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My logs have far more information than I would ever bother write down (complete profiles with all of the raw data, extensive comments, big blocks of dive site descriptive text cut and pasted from online resources, full gear lists, buddy and dive op contact info, etc...). All of this information is always instantly available to me, wherever I am (since I always have my phone with me). Even if I drop my phone into an active volcano, all of that data is totally secure, backed up, etc.. A paper log is a flammable, drownable physical object that can be easily lost.
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I don't write a lot. Most of my dives are simple. As far as security, I never take the paper log on a boat (wetness), just a small sheet of paper for data kept in a sealed jar. People sign the real book back at the dock. Every page is Xeroxed and copies kept in a firebox. Yours are backed up electronically. I suppose all my stuff can miraculously disappear, as can your stuff and the backups. Nothing can be "easily" lost. No excuse for either (paper or electronic) to be lost (but it happens, as we've all read on SB). Which way to log is just personal preference.
My logs have far more information than I would ever bother write down (complete profiles with all of the raw data, extensive comments, big blocks of dive site descriptive text cut and pasted from online resources, full gear lists, buddy and dive op contact info, etc...). All of this information is always instantly available to me, wherever I am (since I always have my phone with me). Even if I drop my phone into an active volcano, all of that data is totally secure, backed up, etc.. A paper log is a flammable, drownable physical object that can be easily lost.
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I don't write a lot. Most of my dives are simple. As far as security, I never take the paper log on a boat (wetness), just a small sheet of paper for data kept in a sealed jar. People sign the real book back at the dock. Every page is Xeroxed and copies kept in a firebox. Yours are backed up electronically. I suppose all my stuff can miraculously disappear, as can your stuff and the backups. Nothing can be "easily" lost. No excuse for either (paper or electronic) to be lost (but it happens, as we've all read on SB). Which way to log is just personal preference.