Matt S.
Contributor
The Sol has a lot of ascent options.
There is plain old deco, where you exceed the NDL and it guides you up through mandatory stops. This should be the same as a Smart Z or other Uwatec computer with the same base algorithm.
Then there are "level stops," which when turned on guide you on a slow ascent designed to minimize micro-bubble formation. If you do not exceed your NDL and have level stops turned on, it will still give you stop instructions though they are not mandatory. These are not deco stops, but a conservatism setting.
Then there is PDIS, which is Uwatec's "deep stops" algorithm.
How these all stack, I don't recall, though the manual covers it.
I never exceed NDL, and I do not have the extra conservatism of "level stops" turned on. However, I do have PDIS turned on and I'll take the computer's convenient deep stop reminders on my ascent. I reckon deep stops can't hurt, might help, and they aren't burdensome to do.
There is plain old deco, where you exceed the NDL and it guides you up through mandatory stops. This should be the same as a Smart Z or other Uwatec computer with the same base algorithm.
Then there are "level stops," which when turned on guide you on a slow ascent designed to minimize micro-bubble formation. If you do not exceed your NDL and have level stops turned on, it will still give you stop instructions though they are not mandatory. These are not deco stops, but a conservatism setting.
Then there is PDIS, which is Uwatec's "deep stops" algorithm.
How these all stack, I don't recall, though the manual covers it.
I never exceed NDL, and I do not have the extra conservatism of "level stops" turned on. However, I do have PDIS turned on and I'll take the computer's convenient deep stop reminders on my ascent. I reckon deep stops can't hurt, might help, and they aren't burdensome to do.
