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What a great commercial!
I can understand new divers getting into diving not wanting to spend the kind of money required for a SW so I do recommend a puck (Oceanic or otherwise) in the $159-200 range every once in while. Other than that, I can't see any reason to get anything other than a SW. I've owned several - the first I bought was a Petrel from when the first dive shop in N FL started carrying SW. Since then I've owned SW products on three rebreathers - all four have behaved flawlessly but I have no doubt if they didn't I would be taken care of by the legendary customer service. I can't imagine buying any other computer, ever.