Downloading Dive Data

[eweingarden]

Good food for thought. Thanks.

 

[dmaziuk]

I was curious what reasons people would give here.

As for me, I have never downloaded dive data. I'm a purely recreational (i.e., no-stop) diver, so the profile isn't a big deal to me. I dive non-air-integrated, so downloading wouldn't be useful for SAC rate calculations. I rarely dive where there are thermoclines, so temperature data isn't of interest. My computer gives me average depth, which I can just write in my paper log. Sometimes I'll roughly sketch the profile by entering a few depth/time points and connect the dots.

I guess I like seeing my own handwriting. I'm hardly a Luddite--if I could see a good reason to download dive data for the kind of diving I do presently, I would. Losing a book seems unlikely, though it could certainly happen. If I really cared that much about my log, I suppose I could scan or photocopy the pages in a few minutes to create a backup.

We'll see what other reasons people bring up. I'm open to the idea.

Well, looking at the sawtooth profile of your dive kinda makes you want to pay more attention to buoyancy control. Other than that, I've terrible handwriting, that's my excuse.

(Plus I'm a professional computer geek, I couldn't possibly not have my dives in a computer.)