Wow, how things change. I remember when mentioning the word transmitter or AI on this board got a huge amount of flaming responses on entanglement, failure, etc even for recreational diving and now they are accepted for cave.
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Wow, how things change. I remember when mentioning the word transmitter or AI on this board got a huge amount of flaming responses on entanglement, failure, etc even for recreational diving and now they are accepted for cave.
We've had some back-and-forth about button gauges on another thread, and other people have pooh-poohed the idea, but I still second the idea of using button gauges in the top-facing HP ports. Button gauges aren't exactly accurate, and they're not very useful underwater, but they're exceedingly convenient for getting a quick-and-dirty pressure readout while on the surface. I use my button gauges for that purpose every time I dive SM.For overheads I’d go with the transmitters on 6” hoses.....hard mount gives me the heebee geebees......I’d keep it simple and put a button gauge on the firsts if you must have a third means of gas knowledge.
I remember the Baker's Dozen reasons for not using a computer at all. Advances in technology have made them pretty much obsolete. I love AI for the rec dives I'm doing now and if I was going on another cave diving trip I'd add a second transmitter to my side mount regs.Wow, how things change. I remember when mentioning the word transmitter or AI on this board got a huge amount of flaming responses on entanglement, failure, etc even for recreational diving and now they are accepted for cave.
The second time the button gauge hung up in my shoulder d-ring I took them off and haven't missed them. When the guys with experience tell me things, I listen when all other options have been exhausted. There are plenty of other reasons, but that one was undeniable. If I want an analog spg, I'll just go with the real thing.We've had some back-and-forth about button gauges on another thread, and other people have pooh-poohed the idea, but I still second the idea of using button gauges in the top-facing HP ports. Button gauges aren't exactly accurate, and they're not very useful underwater, but they're exceedingly convenient for getting a quick-and-dirty pressure readout while on the surface. I use my button gauges for that purpose every time I dive SM.
Two transmitters? What sort of failure?I've had 2 fail, both above water.
Two transmitters? What sort of failure?