Air integration

[tursiops]

My wife had a ProPlus2 console and an Oceanic Geo 2 on her wrist. She was always complaining about how hard it was to read the Oceanic compared to the PP2, so I got her a Peregrine. It was so easy to read that she looked at it as her primary after a while and got frustrated having to look at her PP2 just to see her pressure or the occasional compass. So now she has a Peregrine TX and doesn't look at her PP2 anymore. Loves being able to see everything on one, easy to read screen, on her wrist. She says she always knows where her wrist is and never has to reach for it.

 

[scubadada]

I have a standard Perigrine. I like having a compass even for follow the DM dives and the Peregrine TX has an integrated compass. That is why I "upgraded" to the TX...

I have come to appreciate the floating north pointer on the main screen of my Teric. It's all I need for my frequent drift dives in SE Florida. I really do have all the information I need in one place.

 

[Belzelbub]

She says she always knows where her wrist is and never has to reach for it.

Yes. This is spot on. I also went from a PP2 to hoseless AI. While my PP2 was clipped and generally in the same place, it wasn't directly connected to me. Without thinking, I always know where my wrists are.

 

[landphil]

It’s super nice to have all of your info in one place. At some point we all moved from that huge hose console with every gauge you’d want to a wrist computer, but with pressure essentially still on the old console. AI just moves that last remaining piece where it belongs. I still have an analog gauge that I only use to verify that my tank is actually open (or I guess if something falls.)

I’ll run some of my dives super task loaded, moving equipment around or recording observations while entangled in kelp and getting surged into a wall of urchins. And having to check only one thing for all of my dive info is awesome.

 

[lexvil]

Bottom line, there are people who have kept up and rely on air integration hoseless (or horseless) dive computers…

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[grantmac]

I like AI for photography and scooting, especially in sidemount. Significantly reduces task loading. Plus I know my spgs always indicate a deco gas or stage since I don't have them on my back gas.

Only complaint is needing to have my computer on to check gas plus occasional TX interference.

 

[tursiops]

Only complaint is needing to have my computer on to check gas plus occasional TX interference.

That's why I put a miniSPG gauge directly into the second HP port on my first stage. The tank fillers on liveaboards love it.

 

[Maolli]

That's why I put a miniSPG gauge directly into the second HP port on my first stage. The tank fillers on liveaboards love it.

When the tank is filled, on a live aboard or anywhere else, the regulator is removed. The pressure in the tank(s) being filled is monitored with gauges at the compressor. So how is having a mini spg on the HP port helpful to the tank filler?

 

[tursiops]

When the tank is filled, on a live aboard or anywhere else, the regulator is removed. The pressure in the tank(s) being filled is monitored with gauges at the compressor. So how is having a mini spg on the HP port helpful to the tank filler?

You will have to ask the tank filler why he looks at the gauge. Perhaps he wants to double-check that the tank is full. I appreciate that.

 

[Maolli]

You will have to ask the tank filler why he looks at the gauge. Perhaps he wants to double-check that the tank is full. I appreciate that.

The tank fillers on liveaboards or anywhere else generally don't look at the divers gauges when they fill the tank as the regulator is removed and they already know the pressure as they read it directly from the compressor.

After filling, the diver analyzes the tank as necessary, puts on the regulator and checks the pressure themselves.