regulator set

[Belce]

I don't think you understood what I meant - I mean why would you want a digital gauge at all? It's expensive, more likely to go wrong, and often quite inaccurate. I'm yet to find a piece of electronics with some sort of computer chip in it that has been reliable, so why would you want an electronic display telling you how much longer you can breathe for, rather than a needle sliding up a scale? If you want one then that is of course your choice, but I'm just interested in the advantages that you see in a digital gauge.

I have over 200 dives in the last year using an air intergrated Vyper Air. Bottom line, it works.

 

[nikos81]

They are more precise (different to accurate) than analogue ones, but I have heard of many incidents where they have been quite a way off with the readings that they gave. Just because they give you actual numbers doesn't mean that the numbers are closer to the real pressure than an analogue gauge.

Sorry if that seems a bit hostile - I'm just saying what I have seen about digital gauges.

First of all, I find nothing hostile in what you write. It's an opinion of yours and you express it. And I'm a beginner asking for opinions,otherwise I wouldnt have opened this thread in the first place

I have heard of different opinions about digital ones than yours by my instructor who uses a digital gauge for years now, and nothing bad happened to him. Besides I'm not impressed by precision so much. I don't care if I'm at 20.1 meters or 20.15m. It doesn't matter to me. But I've heard that they are more reliable and closer to reality than analogue ones. Maybe they are more sensitive I don't know. What do you think? Can anybody else help too?

 

[James-S]

I have over 200 dives in the last year using an air intergrated Vyper Air. Bottom line, it works.

Fair enough, it has worked for you so far. But there is a guy in my club who tried to use a transmitter for a Vytec DS and after several phone calls to Suunto still couldn't get it to work reliably. It has obviously worked well for you so far, and I'm sure it has for many people - all that I'm saying is that I personally wouldn't trust them.