A board member has offered to sell me his Orca Skinny Dipper, and I was hoping to get some opinions on it. I know it's quite an old computer, but it's within my budget whereas most new computers are not. Here are a few questions:
* Are the batteries easily and cheaply user replaceable.
* Are the sensors reliable? Given the age of the device and the fact that the company isn't around to re-calibrate it, can I trust the instrumentation.
* Is the case prone to flooding or failure?
* I notice that it's not exactly a small, wrist-mount unit. Is this a problem or it still a pretty manageable size? I'm not a small guy and I have few enough dives that I can probably walk around like a Christmas tree without too much additional ridicule.
* Finally, should I not be messing around with old tech for a primary computer? Regulators, tanks and BCs don't seem to have changed all that much in the last twenty years, but that's not really true of computers.
Cheers
* Are the batteries easily and cheaply user replaceable.
* Are the sensors reliable? Given the age of the device and the fact that the company isn't around to re-calibrate it, can I trust the instrumentation.
* Is the case prone to flooding or failure?
* I notice that it's not exactly a small, wrist-mount unit. Is this a problem or it still a pretty manageable size? I'm not a small guy and I have few enough dives that I can probably walk around like a Christmas tree without too much additional ridicule.
* Finally, should I not be messing around with old tech for a primary computer? Regulators, tanks and BCs don't seem to have changed all that much in the last twenty years, but that's not really true of computers.
Cheers