Great points. I've been using the Elite T3 for over 2 years and at most have had
2 consecutive samples (@ 15 sec) of "Lost Link" after downloading, and never more
than 3 or 4 "Lost Link" over an entire 40-50 min dive. Given the correlation between
strobe firing and link interruption, I'm extremely happy with the reliability of the link
and the computer itself. It's also never taken more than 15 or 20 secs to get link
back when I've noticed it underwater.
I've only been diving about 2.5 years, and not tech certified - I've never seen a
fellow diver with 2 SPG's. Probably not a bad thing, nor would having an SPG and
an AI computer, but where does redundancy stop?
2 consecutive samples (@ 15 sec) of "Lost Link" after downloading, and never more
than 3 or 4 "Lost Link" over an entire 40-50 min dive. Given the correlation between
strobe firing and link interruption, I'm extremely happy with the reliability of the link
and the computer itself. It's also never taken more than 15 or 20 secs to get link
back when I've noticed it underwater.
I've only been diving about 2.5 years, and not tech certified - I've never seen a
fellow diver with 2 SPG's. Probably not a bad thing, nor would having an SPG and
an AI computer, but where does redundancy stop?
Does this mean you have tried using AI computers and found them unreliable and failure prone and have therefore abandoned them. I can't prove this by any means, but my impression is that most who have tried air integrated computers are very happy with them, although that may vary a bit from brand to brand.
We have four divers in my family, three of whom use AI wrist computers. None has ever failed in a meaningful way, but we all also have backup SPGs, and have had two of those fail completely while on dive trips. This has led me to wonder if modern electronic instruments aren't actually more reliable than mechanical pressure gauges. That leads me to wonder.....I have oftern seen the suggestion that divers with AI computers should carry redundant mechanical gauges. Do those of you who use a mechanical SPG usually carry a backup for the SPG?