fsardone
Solo Diver
Monochrome.
So
Let me explain. At the time, before the 2020 handset, the Vision handset was a very nasty monochrome display which you would have considered state of the art in 1980. The JJ had a colour TFT handset. I didn’t fancy paying 7k for such a nasty UI. The plastic box was another issue. A third was that I was seeing lots of Visions rebuilt like a JJ, so concluded that I might as well start with the JJ. At the time my preferred instructor did not do the JJ but when I hassled him it turned out he was in talks with them so it was all good in the end.
The AP has the advantage of a factory BOV, but it still has the plastic box. I would expect to break that. Also it looks like a prop from 1970s Sci Fi.
Understood.
I dove a vision with the old LCD display and upgraded my unit to the 2020.
And also once sone with MOD1 and put 50 hours on the unit I moved to a PLDT frame.
What I am saying is that you have 2 independent controller since the classic which had them in the pendants, when moved to vision the controllers went into the head and you had a single monochrome, now color, display with 3 buttons.
If the communication between the display/button unit is lost, the rebreather will mantain set point and display green on the head up display. Deviating more than .2 from setpoint you will get flashing green and flashing red if below .4 or above 1.6.
Fully agree that the move to the 2020 was overdue. The box is part of the character of the Inspiration (easily fixed).