Stoo
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Always carry two computers on a trip but only dive with one. I've never had a computer fail but if it did it would be no big deal. I'd just end the dive and grab my other computer for the next dive.
And get bent like a pretzel potentially... I fresh computer is useless for a repetitive dive, as far as deco goes...
---------- Post added September 8th, 2015 at 07:20 PM ----------
There are any number of things that can go wrong with dive gear, but next to a fin strap, a computer is probably the piece of gear that is most prone to failure. Anyone who has been diving any length of time has had a computer crap out on them, guaranteed. I find that the generic puck computers are the worst. I used to get two yers our them before they'd die. It didn't matter the brand... most of them are made by Seiko anyway, with a slightly different face on them.
I have been diving with two computers ever since they became common place. Initially I did this because I dive solo a lot, and most of those dives require some deco, so wearing two seemed like a good idea. My first computers were Aladdin Pros and then Aladdin Pro Nitrox. These were bombproof and the only time I wrecked one was when I drove over it with my Tahoe!
Eventually I moved over to changeable gas gizmos... Dive-Rite Duo, Apeks Quantums... None of them lasted more than a couple of seasons. I went over to Shearwater and by all accounts, it too is bombproof. But I still wear a backup puck. I'm likely going to pick up a Petral 2 soon "FOR MY WIFE" which I will borrow on real dives.
So ya, wear a backup. It's the only way you're going dive continuously on a vacation...