CaveSloth
Contributor
I have a Shearwater Teric. I pay attention to the NDL reading and I ascend any time it gets too low. According to the computer I have never incurred a deco obligation and I also have never been bent over the course of 67 dives.
I recently dived with a buddy who is into the GUE approach, and he said that he only dives with his computer in gauge mode and always calculates his dive plan in advance to avoid deco or account for it or whatever.
What is the better approach? Trusting the computer or doing pre-dive planning?
The lame thing about the pre-planning is it doesn't really leave any freedom. With the computer, it feels like I am safe to dive without any plan whatsoever, other than making sure not to incur deco.
If I have my computer set to conservative settings and it is a trusted brand and algorithm, aren't I safe to trust what it says?
I recently dived with a buddy who is into the GUE approach, and he said that he only dives with his computer in gauge mode and always calculates his dive plan in advance to avoid deco or account for it or whatever.
What is the better approach? Trusting the computer or doing pre-dive planning?
The lame thing about the pre-planning is it doesn't really leave any freedom. With the computer, it feels like I am safe to dive without any plan whatsoever, other than making sure not to incur deco.
If I have my computer set to conservative settings and it is a trusted brand and algorithm, aren't I safe to trust what it says?