Reliability Wireless gas pressure transmitters

[cerich]

Not really, if you know how to configure your gear.



By all means, get rid of the console, but a properly configured SPG on a short hose (~24") has no chance of getting tangled or bouncing on the coral.



With the right length hose and a bolt snap and there is no need to hold on to your SPG.

You are trying to solve a problem that does not exist by creating other potentially worse problems. Learn how to configure your gear better and you fill ind that what you think are roblms really are not.



That's a whole other discussion,
but your premise that fewer hoses is better is flawed. There are other more important considerations.

If you want specific suggestions on how you might configure your gear to be more streamlined, feel free to pm me.

Hey Soggy, quite a few (most) divers are quite happy with recreational scuba gear and while DIR is smooth, makes sense and is streamlined it doesn't mean that other configurations are not, nor any less safe in non technical applications.

Saying his premise that fewer hoses is better is flawed is a narrow view. If you want I can arrange next time you are around to dive an Islander with air xs and hoseless computer unit, I think you would be surprised how streamlined and nice diving it is. For no deco recreational diving it is a safe configuration.

As you know I've taken GUE Cave and teach NTEC and while I appreciate the Hog configuration on simple recreational dives I dive convential gear.

Best,

Chris

 

[Tom Winters]

I've been on boats where people have had sync problems with their units - no dive. Pretty expensive boat ride.

 

[Soggy]

Hey Soggy, quite a few (most) divers are quite happy with recreational scuba gear and while DIR is smooth, makes sense and is streamlined it doesn't mean that other configurations are not, nor any less safe in non technical applications.

I said not a single word about DIR, GUE, NTEC, BP/Wings, Hogarthian or anything. It is a fact that there are ways to configure an SPG that make it virtually non-existent from a streamlining point of view and completely negate all of the concerns that victor expressed about his extra hose. This has nothing to do with whether or not you dive a backplate or are DIR.

Saying his premise that fewer hoses is better is flawed is a narrow view.

Maybe narrow, but it is true. Fewer hoses != better. There are many other concerns that far outweigh the number of hoses attached to your regulator, *especially* in warm water/high vis situations where entanglement is about as likely as pigs flying.

If you want I can arrange next time you are around to dive an Islander with air xs and hoseless computer unit, I think you would be surprised how streamlined and nice diving it is. For no deco recreational diving it is a safe configuration.

I appreciate the offer, but no thanks, I sold my jacket BC w/ AIR 2, air integrated gauge, and split fins a couple years ago.

 

[cerich]

I've been on boats where people have had sync problems with their units - no dive. Pretty expensive boat ride.

Agree.

 

[jepuskar]

My buddy and I both have an Aeris Elite, with a backup of an Atmos 2 carried on all dives. Before any dive trips we change the batteries in the wrist unit and the transmitter of the Elite and on the Atmos 2 unit. If the Elite would go dead or whatever then that person would get an SPG, but still have the nitrogen/oxygen levels monitored by the Atmos 2 for the remainder of the trip.

Occasionally each of us will lose sync with the transmitter, but it comes back just by lifting your wrist towards our left ear for a second or too...no big deal. It is a very simple setup and reliable, we arent going to change.

J

 

[djanni]

1st: I am a happy Pro Plus II owner. My wife and I both have PPII's.

2nd: I've found Oceanic's service and support to be outstanding.

3rd: My first computer was a VT Pro w/ Transmitter. Oceanic replaced it 3 times because of the sync problems I was experiencing.

I would lose sync 2 or 3 times on any given dive and if diving a wreck I would lose sync far more often. The arms length thing isn't always the case. It will lose sync even at closer range. Hold it up over your shoulder for 5 to 10 seconds and it regains communications.

4: I got tired of returning the VTPro's and switched to the ProPlus. It became obvious it wasn't the unit, it was the technology.

5: If Oceanic could improve the reliability of the communications link I would be very interested in switching back.

6: I like that idea of 1 less hose myself. Especially after diving that way for about a year.

 

[Peter_C]

I've been on boats where people have had sync problems with their units - no dive. Pretty expensive boat ride.

Just curious, do you remember what brands and models this was a problem on?

 

[Scared Silly]

A bit off topic but a comment on mini guages - we had these on stage/pony bottles. A PITA to read. I replaced them with full sized spgs on 6" hoses. The only place that I will use one is on an argon bottle or an o2 deco bottle. Also they do no good as a backup unless you like to carry your tank under your arm. YMMV.

The other comment is that one of the first things I do when I get on a boat for the day is check the pressure in my tanks or the tanks I will be using (any tank that is more than 5% short I ask to be topped off or replaced). Because I do not travel with a gauge for this I use my reg and SPG. More times than not I do not have my computer on yet but with my SPG on a hose (which is routed with my BCD LP hose so it is streamlined) I can do the checks. With an AI computer whether it is on a hose or transmitter you can not do it unless you have your computer.