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if you can wait, wait for DEMA 2018/get a fill-in and see what comes out. The competition is heating up ...
Advice on computer choices
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No2rdame
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I'm still building up my funds, so I've got some time and still open to several choices. I've reviewed the ones mentioned so far and they seem promising. Plus, right after the DEMA show there will be black Friday sales, so hopefully some good things come out of that. I'd buy now if I could just convince my wife to let me run up some credit card debt. Yeah, I'm the king of the castle... until my wife gets home.
I wouldn't put much faith in DEMA, but it is usually worth waiting for Thanksgiving/Christmas sales.
One more thing to keep in mind, if you're aiming for WAI, is that PPS pressure transmitters tend to be a bit cheaper and compatible with all Pelagic resellers (Oceanic, Aqua~Lung) and Shearwater. Others aren't.
One more thing to keep in mind, if you're aiming for WAI, is that PPS pressure transmitters tend to be a bit cheaper and compatible with all Pelagic resellers (Oceanic, Aqua~Lung) and Shearwater. Others aren't.
ChemGuy
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If you are willing to buy a used computer you should be able to pick up a shearwater petrel or petrel 2 for the same price or less than what you are looking at for a new computer.
I found a nice petrel 2 for less than $500 delivered on SB a few weeks ago.
I found a nice petrel 2 for less than $500 delivered on SB a few weeks ago.
ajduplessis
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Buy a secondhand Shearwater that is in line with your budget (Petrel 1) ...
ericBSoCal
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Check out the seac guru as well. Picked up one with transmitter for 400$ new on ebay. It's the ratio idive easy resold under Seac.
ericBSoCal
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I got one w/o for 240$.
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I've considered the Ratio, so the Guru would definitely be one to look at. How is their customer service? I looked at the manual and it appears to be running the Buhlmann ZHL-16 B algorithm. As a newer diver I know that sort of stuff is still a bit above my head, but it's something I'll need to understand and I don't want to be THAT guy during the dive whose computer is yelling at him to end the dive soonest.
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