Still Kicking
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Who is safer: the person who dives every day on a liveaboard trip (as most people do) or the person who dives every other day within the limits AS IF they were diving every day?
Sharing dive computer
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DiveLikeAMuppet
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The computer will “offgas” overnight so there should be no problem, worst case one of you might see mildly shorter no-stop time. Just don’t share it on the same day, that would actually be dangerous.
Try it yourself. Plan few dives, stick in 12 hours surface interval and see that it doesn’t really impact your no-stop time at all, not at these depths.
Same situation when you rent a computer from a dive shop - someone might have used it the day before, doesn’t matter.
If I were you, I would take an SPG too (get one without the funny console and clip it to a D-ring) and the second computer, in case that something breaks. Or at least the second computer as you could rent an SPG.
Try it yourself. Plan few dives, stick in 12 hours surface interval and see that it doesn’t really impact your no-stop time at all, not at these depths.
Same situation when you rent a computer from a dive shop - someone might have used it the day before, doesn’t matter.
If I were you, I would take an SPG too (get one without the funny console and clip it to a D-ring) and the second computer, in case that something breaks. Or at least the second computer as you could rent an SPG.
I'm not sure I follow your logic. Two divers sharing one computer on multiple dives per day should result in progressively shorter calculated NDL's.
How did you reach the conclusion that this would be dangerous?
DiveLikeAMuppet
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As a DM, you get 4-6 people diving a random mix of computers, with a random mix of decompression algorithms, with a random mix of “conservatism” settings that half the group doesn’t understand, at least one diver didn’t read the manual for their brand new computer and at least one diver programmed a nitrox mix.
Someone having that 1% extra saturation on the computer from previous day is really the last thing that should worry you
. Also, there are divers who might not dive alternative days, so unless OP hires a private DM, they would still be limited by the other divers (that little saturation that didn’t clear overnight).
DiveLikeAMuppet
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LI-er
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That's true. If you hand off the computer to your partner after your dive, and you drop it, it can land on her foot and damage a toe nail.
Thank you all for the replies and lively discussion!
I thought I didn’t leave out any information but seeing some comments I did.
I’m bringing a Suunto Eon Core with pod and my partner has an Aqualung I330R. I didn’t change any settings on both computers so everything is on factory setting.
Our reason to not bring an SPG is weight as mentioned before. I didn’t add the reason why that is important. We’ll be doing a lot of travelling, hiking and jungle trekking so we have to haul everything including our 2 year old.
Some comments are on the more conservative side and others made a more nuanced statement. I’m inclined to conclude that in the end it is possible and wouldn’t matter too much. It could be that the NDL limit is reached a bit faster in theory but in practice there will be a bunch of other divers so on average it will be more or less the same. The liveaboard comparison is a good example.
Would that be the right conclusion or am I reaching?
I thought I didn’t leave out any information but seeing some comments I did.
I’m bringing a Suunto Eon Core with pod and my partner has an Aqualung I330R. I didn’t change any settings on both computers so everything is on factory setting.
Our reason to not bring an SPG is weight as mentioned before. I didn’t add the reason why that is important. We’ll be doing a lot of travelling, hiking and jungle trekking so we have to haul everything including our 2 year old.
Some comments are on the more conservative side and others made a more nuanced statement. I’m inclined to conclude that in the end it is possible and wouldn’t matter too much. It could be that the NDL limit is reached a bit faster in theory but in practice there will be a bunch of other divers so on average it will be more or less the same. The liveaboard comparison is a good example.
Would that be the right conclusion or am I reaching?
As a non-dive professional, your plan strikes me as unduly risky. Diving is a sport that benefits from redundancy. Many divers have a primary and backup computer on each dive. Many divers that use AI have an SPG for backup (our favorite guide in Hawaii recently told us she would never go down with just an AI to rely on).
I understand trying to trim weight, but surely there is something you don’t need to bring that weighs the same as the SPG.
I would listen to previous responses from actual dive professionals and those who have traveled to Komodo. Bring both computers and the SPG.
I understand trying to trim weight, but surely there is something you don’t need to bring that weighs the same as the SPG.
I would listen to previous responses from actual dive professionals and those who have traveled to Komodo. Bring both computers and the SPG.
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