large_diver
Contributor
Goind points -- but as with any equipment recommendation, I think it depends on the individual diver and the type of diving they do.
If a diver is about to take a weeklong $2,500 trip on a liveaboard in the South Pacific involving up to 20+ dives, a computer is a must.
For a relative newbie like me, for the type of diving I do, a computer is less important. I dive mainly in New England here in the US. About 60% of my diving is shore diving in water 60 feet deep or shallower. I rarely, if ever, come up against NDLs before I run out of air on these types of dives (newbie-ness combined with my large size). The other 40% of my dives are 2 tank square profile boat/wreck dives -- again, a computer does not provide a lot of value add here.
This topic is at the forefront of my miund right now -- I am weighing near-future purchases of a drysuit, regulator and computer. When weighed against the other purchases I need to make, the computer comes in third. Do I think a computer is useful -- yes. Do I need to go out and spend $800 on a Cobra RIGHT NOW? No.
If a diver is about to take a weeklong $2,500 trip on a liveaboard in the South Pacific involving up to 20+ dives, a computer is a must.
For a relative newbie like me, for the type of diving I do, a computer is less important. I dive mainly in New England here in the US. About 60% of my diving is shore diving in water 60 feet deep or shallower. I rarely, if ever, come up against NDLs before I run out of air on these types of dives (newbie-ness combined with my large size). The other 40% of my dives are 2 tank square profile boat/wreck dives -- again, a computer does not provide a lot of value add here.
This topic is at the forefront of my miund right now -- I am weighing near-future purchases of a drysuit, regulator and computer. When weighed against the other purchases I need to make, the computer comes in third. Do I think a computer is useful -- yes. Do I need to go out and spend $800 on a Cobra RIGHT NOW? No.
