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Hi @Jafo19D
It appears that your Mares Nemo Wide is entirely adequate for your diving. You can turn the deep stop off, I would.
One of the dive computers I currently use is an air integrated Oceanic VT3 that I purchased in 2010. It runs the DSAT decompression algorithm. It has 1999 dives and 2098 hours on it and it works perfectly. I could easily execute my diving, no stop and light deco, using this computer alone. I have dived a number of backup/second computers. In 2016 I bought a Dive Rite Nitek Q because I wanted to learn and become familiar with the Buhlmann ZH-L16C deco algorithm with gradient factors. In 2019, I bought a Shearwater Teric. I have about 700 dives on the Teric. Today, I dive the VT3 and the Teric, both run off the same Pelagic Pressure Systems/Oceanic MH8A transmitter.
My Teric has features that I find extremely valuable for my relatively simple diving. SurfGF allows me to know what my surfacing GF will be. I used to somewhat arbitrarily pad my safety stop or my last deco stop, something like an adaptive safety stop. Now, I simply follow my SurfGF and execute my final ascent for my chosen surfacing GF. I do a lot of drift diving in SE Florida, the floating north compass pointer is generally all I need for guidance.
As you consider a Shearwater computer here are a few points. All the SW computers have SurfGF. The Peregrine does not have a compass, the Peregrine TX does, no north pointer. If you would also consider a watch factor computer, you can look at the Tern and Tern TX. The Tern does not have a compass, the Tern TX does, with north pointer. If you want AI, you can always buy the computer alone and add the transmitter later, but a package purchase currently saves you $100. You could also use any of the PPS MH8A transmitters that can often be purchased used.
Best of luck in your computer decision
It appears that your Mares Nemo Wide is entirely adequate for your diving. You can turn the deep stop off, I would.
One of the dive computers I currently use is an air integrated Oceanic VT3 that I purchased in 2010. It runs the DSAT decompression algorithm. It has 1999 dives and 2098 hours on it and it works perfectly. I could easily execute my diving, no stop and light deco, using this computer alone. I have dived a number of backup/second computers. In 2016 I bought a Dive Rite Nitek Q because I wanted to learn and become familiar with the Buhlmann ZH-L16C deco algorithm with gradient factors. In 2019, I bought a Shearwater Teric. I have about 700 dives on the Teric. Today, I dive the VT3 and the Teric, both run off the same Pelagic Pressure Systems/Oceanic MH8A transmitter.
My Teric has features that I find extremely valuable for my relatively simple diving. SurfGF allows me to know what my surfacing GF will be. I used to somewhat arbitrarily pad my safety stop or my last deco stop, something like an adaptive safety stop. Now, I simply follow my SurfGF and execute my final ascent for my chosen surfacing GF. I do a lot of drift diving in SE Florida, the floating north compass pointer is generally all I need for guidance.
As you consider a Shearwater computer here are a few points. All the SW computers have SurfGF. The Peregrine does not have a compass, the Peregrine TX does, no north pointer. If you would also consider a watch factor computer, you can look at the Tern and Tern TX. The Tern does not have a compass, the Tern TX does, with north pointer. If you want AI, you can always buy the computer alone and add the transmitter later, but a package purchase currently saves you $100. You could also use any of the PPS MH8A transmitters that can often be purchased used.
Best of luck in your computer decision
