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I like the SPG, computer and compass all in line - all showing at once, all together. Not easy to put the SPG on a wrist, either. Can be done, but not easily or economically.
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ianr33
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Well I only have 2 hands and using one of them to hold a console seems like a waste to me.
I dont need to look at my spg nearly as often as when I started diving,so that can sit out of the way on my left d ring.
Horses for courses I guess.
I dont need to look at my spg nearly as often as when I started diving,so that can sit out of the way on my left d ring.
Horses for courses I guess.
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Horses...??ianr33:
Wasn't talking about you when I said: "Something I did my first 100 dives that helped - carried my console in my left hand at all times..."
lifeisfullofgooddives
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fuzz...glad to hear you and your husband are ok..
I think it's great that you posted here looking for help.
In my certification days, I was taught to always look at my spg...even today I am always checking it every few minutes (and this is even with me lugging a camera around all the time). I would suggest that you try and get in the habit of doing this all the time. And remember to turn back so that you have at least 500 psi with you when you get on the boat.
I use a computer all the time, and it is a great tool, but you have to check it frequently for you to benifit from it.
Finally, perhaps you should go for a refresher course to brush up on your skills, as well as think about using a redundant air source, like a pony bottle just in case your gas management isn't perfect.
I hope all goes well for you in the future, just remeber no-one is perfect, as long as you keep trying to learn from your mistakes you should be fine.
good luck
I think it's great that you posted here looking for help.
In my certification days, I was taught to always look at my spg...even today I am always checking it every few minutes (and this is even with me lugging a camera around all the time). I would suggest that you try and get in the habit of doing this all the time. And remember to turn back so that you have at least 500 psi with you when you get on the boat.
I use a computer all the time, and it is a great tool, but you have to check it frequently for you to benifit from it.
Finally, perhaps you should go for a refresher course to brush up on your skills, as well as think about using a redundant air source, like a pony bottle just in case your gas management isn't perfect.
I hope all goes well for you in the future, just remeber no-one is perfect, as long as you keep trying to learn from your mistakes you should be fine.
good luck
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Refresher course? Pony? Nah...
Practice better buddy skills? sure.
Practice better buddy skills? sure.
Skeeter1097
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glad you are ok and your husbund too. It is all in lurning. you see the we aqll are lurning. Be safe.
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I went diving this last weekend and I practiced better hand signals with my buddy and tried to be more alert to what was going on around me, checking my depth and time frequently.
For the most part, I dive in an area that's 20'-40' or even less and spend most of my time in the 35' range. Diving for about 45 minutes is about all I can stand in 50-something degree water. That means that it's pretty hard to get into trouble depth and time-wise and although at first I was checking my computer every few minutes during the first 20 or so dives there, I got to where I checked it less frequently. Not a good idea to grow complacent, it carried over when I dove in a new environment that wasn't as shallow.
I'm learning!
Thanks for all the replies.
Fuzz
For the most part, I dive in an area that's 20'-40' or even less and spend most of my time in the 35' range. Diving for about 45 minutes is about all I can stand in 50-something degree water. That means that it's pretty hard to get into trouble depth and time-wise and although at first I was checking my computer every few minutes during the first 20 or so dives there, I got to where I checked it less frequently. Not a good idea to grow complacent, it carried over when I dove in a new environment that wasn't as shallow.
I'm learning!
Thanks for all the replies.
Fuzz
snepdiver
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Thanks for sharing your story. I learn so much from other people on SB. I would go so far as to say I have learned far more on SB than I did in OW or AOW. Like you said, I just got another piece of plastic. I did gain skills but the majority of my knowledge has come from SB and brave souls like yourself that share.
I also have a Cobra and have never got any closer to Deco that 6 minutes. My gas consumption is still horrible. But that is one of the reasons to dive MORE.
Anyway, Thanks for sharing. I have learned more again today.
I also have a Cobra and have never got any closer to Deco that 6 minutes. My gas consumption is still horrible. But that is one of the reasons to dive MORE.
Anyway, Thanks for sharing. I have learned more again today.
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do it easy:
A very sobering reminder. It IS easy to become complacent...
JillGadget
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First off, be Thankful nothing went wrong and you are all safe and sound. It is interesting to read that you can not hear your computer Beep.. I thought it was just me... I never hear it beep then find out when I d/l that I had violations!! I look at my guages often but evidently not when I am violating:huh: . Maybe the companies should start make the beep louder (and I dont even where a hood).
I under stand your "freak-out" when reviewing things but I think that is a healthy thing. I would be more concerned if you had a "whatever" attitude. These little, albeit potentionaly big events, are small lessons that must be learned. They will stay with you and make you a more alert, conscious diver. No-one is perfect and no-one has NOT made mistakes. I believe if you dont learn by making the little mistakes, then a big one could come up and you may not have the skills to over come it.
Grant it, like you I have only been diving a short time and I have not only learned by my husband and my mistakes but others (who unfortunatly passed). For instance, we used to come up from a dive and take our regs out and start chatting away. When a woman did the same thing, then took on water and drowned, we realised FAUX PAS!
Mistakes definately humble you and that is a good thing!
Happy diving,
Jill aka.. pukegirl:l:
I under stand your "freak-out" when reviewing things but I think that is a healthy thing. I would be more concerned if you had a "whatever" attitude. These little, albeit potentionaly big events, are small lessons that must be learned. They will stay with you and make you a more alert, conscious diver. No-one is perfect and no-one has NOT made mistakes. I believe if you dont learn by making the little mistakes, then a big one could come up and you may not have the skills to over come it.
Grant it, like you I have only been diving a short time and I have not only learned by my husband and my mistakes but others (who unfortunatly passed). For instance, we used to come up from a dive and take our regs out and start chatting away. When a woman did the same thing, then took on water and drowned, we realised FAUX PAS!
Mistakes definately humble you and that is a good thing!
Happy diving,
Jill aka.. pukegirl:l:
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