Doctor Rig
Contributor
Just read a good thread on computer selection, “Question about dive computers,” which brings me to some related incompletely addressed questions regarding a recreational diver looking to buy their first gear set?
Clearly a computer is an appropriate purchase today, but there are many choices/options, as discussed. To help in that selection for me, what is the general consensus on buying a AI console computer, and no conventional depth/pressure gauges to start with. (Maybe something like the Aqualung i550 which is available today for about $400.) As the diver progresses, then he/she would buy a more capable wrist computer, and use that console computer, to be the designated backup. There appears to be a possible advantage to delay the purchase of this advanced computer, not so much for technical capabilities, but for ongoing improvements in visibility/user interface improvements.
Make sense? Suggestions and thoughts!
UPDATE: My take away so far from the 9 posted thread recommendations are to get a Shearwater with AI, with some sort of compact backup, which at a minimum could be a pressure gauge or a pressure measuring computer console. For reduced long term expenditures, a pressure gauge console is a good value and good enough. Make sense to everyone?
Clearly a computer is an appropriate purchase today, but there are many choices/options, as discussed. To help in that selection for me, what is the general consensus on buying a AI console computer, and no conventional depth/pressure gauges to start with. (Maybe something like the Aqualung i550 which is available today for about $400.) As the diver progresses, then he/she would buy a more capable wrist computer, and use that console computer, to be the designated backup. There appears to be a possible advantage to delay the purchase of this advanced computer, not so much for technical capabilities, but for ongoing improvements in visibility/user interface improvements.
Make sense? Suggestions and thoughts!
UPDATE: My take away so far from the 9 posted thread recommendations are to get a Shearwater with AI, with some sort of compact backup, which at a minimum could be a pressure gauge or a pressure measuring computer console. For reduced long term expenditures, a pressure gauge console is a good value and good enough. Make sense to everyone?