Islanddiver23
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Hello braintrust -
Long time reader, first time poster...
Core question: Any recommendations in choosing between a Garmin Descent G1 and a Deep6 Excursion DC?
What kind of diving am I doing: Mostly diving on trips to tropical locations where we are doing a bunch of other activities (kite surfing, actual surfing, hiking, etc). Not a ton of local or liveaboard diving in my near future.
Level of Diving: My wife and I are both AOW (recently realized we didn't have our deep specialty, so are getting that in the next few months). We've done about 125 dives each. I'm interested in gear that will allow me to get into tec diving, but have no immediate plans to do so.
DC Background: I dove for a long time with an Atomic Cobalt that flooded on a recent trip to Cozumel. While Atomic(/Suunto...) offered some killer deals on a Suunto computer as a replacement, I wasn't keen on the algo they were using or the deco lockout that can occur. Not looking to debate that point, I know folks have feelings about it. My wife (primary dive buddy) has a Garmin Descent MK1 and loves it. I contemplated getting a Descent MK2i because I'm used to and like AI. I actually purchased and dove with a Perdix, but didn't like having a wrist mounted computer, so ended up selling it. I thought about a Teric, but wasn't sold on the battery life, and figured that if the Descent Mk2 would cover more of my activities and was at least similarly capable as a DC, it would be worth going in that direction. Given the more recent Garmin watches have advanced beyond the Descent Mk2, I feel like a Mk3 might be on the near horizon. This has all brought me around to figuring that I should get a computer that will work for a dive trip I have in 2 months, but hold out for a Mk3i as a primary when it is released (and cross my fingers that they move away from sonar for AI because that sounds annoying).
Back to the question: From reading around these boards and scouring the internet, I think I've narrowed it down to the two DCs in the title (Descent G1 vs Deep6 Excursion). Price difference seems somewhat negligible (give or take $150). Both would be fine backups for either a Descent Mk3 or a Shearwater if I get dragged back in that direction based on using the same algo. The G1 would cover other activities, but it's not clear if the Deep6 is a fundamentally better device or has some other factor that I'm not considering (better visibility/brightness/display/cutomization/etc).
Thank you so much for reading a relatively long post. If this has already been discussed somewhere else, let me know and I'll go look there!
Long time reader, first time poster...
Core question: Any recommendations in choosing between a Garmin Descent G1 and a Deep6 Excursion DC?
What kind of diving am I doing: Mostly diving on trips to tropical locations where we are doing a bunch of other activities (kite surfing, actual surfing, hiking, etc). Not a ton of local or liveaboard diving in my near future.
Level of Diving: My wife and I are both AOW (recently realized we didn't have our deep specialty, so are getting that in the next few months). We've done about 125 dives each. I'm interested in gear that will allow me to get into tec diving, but have no immediate plans to do so.
DC Background: I dove for a long time with an Atomic Cobalt that flooded on a recent trip to Cozumel. While Atomic(/Suunto...) offered some killer deals on a Suunto computer as a replacement, I wasn't keen on the algo they were using or the deco lockout that can occur. Not looking to debate that point, I know folks have feelings about it. My wife (primary dive buddy) has a Garmin Descent MK1 and loves it. I contemplated getting a Descent MK2i because I'm used to and like AI. I actually purchased and dove with a Perdix, but didn't like having a wrist mounted computer, so ended up selling it. I thought about a Teric, but wasn't sold on the battery life, and figured that if the Descent Mk2 would cover more of my activities and was at least similarly capable as a DC, it would be worth going in that direction. Given the more recent Garmin watches have advanced beyond the Descent Mk2, I feel like a Mk3 might be on the near horizon. This has all brought me around to figuring that I should get a computer that will work for a dive trip I have in 2 months, but hold out for a Mk3i as a primary when it is released (and cross my fingers that they move away from sonar for AI because that sounds annoying).
Back to the question: From reading around these boards and scouring the internet, I think I've narrowed it down to the two DCs in the title (Descent G1 vs Deep6 Excursion). Price difference seems somewhat negligible (give or take $150). Both would be fine backups for either a Descent Mk3 or a Shearwater if I get dragged back in that direction based on using the same algo. The G1 would cover other activities, but it's not clear if the Deep6 is a fundamentally better device or has some other factor that I'm not considering (better visibility/brightness/display/cutomization/etc).
Thank you so much for reading a relatively long post. If this has already been discussed somewhere else, let me know and I'll go look there!
