Average depth gauge/computer?

[jscott099]

Concur - the Suunto Cobra, Vytec, Vyper only show Avg Depth after the dive, not during.

What are you planning to do witht hat number, do underwater SCFM calculations?

 

[ucfdiver]

What are you planning to do witht hat number, do underwater SCFM calculations?

Deco planning would be my first thought here.

 

[Blackwood]

Youch!

Looks like a gap in the market.

I don't think there's sufficient demand in the market that many of the computer programmers will take notice. It's a very small percentage of divers who use average depth during the dive.

Deco planning would be my first thought here.

I concur.

 

[giantturtle]

Yes, I wanted to use it as a backup to my intuition while doing ratio deco planning. I don't think I'd regret having that info on screen if a dive went wrong, so while I am shopping around I thought I would look for one that could provide it.

It's frustrating, because it is an incredibly simple calculation for a dive computer that is already sampling depth data every 5 or 15 seconds. Oh well, the quest for the ultimate low cost dive computer continues...

 

[Blackwood]

^^

Personally, I think the 2G is the best computer for depth averaging from a ratio deco standpoint, simply because it's re-settable. When you pass your deepest bottle, you can hit reset and get the average for just the bottom segment to feed into your ratio.

 

[jscott099]

Can you briefly describe the term ratio deco. That's a new one for me. It sounds like you are making on the fly deco plans underwater. Never done that before. All my deco diving to date has been to a fairly straight forward prescribed deco profile (pre-planned before the dive).

 

[Rick Inman]

Can you briefly describe the term ratio deco. That's a new one for me. It sounds like you are making on the fly deco plans underwater. Never done that before. All my deco diving to date has been to a fairly straight forward prescribed deco profile (pre-planned before the dive).

My bad explaination, with a link to the PDF file: http://www.scubaboard.com/forums/ba...tons-interview-scubaboard-40.html#post3818996

 

[Blackwood]

Can you briefly describe the term ratio deco. That's a new one for me. It sounds like you are making on the fly deco plans underwater.

That's about as brief a description as they come.


Essentially, it's a method to a) determine decompression requirements and b) determine the schedule over which to best fulfill those requirements. It's based on using a specific series of gases.

 

[texdiveguy]

Can you briefly describe the term ratio deco. That's a new one for me. It sounds like you are making on the fly deco plans underwater. Never done that before. All my deco diving to date has been to a fairly straight forward prescribed deco profile (pre-planned before the dive).

It's witch-craft....stay clear!

 

[giantturtle]

Getting into the Halloween spirit with a little witch-hunting?