Smit
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I am one of the divers who has high pitch hearing loss and can't hear alarms under water. I used a Shearwater Teric a couple years and really liked the vibrating alarms. After giving it some thought I have decided to get a computer with vibrating alarms and keep my other computers for backup.
A little about me so people can understand my needs. I have been diving for about 10 years, strictly as a recreational diver. I have a rescue diver certification and use nitrox when possible. I have around 300 dives in warm water. I would like to do some colder water diving in the northwest US and British Columbia, not sure if that would have an impact on the computer I decide to buy or not.
I'd also like to add air integration with the new computer. I intend to keep carrying my analog pressure gauge so the AI would be redundant.
There doesn't seem to be many computers right now that have the vibrating alarms. I'm sure the feature will become much more common in the near future.
Right now it seems my choices are the Shearwater Peregrine or Teric, the Atmos Mission one, or the Suunto D5.
Any input and opinions about the pluses and minuses would be appreciated.
This thread quickly prompted a discussion of the value of computer alarms in general, which can be found here: Dive Computer Alarms: should we even have them? This thread will hopefully limit itself to the equipment side of the discussion.
A little about me so people can understand my needs. I have been diving for about 10 years, strictly as a recreational diver. I have a rescue diver certification and use nitrox when possible. I have around 300 dives in warm water. I would like to do some colder water diving in the northwest US and British Columbia, not sure if that would have an impact on the computer I decide to buy or not.
I'd also like to add air integration with the new computer. I intend to keep carrying my analog pressure gauge so the AI would be redundant.
There doesn't seem to be many computers right now that have the vibrating alarms. I'm sure the feature will become much more common in the near future.
Right now it seems my choices are the Shearwater Peregrine or Teric, the Atmos Mission one, or the Suunto D5.
Any input and opinions about the pluses and minuses would be appreciated.
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