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pencil.
I write stuff like psi at start of dive, psi at end of dive to help me log later. I also write things I might forget like rock bottom pressure.
A pencil, came with it. I like my wrist slate (use my divecomputer to hold it on my arm)
Cool for communicating with your buddy, err writing stuff on to remind you later etc etc
If any of my buddys could actually be arsed to look at it, I might have used it for communication. But it's more for putting down numbers & notes (multiple compass bearings, distances, checklists) before the dive, it's also good for training - during the dive if I discover that that I need to work on some skill/issue, I jot it down on my slate.
Most often, it's a pen & paper replacement on the surface, for phone numbers and such.
The little pencil that came with my slate sucked up water, expanded, losing all its paint, then disintegrated. I looked around for more or less standard pencils not made of wood and could not find any. So, I bought a bunch of cheap mechanical pencils made of plastic except for the lead. These work well, although the lead is too soft and usually smudges across a dive. I use a slate about once every 8-10 dives and then for specific instructions not easily communicated with hand gestures.
i find that the little half sized IKEA pencils work GREAT.
i put one in a sink and forgot about it for a few days, i pulled it out and it dried up in less than an hour. nothing has shrunk or expanded and it still works great.
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Originally Posted by Cheekymonkey
