Computer and Pressure Gauge

[marcienko]

I’m kind of interested if any one who is using computer are also is using old fashion Pressure Gauge as a backup. Does this make any sense in case of computer going dead?

Regards

Marcin

 

[vf84pc]

I have a wrist mount suunto viper and a console just for that reason. This past weekend I was diving in Subic Bay in the Philippines. One diver on the boat had his computer malfuntion and read +500 PSI H made the next dive and it went south just after he returned to the boat. He tried to buy a spg but it was Saturday night none on hand at the LDS it took three days for one to arrive. Before my friends witnessed this they laughed at me for my console. Now they are looking at back consoles and SPG's!

 

[Scared Silly]

There is no need to carry a redundant SPG while on a dive. If it goes tits up you abort the dive the same with a computer. Plain and simple. The same when doing NDL dives, there is no need to carry a backup depth guage/timer. However, this is not to say you should not carry a spare SPG, depth gauge, and timer in your emergency kit. We do this whenever we travel to dive. Although I just sold ours and in the process of replacing it with a simpler backup depth gauge/bottom timer.

Even when doing dives requiring deco stops there is no need to have a redundant SPG - however a redunant depth gauge / bottom timer is required. Lots of info on this such do a search.