If it works well, is reliable, and is priced as @BoltSnap said, props to ScubaPro.
I am a big fan of AI. At the expected price, I would have a hard time recommending a Peregrine over the AI version of this to most recreational divers. For the few that proceed on to technical diving, this SP seems like a reasonable option to start with and then relegate to "backup" duty when they actually are ready to start tech training and need to have 2 computers (where I would recommend them to buy a Shearwater). Having Buhlmann + GF and support for 3 gases makes it viable for use as a backup in entry level tech diving.
Only a small percentage of divers ever get certified for technical diving. An even smaller percentage go on to certification in mixed gases (i.e. trimix). For those that do, replacing their backup computer with something trimix-capable (i.e. another Shearwater) is a very small drop in their bucket of funding.
All that said, it remains to be seen how well it actually WORKS, what the actual price is, how reliable it is, and how good ScubaPro customer service is at handling problems. And those last 2 are things that can only be demonstrated over time. I would tell any potential customer of this computer that they should consider waiting until it has been on the market for at least a year before buying one, in order to have some idea of its reliability and what quality of customer service stands behind it.
I am a big fan of AI. At the expected price, I would have a hard time recommending a Peregrine over the AI version of this to most recreational divers. For the few that proceed on to technical diving, this SP seems like a reasonable option to start with and then relegate to "backup" duty when they actually are ready to start tech training and need to have 2 computers (where I would recommend them to buy a Shearwater). Having Buhlmann + GF and support for 3 gases makes it viable for use as a backup in entry level tech diving.
Only a small percentage of divers ever get certified for technical diving. An even smaller percentage go on to certification in mixed gases (i.e. trimix). For those that do, replacing their backup computer with something trimix-capable (i.e. another Shearwater) is a very small drop in their bucket of funding.
All that said, it remains to be seen how well it actually WORKS, what the actual price is, how reliable it is, and how good ScubaPro customer service is at handling problems. And those last 2 are things that can only be demonstrated over time. I would tell any potential customer of this computer that they should consider waiting until it has been on the market for at least a year before buying one, in order to have some idea of its reliability and what quality of customer service stands behind it.
