Recent Opinions On Air Integrated Computers For Technical Diving
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I have only been sidemounting since last year and only recently set up my own rig. I wear a Teric and a Perdix. On one line on the Teric I have the left and right pressure separated by my tissue loading. On my Perdix I have the same thing separated by the PPO2 of my chosen gas. It is nice to not move and be able to check pressures at a glance. Am I feeling a bit low on the right side? A quick glance confirms it is time to switch to that regulator. I could absolutely check two spgs but.....
I have button spgs on the 1st stages and I have SPGs on 6” hoses in my spares bag. I am interested to learn what my instructor says. I would bet my rig he won’t say to ditch the AI in open water and probably not ever. Like I say, I’m interested in what he does say. He is one smart cookie.
I have button spgs on the 1st stages and I have SPGs on 6” hoses in my spares bag. I am interested to learn what my instructor says. I would bet my rig he won’t say to ditch the AI in open water and probably not ever. Like I say, I’m interested in what he does say. He is one smart cookie.
I'll bet that if/when WAI becomes a standard part of tech diving, it will probably be in the sidemount community. That seems to be the place where you actually get a significant advantage.
CuzzA
Wetwork for Hire
It's my understanding WAI failure typically results in no tank pressure reading; however, an SPG can fail to give an accurate tank pressure, resulting in the diver believing they have more gas than they really do.
To me, it seems WAI is the safer choice. If you were strictly WAI or SPG, and either device stopped reading available gas you would end the dive regardless. However, the SPG could get stuck. That could be a terrible failure for any diver, not just a technical diver.
I dive solely with WAI. Doing technical diving I think it would be good practice to use both. You get the benefit of recording the AI data and the backup of an SPG. But given the way AI fails, IMO, if I had to choose one or the other only, I'd choose the WAI... The one SW uses.
To me, it seems WAI is the safer choice. If you were strictly WAI or SPG, and either device stopped reading available gas you would end the dive regardless. However, the SPG could get stuck. That could be a terrible failure for any diver, not just a technical diver.
I dive solely with WAI. Doing technical diving I think it would be good practice to use both. You get the benefit of recording the AI data and the backup of an SPG. But given the way AI fails, IMO, if I had to choose one or the other only, I'd choose the WAI... The one SW uses.
"like the idea of the Scubapro heads up product mounted on the mask. It's not AI but, compass and dive computer type data. I haven't tried it yet however."
New Scubapro heads up display is indeed AI. All the same information your DC has right there on your mask to look up at when you like.
New Scubapro heads up display is indeed AI. All the same information your DC has right there on your mask to look up at when you like.
Diver-Drex
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If I could go three days without issue with my phone connecting to my truck, my head set... I just don’t see a need at this point and reading gauges on SM bottles s pretty easy.
For those diving HUDs that need glasses for reading, how does that work for you guys? My SM gauges are right where I need to hem to be. I use stick on lenses to read my computers. I would think the HUD would be impossible for me to read but I know that can’t be the case.
For those diving HUDs that need glasses for reading, how does that work for you guys? My SM gauges are right where I need to hem to be. I use stick on lenses to read my computers. I would think the HUD would be impossible for me to read but I know that can’t be the case.
I use gauge reader lenses in my mask to read my DC (and glasses for reading). The Scubarpo HUD has a small slider that adjusts the focal length of the display. I tried it for one dive and could see it very clearly.
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