Swift vs old school transmitter?

[Doby45]

I have 100s of SM dives using two gray transmitters and my Perdix and I have never had a single issue. I think the "issue" has been exaggerated a bit.

 

[Marie13]

Shearwater was concerned enough to do a recall.

 

[brsnow]

Shearwater was concerned enough to do a recall.

It seems they only recalled the yellow ones unless there were more than one recall.

 

[Marie13]

It seems they only recalled the yellow ones unless there were more than one recall.

Duh. That’s right. Thanks.

 

[tursiops]

Shearwater was concerned enough to do a recall.

Recalled what? Where did you see this?

 

[Marie13]

Recalled what? Where did you see this?

Been a few years. Early 2019 maybe?

 

[Doby45]

Shearwater was concerned enough to do a recall.

Not on the gray transmitters.

 

[tursiops]

Been a few years. Early 2019 maybe?

Oh, you are speaking of the old yellow one. I believe the recall was because some of the early yellow ones still had the 5s transmit interval of the grey ones. Oops! It is not clear why they developed the Swift other than to be clever; especially if you we using a grey and a yellow, The problem the Swift solves was non-existent, except possibly for one colliding ping. And there are downsides to the Swift, like battery life, and changing the battery. Not to mention cost.

 

[Marie13]

Oh, you are speaking of the old yellow one. I believe the recall was because some of the early yellow ones still had the 5s transmit interval of the grey ones. Oops! It is not clear why they developed the Swift other than to be clever; especially if you we using a grey and a yellow, The problem the Swift solves was non-existent, except possibly for one colliding ping. And there are downsides to the Swift, like battery life, and changing the battery. Not to mention cost.

Yes, the old yellow ones.

Sorry, I’m wrangling with Customs and Agriculture about shipments of fresh mangoes from India and I didn’t stop to think about the recall thing fully.

 

[Wibble]

Also, just to add a FYI...

Remember to depressurise your regulators if using transmitters. They're turned on all the time they're pressurised. Save batteries -- yay \o/