Console vs Wrist

[divad]

What happened to the OP?

 

[redacted]

awap - Can you please elaborate on this? I like the concept, but an unclear on how you are attaching the compass/computer to the double-ender. Thanks!

Both the Computer and the compass are in mounts that use bungee loops to attach to your wrist. Much easier than straps. They slip on pretty easily with no fumbling with straps. When not on my wrists, the loops are attached to one end of a double ender. On rare occasions, they even start a dive that way and I move them to my wrist as I descend and go to make my first depth check right after I start my descent. I have a number of different mounts but the DSS mounts are the best.

Edit: Plus with a pair of bungee loops, the failure of a strap does not mean a risk of loss.

 

[eweingarden]

OP is still here, taking in all of the various points of view.

 

[oldschool]

Over the years, I've had both and prefer wrist mount. I wear mine on my right wrist. 95% of my diving is in lakes with often minimal visability, sometimes requiring open water column ascents. Wearing it on my right wrist allows me to monitor my computer and keep a grasp on my smb line while controlling my ascent with my left hand on the bc inflator.

 

[kierentec]

That's hardly a foregone conclusion, and there have been plenty of threads addressing that specific issue. Suffice to say that knowing how many PSI you have left doesn't change the PSI you have left. My take on it is throw the standard SPG in your bag along with the requisite tools if you must, so you can swap between dives. Otherwise, get over it or stop diving AI. There isn't a shred of evidence that one is inherently more reliable than the other, and you don't see anyone saying 'Of course, whenever you're using one standard SPG, you must have another standard SPG as a backup."

I agree with you that knowing your pressure doesn't do much for you during a dive after a computer failure, because if you had enough gas to finish the dive before your computer failed, you still have enough and you're going up anyway.
however, to say that an AI computer is no more likely to fail than a brass and glass SPG is nonsense. I cannot recall ever seeing a single mechanical SPG battery die, yet I see computer batteries die every week. heck, even if most brass and glass SPGs "fail" and flood, they'll still show your pressure.

to answer the OP, wrist mounted is more convenient and adaptable in most situations.

 

[Skybadiver]

controlling my ascent with my left hand on the bc inflator.

Just curious. Do you really control your ascent with the inflator? I have so little air - typically none - in my BC during a dive that a quick hit on the dump value 3 or 4 times during ascent is more than enough. Any more than that does nothing but fill the BC with water. I like to think that an ascent is controlled by finning rather than the bc.

 

[divad]

I like to think that an ascent is controlled by finning rather than the bc.

Do you mean when you are horizontal, or vertical?

 

[Skybadiver]

I read Oldschool's post to be in the context of a vertical ascent to the surface as he was discussing open water column ascents. Regardless, it seems to me that horizontal ascents should similarly be made using a combination of breathing and finning. I remember the early admonitions of my OW instructor that the BC inflator / deflator is not an elevator button. That's always stuck with me and made sense.

 

[fnfalman]

O.k., let's say you are deploying a SMB @ a safety stop and need to monitor your depth and time while using both hands to deploy the SMB.........What do you do?

Okay, let's say that you're hunting for bugs and a nice 5-pounder just retreated into a crevice that you can stick your hand in to grab, except that your wrist is full of instruments...what do you do?

 

[dmoore19]

Okay, let's say that you're hunting for bugs and a nice 5-pounder just retreated into a crevice that you can stick your hand in to grab, except that your wrist is full of instruments...what do you do?

I wouldn't have a wrist full of instruments, I would have my Datamask and it wouldn't make any difference.

(I am being a smart ass, I know. But a datamask is another option and I really like mine.)