Why Computer Connect?

[mccabejc]

Why do you guys get a computer connection for your dive computers? I know you can make some neat charts, but what are the other benefits?

 

[mannydib]

Why do you guys get a computer connection for your dive computers? I know you can make some neat charts, but what are the other benefits?

just makes logging dives easier

 

[MechDiver]

just makes logging dives easier

I agree. You don't have to remember the details of the dive and write them down the instant you surface.

MD

 

[ShakaZulu]

It's almost like video typing your dive. Like you do with your golf swing, you can get an idea of what you are doing right/wrong. With reference to your dive plan, gives you a comparison on your bouyency control etc..............

 

[DeepTrip]

- Make dive logging easy
- As backup of paper dive log (I also print my dive from SDM as my paper dive log)
- My Vyper allow me to put bookmarks during a dive, so by transferring I could recall what I see in my bookmark, in what depth and at what time.

Many more that I can't think of.

 

[miketsp]

Great training tool. I use the Suunto Dive Manager with my Vyper. You can step through the dive looking at the display, N2 levels in each compartment, ceilings etc. You can see where you ascended too quickly etc.
Really helps you get a feel for what you were doing.

 

[CD_in_Chitown]

Once you understand the data behind the neat charts they are informative as well as aestheticallly pleasing. One of the biggest surprises I got the first time I saw a downloaded profile was how jagged my bottom time was, swings sometimes as big as 10-15 feet when inspecting structures along the bottom. Eventually you get familiar with it and can spot where you were in the dive. AI computers might show how your breathing was on any particular portion of your dive too, they seem a little whiz-bang for my tastes so can't say from experience.

 

[RPanick]

Those of us who buy computer connections, like gadgets. We may make all kinds of justifications for it, but when it comes down to it, its really the toys.

It takes far less time to jot down dive info in a log book than it does to link up, download and then enter relevant info, and possibly print them.

To be honest with you though, I've been giving some thought to not bothering and going back to paper or SharkPoint on a Pocket PC. Its not unusual that I don't remember a bunch of the details by the time I get around to hooking it up.

Bob

 

[takito]

I am new to diving... so it might sound really dumb, but do you guys just use the computer download as your log, or do you have someone actually sign the paper certifying that you did the dive on top of the information logged by your computer. Sometimes, the dive shop can ask you to show them the log to get an idea of your dive experience, correct? If so, do you print something out and take with you? I am thinking of getting a SUUNTO myself but it would be nice if computer logged information is as accepted.

 

[miketsp]

I am new to diving... so it might sound really dumb, but do you guys just use the computer download as your log, or do you have someone actually sign the paper certifying that you did the dive on top of the information logged by your computer. Sometimes, the dive shop can ask you to show them the log to get an idea of your dive experience, correct? If so, do you print something out and take with you? I am thinking of getting a SUUNTO myself but it would be nice if computer logged information is as accepted.

All my logs are just printouts, either from my Citizen Hyper-Aqualand or from my Vyper - don't have a single signature, but nobody ever refused to accept them.