It looks more like a Perdix in rec mode not a Perdix in oc tec mode. Anyone wanting to do any type of tec diving with the Peregrine will be buying a Perdix shortly afterwards.
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Agreed. Pretty much every other wrist mount at this price or lower uses a standard LCD watch style display. That should be a significant draw.If I didn't own other DCs, the screen alone would likely make this the default dive computer I'd look at.
I’m kind of glad they didn’t offer an AI version right away. My kids have their own computers right now, but an AI version would have probably had me buying two.I don't think that you missed the market. I suspect that these will sell like hot cakes. But you just glanced off the edge of my market.
PS, I also vote for the Pterodactyl next time.
I would not allow a student take a tec class beyond Tec 40 with a Peregrine.
The Peregrine is on the DGX website now . Not too late to have it shipped today
Unless it has been changed, the Deepblu computer runs a proprietary version of Buhlmann, that is quite conservative, even on its most liberal settingWe put up a short video looking at it yesterday. I really like it! No it doesn't have AI or a compass, but it is a product the needs to sit beneath the Perdix in the Shearwater product range, and therefore can not have all the same features as a Perdix or it will totally cannibalize that models sales.
Shearwater are recognising that a vast segment of the DC market would not push to $800+ for a dive computer and so they have brought out a product which will compete with the likes of a Mares Quad, Suunto Vyper (perhaps) or the Aqualung i770/Suunto Eon but at a much lower price point....
It is not for everyone. If you're the person who MUST have AI, then the Perdix. If you need CCR, there's the Petrel. But if you're looking for something that's a step up from a Suunto Zoop/Mares Puck.... this is the beastie for you