DawgFan
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I think @scubadada in post #15 had a great reply on how to think about it. Below are a few things I'd add about my experience with the i450T and more recently a Teric.
I started diving 15 months ago so still a newbie with 45 dives under my belt. I got an i450T after my first dive trip and have used it on 37 dives. I've found the i450T is easy to program, very intuitive and the display easy to read quickly underwater. I'm 49 years old but have been lucky thus far that my reading vision is good without glasses. As a rec diver the algorithm has not been a problem with 2 dives a day over the course of a week. I haven't done any trips with more than 2 dives a day. However, I have done trips diving 6 or 7 days in a row and many days with a first dive to 80-100 fsw (for brief periods) and second dive to 50-60 fsw. I've never had any NDL issues that I found limiting. I do dive Nitrox. I dive in Caribbean and the display easy to read there with ambient light even at a depth of 100. I've done 2 night dives and it is a bit of a pain to have to hit the light button to read it but it's not a big deal and the button is easy to push. Every once in awhile it does lose AI connectivity but it picks it back up again quickly. I've never had it last more than 5-10 seconds when it happens. Also the i450T does come with the USB cable in the box so that's not an extra cost.
That being said, I'm a sucker for new toys and I just bought a Teric. Will dive with for first time in a couple of weeks so only pool tested thus far. I like it. A year ago I would have been intimidated by it. I read a lot of Scubaboard last year before I bought the i450T. Very similar feedback as this chain except then every computer chain quickly devolved into the only computer worth buying was a Perdix. I researched the Perdix at that time. I was ok with the form factor but do prefer the watch style so Teric is better fit for me. My reluctance at that time is I had no idea what GF meant! The first time I read it I wondered why they were talking about their Girl Friend. Once I learned what GF meant, I didn't feel like I really understood it well enough as a newbie to buy a computer with GF. I was concerned I would somehow screw up the settings and do a dangerous dive without knowing it. Over the last 15 months I've read a lot more and got myself more educated to the point I was willing to try the Teric. I'll dive with both the i450T and the Teric for awhile then figure out what comes next.
I started diving 15 months ago so still a newbie with 45 dives under my belt. I got an i450T after my first dive trip and have used it on 37 dives. I've found the i450T is easy to program, very intuitive and the display easy to read quickly underwater. I'm 49 years old but have been lucky thus far that my reading vision is good without glasses. As a rec diver the algorithm has not been a problem with 2 dives a day over the course of a week. I haven't done any trips with more than 2 dives a day. However, I have done trips diving 6 or 7 days in a row and many days with a first dive to 80-100 fsw (for brief periods) and second dive to 50-60 fsw. I've never had any NDL issues that I found limiting. I do dive Nitrox. I dive in Caribbean and the display easy to read there with ambient light even at a depth of 100. I've done 2 night dives and it is a bit of a pain to have to hit the light button to read it but it's not a big deal and the button is easy to push. Every once in awhile it does lose AI connectivity but it picks it back up again quickly. I've never had it last more than 5-10 seconds when it happens. Also the i450T does come with the USB cable in the box so that's not an extra cost.
That being said, I'm a sucker for new toys and I just bought a Teric. Will dive with for first time in a couple of weeks so only pool tested thus far. I like it. A year ago I would have been intimidated by it. I read a lot of Scubaboard last year before I bought the i450T. Very similar feedback as this chain except then every computer chain quickly devolved into the only computer worth buying was a Perdix. I researched the Perdix at that time. I was ok with the form factor but do prefer the watch style so Teric is better fit for me. My reluctance at that time is I had no idea what GF meant! The first time I read it I wondered why they were talking about their Girl Friend. Once I learned what GF meant, I didn't feel like I really understood it well enough as a newbie to buy a computer with GF. I was concerned I would somehow screw up the settings and do a dangerous dive without knowing it. Over the last 15 months I've read a lot more and got myself more educated to the point I was willing to try the Teric. I'll dive with both the i450T and the Teric for awhile then figure out what comes next.
