Hemlon
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Are there any disadvantages to using a computer that is air-integrated?
I'm shopping for my next computer...
I'm shopping for my next computer...
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Are there any disadvantages to using a computer that is air-integrated?
I'm shopping for my next computer...
Are there any disadvantages to using a computer that is air-integrated?
I'm shopping for my next computer...
AI computers come in two flavors: Directly connected to the tank via HP hose, and registering via transmitter from HP orifice.
The disadvantage of a directly connected computer is that it hangs at your side, and is more cumbersome to reference than a gauge on your wrist. This isn't too important for tank pressure, as you are only going to reference it every five minutes or so (at the most) but it was very annoying for me to have my depth and time hanging by my side, as I want to check them more often. One could, of course, carry a separate bottom timer on one's wrist, but then you have spent money twice. Doing ascents while trying to manage the inflator hose and drag the gauge up from it's storage was a nuisance, to me.
Using an air-integrated computer with a sender is convenient, because you have all your information on your wrist, but if you can't get the computer to sync with the transmitter, you don't have any pressure information. And I have seen problems with that enough times to make me very wary of depending on that setup as my only pressure information.