I just finished a TDI AN+DP+sidemount course, and in the process, I learned (among other things) that my Aeris Elite T3 is completely inadequate for tech diving, even in gauge mode. The primary issue is that it shows elapsed dive time in hour:minute format only, and when the instructor had me running the deco schedule, I needed to see seconds in order to know when to give the appropriate signals (the rental Suunto Zoop was fine for that). It should still be okay as a backup depth/timing device, and I need a redundant computer anyway, so I'm considering options now.
My criteria are:
My criteria are:
- Air integration with 2+ MH8A transmitters. I want to be able to dive sidemount and see my remaining pressure on both wrists.
- Hour:Minute:Second time display.
- Integrated compass would be a plus.
- Reasonable cost. I'm planning to crossover into CCR next year, and when I do, I'm pretty sure I will want a NERD 2 with it. It's kind of hard to justify the cost a Perdix AI and a NERD. If there was a way to run a NERD with OC sidemount, I'd just get one and be done with it, but seeing as how its OC mount is to a regulator hose, that won't work for me.