Spg face color?

[N518LF]

New diver setting up my first rig. I'm diving San Diego and Laguna beach which means 55 degree water with 10-20 foot vis. Not planning any night or tech dives.

I see Hog has a black face spg and Deep 6 has orange, most are white. I was looking at the black face from Hog but wondering if the white would be better for my conditions?

Thoughts and suggestions are much appreciated. Thanks.

 

[decompression]

Truthfully, I don’t think it makes much of a difference.....I have white and black and would like to try the orange but I’d say get what appeals to you.

 

[Scared Silly]

Th black face SPG is thought to be better for dark and low vis diving because when one looks at them they do not get a an after image of the gauge afterwards.

Think about looking a light a dark room then looking away and blinking. You see an after image (also known as photo-bleaching).

If nothing else get the blacked SPG cause they look cool.

 

[WarrenZ]

I like the black faced ones they work well at night the white faced ones seen to be too luminous when charged up with your dive light.

 

[N518LF]

Thanks guys, I deff like the look of the black face. Everyone seems to speak highly about it for night/cave diving and I just wasn't sure if it would be better or worse than a white face for recreational/daytime (non dark) diving. From what I'm hearing, they would be about the same for my dive conditions.

Black it will be

 

[buddhasummer]

I have both black and white, I dive in appalling viz locally and when I'm very lucky tropical Gin, can't say I've noticed any difference.

 

[Trace Malinowski]

The Hog black is cool. Had one. My ex-girlfriend pirated it in the break-up. The white is easily read in all conditions especially when it glows. The Deep 6 reminds me of a sexy retro Doxa dive watch. I'm partial to the Deep 6.

 

[Dogbowl]

I was very pleasantly surprised at how easily I was able to read the 2” brass and glass Deep 6 SPG, as compared to a standard white one, even during night dives. Not sure why that is. Definitely would choose it over a white one. Don’t have any experience with a black one.

 

[buddhasummer]

FWIW I much prefer the unbranded ones as sold by DGX, cleaner.

 

[tbone1004]

I like black faced gauges personally but I primarily cave dive, so that's the driver for that. In OW I still like them, though in dark water the orange face would probably be a bit easier to read at quick glance if you have it already. Try it, figure out which one you like.
I will say that I don't like white faced gauges at all. The contrast makes it hard for me to read at quick glance, even in OW.