Hey guys. I'm a "beginner diver" just because I have never gone for my advanced certification, that being said, I reguarlly dive in the Niagara River and around western NY. Some trips I have gone on were to the Gulf of mexico, Tampa Bay Area; I dove a natural, and then an artificial reef, and I gotta say, I love natural organic beauty, but the artificial reef, was far better than the natural as far as specie diversity goes. 1000 Islands; I dove the America, Vickery, and the Islander, all kinda deep wrecks. Great charter "Hunts Dive Shop" the guy's name is "Mo". He and his wife run the joint, kinda crazy folks, but they have a great boat. They are out of Clayton, NY.
Anyway, enough about me, this is what I need. I'm looking to get some equipment. I need a dive computer. I'm tired of the tables, I understand the principles, and the saftey issues with bottom time, surface interval, decomp times, so on and so forth, but I was wondering, What types of computers are good consumer friendly units. I know there had been a industry boom with these wrist mounted computers, but I'm not into that. I'd like it interfaced to all my gear. What brands are good, how about reliability? Contruction materials, functionability??? All very important aspects when deciding where to spend that chunk of change. I cant see myself breaking the bank for this, so if anyone has a used unit thay are parting with, lets talk...
Anyone else from the greatest region in the nation?? Thats WNY for those who dont know, sorry if I offend anyone who loves where they live, but I gotta tell ya, Western New York has everything you could dream of doing, except for surfing, but you can do some white water rafting...
Happy Safe Diving to all!
Anyway, enough about me, this is what I need. I'm looking to get some equipment. I need a dive computer. I'm tired of the tables, I understand the principles, and the saftey issues with bottom time, surface interval, decomp times, so on and so forth, but I was wondering, What types of computers are good consumer friendly units. I know there had been a industry boom with these wrist mounted computers, but I'm not into that. I'd like it interfaced to all my gear. What brands are good, how about reliability? Contruction materials, functionability??? All very important aspects when deciding where to spend that chunk of change. I cant see myself breaking the bank for this, so if anyone has a used unit thay are parting with, lets talk...
Anyone else from the greatest region in the nation?? Thats WNY for those who dont know, sorry if I offend anyone who loves where they live, but I gotta tell ya, Western New York has everything you could dream of doing, except for surfing, but you can do some white water rafting...
Happy Safe Diving to all!
...I allways log my dives the old fashon way, and and still keep up on my dive tables...I use Navy Tables and adjust the depth if I'm diving Nitrox. This is just the way I like you need to find your own way that works for you, but I would recomend you keepinng up on your tables. Just my $0.02...
