probably worth it.I was going to say something, but I figured there was good discussion regarding wireless transmitters and eventually someone would realize that wasn't what I was asking..haha