Any change to new Aeris 2???

[wetnorm]

I am very happy with my 2 yr old Aeris 2 and wish another for my son.
I figure I can teach and problem solve it well, and use it as a back-up should my battery (or what not) fail.
Is there anything different in two years? Same dive protocol? Features?

 

[scubatoys]

The only real change since they started is the count down safety stop timer. Now, after you dive down and ascend to 20 feet, it will automatically start a 3 minute count down so you can make sure you do a good safety stop without having to do the... "I've got 28 minutes of bottom time, but that might be 28 and 50 seconds... so I'll add 4 and finish my ascent when it says I have 32 minutes of bottom time" Then remember that 4 minutes later...

Not a big deal... but nice!

 

[wetnorm]

Thanks. Does it chime the end of the SS period?

Indeed, I do remember the pain of doing the timing for Safety Stops mentally, especially restarting another 3 min. in my early days beacause poor buoyancy control made me drift from 15 to 25 fsw. Others must have had a timer with a helpful 3 min timer/alarm; their actions seemed like military-like precision. Does such a thing exist? It should. Now I like 2-3 min at 20 fsw, 2-3 at 15 fsw, and 2-3 at 10 fsw.... much of which is now done by slowing ascending while swimming back to the boat at these levels. Imagine being able to program such a safety ascent pattern and hearing the feedback chime to check off.