When everything goes wrong...

[BigboyDan]

so you carry a depth gauge or bottom timer and use that and maybe a watch,
and if one of them fails, you then turn the computer on? or is the computer on
the whole time, you just don't look at it unless either the watch or the
depth gauge/bottom timer fails?

why even bother with a computer then? just carry two bottom
timers and two watches and leave the blasted computer behind.


i do rely on my computer to be my sole depth gauge. however, i don't rely
on it to be my sole time piece (i have an extra watch), and i always check
the tables before diving to figure out my NDL to the planned depth, just
in case of computer failure. (i have considered having a redundant depth
gauge, but i feel the possible benefits are slim for the kind of diving i do, and
it would just be another piece of clutter)

I dive redundant on all live-saving equipment (including mask, knife, light etc. depending on type of dive). I do use the computer each and every dive, just my use of it is backward - I RELY on the analog watch, depth, and pressure gauges first (one console), and I work the tables ... the computer is my redundant.

 

[Kim]

I RELY on the analog watch, depth, and pressure gauges first (one console), and I work the tables ... the computer is my redundant.

That's an interesting concept. I actually do it the other way around as I suspect my computer is more likely to fail than my analog console. Would you care to explain why you do it like that...I'm interested.