I dont want to bother with one. What do you think.
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looks like there's a general consensus here that in my situation, computers are simply optional.
Yep, got my depth, pressure and watch. I actually use my Dad's wrist depth gauge from the 70's.
Its an Aqua Lung and it works and its acurate. (but i also have a newer one on my gauge pod with my pressure gauge.) 
I'm glad that's enough. There may be some decent computers with lower price tags, but for me, I'll pass.
When I do decide on a charter, it wont be here. And if its not here, it will be somewhere tropical, and if its somewhere tropical, its warm and clear, and if its warm and clear I'll want to go deep, and if I want to go deep, i'll get a computer.
lol
Yep, got my depth, pressure and watch. I actually use my Dad's wrist depth gauge from the 70's.
Its an Aqua Lung and it works and its acurate. (but i also have a newer one on my gauge pod with my pressure gauge.) I'm glad that's enough. There may be some decent computers with lower price tags, but for me, I'll pass.
When I do decide on a charter, it wont be here. And if its not here, it will be somewhere tropical, and if its somewhere tropical, its warm and clear, and if its warm and clear I'll want to go deep, and if I want to go deep, i'll get a computer.
lol
Bob DBF
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A computer is not an investment it is an expense that should be justified by its utility to the buyer.
I finally bought a computer in 2004 because I started increasing my dive times boat diving, before that I rarely dove more than 2 tanks in a day ( I only owned 2 tanks ) and used the tables since I started diving.
And, upon occasion, I still dive the same gear I learned to dive on in '63. It all still works fine.
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DevonDiver
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Depth gauge + timer + tables.
Still...hard to find a computer cheaper than those, unless you got very lucky on Ebay.
For non-aggresive, square profile dives, only twice a day, there would be very little tangible benefit from a dive computer.
If, or when, you get to a stage where your NDLs begin limiting your dives, then computer would be a good first option to extend your time.
kanonfodr
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I do lots of similar diving (<40 feet, shore diving, single tank) and honestly, our surface intervals are long enough to change a tank and go back in. Run a 35-foot, 60-minute dive across your tables and see how much dive time you have left over before you run into No-Deco limits. It's overkill for most of your diving.
What I would consider, if I were in your position, would be noting max depths and run times of your dives, along with gas consumption and other info as you see fit. Keep it on a slate for post-dive review, then plop it into a spreadsheet at the end of your diving day. This is the start to becoming a diver who is aware of what they are doing in the water. You should be able to recite all the pertinent details of your dive over the lunch that follows it.
Peace,
Greg
What I would consider, if I were in your position, would be noting max depths and run times of your dives, along with gas consumption and other info as you see fit. Keep it on a slate for post-dive review, then plop it into a spreadsheet at the end of your diving day. This is the start to becoming a diver who is aware of what they are doing in the water. You should be able to recite all the pertinent details of your dive over the lunch that follows it.
Peace,
Greg
I dove for nearly 40 years without a computer. In those days my diving was less frequent, shallower and often only one dive per dive day due to time constraints. So, my answer is yes as long as you use the tables or planning tools. Once I became a true divebum and did as many as 6-7 dives in a day, I found a computer a necessity and bought one. When one failed on me during a long deco dive, I bought two.
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right. when i got my certification, my instructor said he dove with two computers in case one failed. but he dove 5 days a week.
Certainly i will purchase one when my constraints lessen and I am able to dive more frequently. I can absolutely see the benefit in a computer at that point.
I think you all are right on. I think its good to know your tables and really get to know them and become proficient in using them with dive planning when you first start out. I think its very important to know.
I would fell as if I were cheating if i got a computer and never really learned those basic skills and always just relyed on a computer to tell me what i needed to do etc.
Kind of like, its good to learn on a manual when you're learning to drive, then get an automatic later. That way you know how to do it both ways. Plus, driving manual becomes second nature since that's what you learned on.
Certainly i will purchase one when my constraints lessen and I am able to dive more frequently. I can absolutely see the benefit in a computer at that point.
I think you all are right on. I think its good to know your tables and really get to know them and become proficient in using them with dive planning when you first start out. I think its very important to know.
I would fell as if I were cheating if i got a computer and never really learned those basic skills and always just relyed on a computer to tell me what i needed to do etc.
Kind of like, its good to learn on a manual when you're learning to drive, then get an automatic later. That way you know how to do it both ways. Plus, driving manual becomes second nature since that's what you learned on.
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