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What fantastic and helpful responses! Thank you all!

Of course, I'm still indecisive. The replaceable vs. rechargeable battery cuts both ways, and I'm not sure on which side of the line I fall. The compass is a neat trick on the Teric, for sure, and I do like the readability of the display.

I'll continue to cogitate. In the end, I may decide based on the $200 price difference. Stay tuned, and thanks again!
 
. The compass is a neat trick on the Teric, for sure, and I do like the readability of the display.

If having the compass on the display without pushing buttons to other screens is a plus for you, it can be done on the Perdix in setup. You can have a little arrow pointing direction and also an accurate numeric readout of bearing on the main screen.
 
If having the compass on the display without pushing buttons to other screens is a plus for you, it can be done on the Perdix in setup. You can have a little arrow pointing direction and also an accurate numeric readout of bearing on the main screen.

Good to know! I'm old school and still prefer my wrist mounted SK7.
 
What fantastic and helpful responses! Thank you all!

Of course, I'm still indecisive. The replaceable vs. rechargeable battery cuts both ways, and I'm not sure on which side of the line I fall. The compass is a neat trick on the Teric, for sure, and I do like the readability of the display.

I'll continue to cogitate. In the end, I may decide based on the $200 price difference. Stay tuned, and thanks again!

Just buy one of each! :eyebrow:

I'll probably get a Teric AI someday but not until I'm ready to replace my backup Petrel 1. At that point the Perdix will become my backup. Maybe in another year or two.
 
What fantastic and helpful responses! Thank you all!

Of course, I'm still indecisive. The replaceable vs. rechargeable battery cuts both ways, and I'm not sure on which side of the line I fall. The compass is a neat trick on the Teric, for sure, and I do like the readability of the display.

I'll continue to cogitate. In the end, I may decide based on the $200 price difference. Stay tuned, and thanks again!

Or wait until SW new box computer comes out. That will be something very special I guess.
 
2. Given the problems with Shearwater Cloud, are there any issues in downloading dives into third-party logs, like MacDive?
Not sure if anyone answered this or not. I didn't seem to see a response. I have the Perdix and I use MacDive. Dives download flawlessly via bluetooth from the Perdix to the MacDive software. I love it..
 
Not sure if anyone answered this or not. I didn't seem to see a response. I have the Perdix and I use MacDive. Dives download flawlessly via bluetooth from the Perdix to the MacDive software. I love it..

They hadn’t and that’s great to know - many thanks.
 
Question: Since both devices allow you to customize the screen layout, I am wondering that since Perdix has the larger screen, does it allow you to display more information on the screen at one time compared to the Teric or do both have the exact same limits on the amount of information and it is just size and clarity of the screen that are different?
 
Question: Since both devices allow you to customize the screen layout, I am wondering that since Perdix has the larger screen, does it allow you to display more information on the screen at one time compared to the Teric or do both have the exact same limits on the amount of information and it is just size and clarity of the screen that are different?
I've just been throught this comparison. That is a difficult question to answer with a blanket statement due to differences in the way different modes are displayed between the two and which combined-data displays are supported.

What mode would would you be using it in? OC Rec, OC Tec, CCR?
What data items do you want to see on the home screen?

This is my outline in another, similar thread (germain, good reading, and more current): Shearwater Teric vs. Perdix
Just purchased a Teric, but would have preferred the Perdix AI (mostly for the swappable battery) if not for the better efficiency of use of the display on the Teric.

For the near future at least, I'm using it in OC Rec mode, Standard/Small/4-line display format AI, without gas switching. On the Perdix approx 1/3 of the display area is used for simultaneous NDL and Safety Stop info in a (IMO) wasteful way. The Teric, uses a modal format that presents that information sequentially, but clearly and occupies < 1/6 of the total display area.

Up top I have mode, battery, depth and ascent info

2nd Line I have NDL/SS (and Deco in extremis) and Tank Pressure/GTR (combo)

3rd Line i have PP02, TTS, and Delta+5 so I can monitor risk-factors by default, but this line can be scrolled through the other info screens with one button.

Bottom I have my Dive-Time and Gas-type

And I leave the compass up on the outer ring all the time so I have orientation at a glance.


While I'd like to see them implement a couple more combo displays (PP02/CNS% and TTS/Delta+5), as it is, I have a ton of info, legible, clearly labeled, and at-a-glance.

FWIW, I'm 51 with now, aging-eyes. The Teric is very visible to me at "normal" wrist-view distance. YMMV
 
I've just been throught this comparison. That is a difficult question to answer with a blanket statement due to differences in the way different modes are displayed between the two and which combined-data displays are supported.

What mode would would you be using it in? OC Rec, OC Tec, CCR?
What data items do you want to see on the home screen?

I would use for both OC Rec & OC Tec. Doing only OC Rec right now. There are of course some required things I would want to see and I know that will fit on the display. But then there are things that are not critical, but would be useful at times and then just nice-to-haves - because I am a data hound and just like looking at data. I am the same way when I run with my Garmin tri-athlete watch

OC Rec Required
-Current Depth
-Average Depth
-Stopwatch
-Ascent Rate
-NDL
-Dive Time

OC Rec Useful
-Max Depth
-CNS
-Current PPO2
-Time of Day (clock)

OC Rec Nice-to-haves
-Temp
-If I ever use AI then TANK PSI, current SAC & GTR
-I might try turning on the compass just to try it, but I doubt if I would keep it on and use it as I have never really trusted electronic compasses.

I won't bother listing all I would want with OC-Tech, but there would be some differences, such as TTS, ceiling, current gas, stop, etc..

I could rotate through screens to see some of this. I just wonder if I can eliminate some of the scrolling if the larger screen of the Perdix will mean I am allowed to customize it to show more data than the Teric or if it will be the same amount, but just with bigger fonts.

Thanks.
 
https://www.shearwater.com/products/teric/

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