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Thank you Slamfire. The Teric rocks!!!
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broncobowsher
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That Teric compass actually looks very good.
The one in the nerd is tiny (reminds me of the tiny ones on the butt of a Rambo survival knife) or is the scrolling number bar that you have to think way too hard with. I wish my NERD had the display of the Teric.
The one in the nerd is tiny (reminds me of the tiny ones on the butt of a Rambo survival knife) or is the scrolling number bar that you have to think way too hard with. I wish my NERD had the display of the Teric.
Tiny? How much bigger should it be?
Teric is a beautiful piece of gear, but it doesn’t have to display PO2...
The Teric is round. The NERD is round.... Maybe the NERD3 will have a display to match the Teric..... That does sound nice....
AJ
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broncobowsher
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The way the "big compass" is shown on the NERD you get macro vision. In the example you show you have a 45° spread. If you are dead focused and navigation is all you are doing, being that exact is fine. But 99% of the time I am doing something else on a dive. Looking around, etc. It's like taking a regular compass and covering 80% of it and trying to use a compass with only a peep hole.
The small compass (I have tried it in the 3rd PPO location as I only have 2 cells hooked up) and it is too dumbed down. Too small.
That is where the Teric looks great. Looks like a normal compass. Full 360° display so no macrovision.
A few months ago I had three students who were loaned a colored display computer, G2, Perdix, and an Eon. After playing around with each of the compasses all three of the students preferred the Eon's compass. I still prefer my Suunto SK compass. Perhaps someday I'll breakdown and move over to the digital compass.
I have only compared the Shearwater and G2 and I definitely like the Shearwater (Perdix or Petrel 2) better than the G2. It seemed noticeably smoother/more responsive.
OK, if you don't like it, I guess that's a matter of personal preference. But I'm not quite sure I understand the problem you are describing. Why do you need to see more than what your heading is? How is it better for it to look like a regular compass?
When I'm navigating somewhere, I see my heading in the NERD display, along with the PO2, and I have no problem looking around at the same time.
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