Do you download your dive computer data?

Do you download and save dive computer data?


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Using the Garmin Descent Mk1 and MacDive you pretty much get the "geographical dive site recognition" but then you lose starting and ending pressures because it doesn't have AI.

Sooo close!
 
Also log after every dive day/trip - both electronically (Subsurface) and paper. I still like the paper for stamps and buddy signatures, adds some "feeling" to the dives, and writing a dive down cements it in my memory. I like the electronics for the data - how long, deep, what was the SAC, etc. Along with the other data this can be quite useful planning future dives.

Need to be more organised to write down some impressions immediately after a dive - can really tell flicking through my logs which dives I logged straightaway and which dives I left until later.

PS. I did vote, but also didn't like the wording of the poll.
 
Why would I need to down load the data?
I logged all my dives since day 1. Just read it from the dive computer at the end of the day and wrote the data(max depth and total dive time) in my log book.

To purchase a dedicated cable for the down load? You must be joking!
 
Why would I need to down load the data?
I logged all my dives since day 1. Just read it from the dive computer at the end of the day and wrote the data(max depth and total dive time) in my log book.

To purchase a dedicated cable for the down load? You must be joking!

You are the one that can't possibly be serious about continuing to use pen and paper logbook instead of electronic and on the cloud logbooks.
 
What is wrong with paper and pen? They never FAIL.
No battery is required or disposed of!
Cellulose, graphite and wood do not require special treatment for disposal.
 
What is wrong with paper and pen? They never FAIL.
No battery is required.
They get lost, destroyed, forgotten, inconvenient, etc. Now that I switched to electronic and on the cloud, I never have to worry about it, the logbook is safe and always available and very convenient with plenty of information about the dive beyond what I can write in a paper logbook. There is no comparison and no advantage for paper based logbooks at all, none whatsoever.
 
To purchase a dedicated cable for the down load? You must be joking!

It's a real time saver especially over the course of 100's of dives. Date, time, depth, bottom time, graph of the dive profile, gas used, temperature.. It's all taken right off your dive computer and pulled right into your logbook.

You know why that cable is expensive? Because it's worth it.
 
It's a real time saver especially over the course of 100's of dives. Date, time, depth, bottom time, graph of the dive profile, gas used, temperature.. It's all taken right off your dive computer and pulled right into your logbook.

You know why that cable is expensive? Because it's worth it.
Why I love my Shearwaters: no cable required! I Bluetooth the dive data to my phone and capture GPS coordinates right on the boat and synch to the cloud later when I have Wi-Fi. It is 2019 after all :)
 
They get lost, destroyed, forgotten, inconvenient, etc. Now that I switched to electronic and on the cloud, I never have to worry about it, the logbook is safe and always available and very convenient with plenty of information about the dive beyond what I can write in a paper logbook. There is no comparison and no advantage for paper based logbooks at all, none whatsoever.
My log books (30+) are safely in my drawer. And I can read them any time if I want to check certain information at home. But I rarely do so because I would rather look forward to my next dive than history.
After diving for 23yrs+ and 2200 dives(rec and tec), I still do not know the reason why I need to download the diving history of the dives that I had done.
 
Why I love my Shearwaters: no cable required! I Bluetooth the dive data to my phone and capture GPS coordinates right on the boat and synch to the cloud later when I have Wi-Fi. It is 2019 after all :)

Why I love my Oceanic VT Pro- it predates yours by about 15 years, and yet is a solid, easy to read, easy to use solid and reliable workhorse computer. It's got only 2 buttons and 2 submenus. 1 for the more commonly used features and a second for things you'll probably never change once you set it up. No fiddling around with multiple buttons and menus trying to remember all the settings. Same algorithms as modern day dive PCs. Easy to replace batteries, it does Nitrox, it's air integrated, and it's supported by Subsurface digital logbook. DSS makes a nice bungee boot to replace the straps and boot that come with it (the manufacturer's boot is made of some sort of cheap plastic that tends to fall apart over time-doesn't affect operation though).

The only drawbacks- and to me it just doesn't matter: Can monitor only one gas supply, no GPS or wireless internet access so no checking email during the dive, and you need "that cable". It's no longer supported by the manufacturer but at a used cost of $75-100, buy a few spares.
 
https://www.shearwater.com/products/swift/

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