brownie
Contributor
I dive with an SPG and depth gauge on my console and 2 air-integrated wrist computers. On a recent Galapagos dive trip, both wrist computers were crapping out on me (learned later it was a transmitter problem). My DSMB is on a spool and I have knotted the line incrementally at various depth intervals. I like having the console backup for the following reasons:
1) In the Galapagos, I did not want to abort the dive out of concern for shortening my buddy's dive. My console was reliable "backup".
2) If, for some reason, I had to lend my gear to another diver (perhaps in an emergency), the console would provide critical depth/gas information.
I also travel with a "backup" transmitter.
A goal of mine is to learn how to safely/securely change batteries and o-rings for computers/transmitters--I'm such a techno-fossil......can barely manage my cell phone.
1) In the Galapagos, I did not want to abort the dive out of concern for shortening my buddy's dive. My console was reliable "backup".
2) If, for some reason, I had to lend my gear to another diver (perhaps in an emergency), the console would provide critical depth/gas information.
I also travel with a "backup" transmitter.
A goal of mine is to learn how to safely/securely change batteries and o-rings for computers/transmitters--I'm such a techno-fossil......can barely manage my cell phone.