BrianM
Contributor
That wasn't directed at you Ken, too bad you took it that way. I don't live in the dark ages and I am open to new technologies but I would hope that any diver would learn to use a compass reliably before buying a dive tracker... I have seen way too many people opt for the easy way and not bother to learn basic skills and then get into trouble when the gremlins cause problems with their gear. I have never used a dive tracker and I probably would if I dove with someone who had one and liked it and I could try it out. I don't enjoy long swims back to the boat, but I am glad I didn't have a magic gizmo when I started diving or I would have never bothered to learn to use a compass.
So now that I found someone who likes them and has one, what model is yours and do you have to buy the transmitter as well or only the receiver? I would probably use one on the opening day lobster trip so I could concentrate on bugs instead of navigating. Which one do you recommend?
EDIT - The reason I asked if you could buy only the receiver is that some of the Channel Island charters advertise that they have a transmitter onboard which is enable during each dive...as long as the receiver I buy is compatible.
So now that I found someone who likes them and has one, what model is yours and do you have to buy the transmitter as well or only the receiver? I would probably use one on the opening day lobster trip so I could concentrate on bugs instead of navigating. Which one do you recommend?
EDIT - The reason I asked if you could buy only the receiver is that some of the Channel Island charters advertise that they have a transmitter onboard which is enable during each dive...as long as the receiver I buy is compatible.
abman:well, is that so!!!! i tell you what, i dive monterey bay, the channel islands, the sonoma coast, the mendicino coast. evedently so do you. so you now how good the visabilitly usually isn't. i don't personally care for doing a long, or even short surface swim with a bunch of fish on a stringer. or not being able to see the bottom or what could be swimming around below me. i have owned my dive tracker for a couple of years now. during that time, not once has the dive tracker failed not to put me either directley back under the boat or right at the anchor line, depending on where the sending until was placed at. can your say that your brain and compass has that kind of accuracy? i know how to use my compass and my brain, but if you have a device that works better that something else, why not be drug kicking and screaming into the 21st century? i've seen a LOT of changes in equipment and gear since i was certified in 1979. i've made my share of stupid purchases of dive gear that didn't work. i do an incredible amount of research, on line before i buy any new product. i did it with the dive tracker as well. i use the product, i believe in the product, i trust the product and i highly recomend the product. come out of the dark ages, you just might learn something............. ken