halocline
Contributor
Most divers who have used both end up preferring a wrist mounted computer for the reasons that have been posted. I agree with those comments and switched from console to wrist. There is one thing, though, that applies to new divers; it's not a bad thing to have all your info in one place, so you can keep track of your air consumption along with tracking your depth. Experienced divers typically don't have to check their air nearly as often, which means you can safely clip your SPG off and mostly just look at your wrist. There's a case to be made that brand new divers could benefit from seeing their air supply every time they look at depth. So, I guess IMO the ideal scenario would be to start diving with a console, then at some point when you have a good idea of your gas consumption, get a wrist boot for the computer, then just either toss the console boot and use the SPG bootless, or put a back up analog depth guage in the space that the computer once took. (You might have to get a new boot for that, but they're cheap)
I know this is a somewhat convoluted approach that would cost a little more, but it's something to think about. The aeris atmos computers will allow you to do this, because the wrist and a variety of console boots are easily available.
I know this is a somewhat convoluted approach that would cost a little more, but it's something to think about. The aeris atmos computers will allow you to do this, because the wrist and a variety of console boots are easily available.