happyharris
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Is there anything about the Mares Quad Air that would actually impede my enjoyment of recreational no-deco diving, as a complete beginner? Forget the bells and whistles of color displays, built-in compasses, GPS, wirelessly downloading depth data at 2 second granularity to my toaster via satellite, etc. etc. Is there anything, given 2024 knowledge, that would make my actual dive worse?
I am thinking about spending $400 on a computer/transmitter package (maybe less if something comes up used good condition). I like the idea of air integration, as I think I will look at my wrist a lot more often than a console at the end of a hose. But I don't really want to shell out $1,000 for a Shearwater Peregrine TX, when I don't really know what I want in a dive computer.
(I dislike the the "buy once cry once" philosophy, which I think just encourages people to buy stuff they don't need, and potentially get the wrong thing, resulting in "buy once, cry once, then kind of snivel repeatedly". Instead I go for a "buy twice smile twice" philosophy. Spend less money initially. Then after a while you either stick with what you have because it is sufficient, or spend the big bucks knowing exactly what you will and won't get benefit from. But I digress...)
So Mares Quad Air. Any reason not to buy?
I am thinking about spending $400 on a computer/transmitter package (maybe less if something comes up used good condition). I like the idea of air integration, as I think I will look at my wrist a lot more often than a console at the end of a hose. But I don't really want to shell out $1,000 for a Shearwater Peregrine TX, when I don't really know what I want in a dive computer.
(I dislike the the "buy once cry once" philosophy, which I think just encourages people to buy stuff they don't need, and potentially get the wrong thing, resulting in "buy once, cry once, then kind of snivel repeatedly". Instead I go for a "buy twice smile twice" philosophy. Spend less money initially. Then after a while you either stick with what you have because it is sufficient, or spend the big bucks knowing exactly what you will and won't get benefit from. But I digress...)
So Mares Quad Air. Any reason not to buy?
