newman_diver
Contributor
I really like the AI computers. They are a bit pricey. I'm betting if they were not most everyone would be diving them. Nothing wrong with an SPG, but it is nice to have everything available on one display. If mine had a compass, I'd have only one gauge!
I think there are a lot more reasons than price swaying the use of wireless AI computers. There are so many environmental factors that could effect the transmission of the signal that I for 1 would not trust my life to it. In an overhead environment the transmitter is in a position where damage is likely.
I may be way off base in my view but judging by the lack of wireless instrumentation in the technical/rebreather camps, where divers tend to spend large amounts of money on equipment I think that the technology is not at a point where it will replace the SPG in the near future.