wireless computers

[carrielsal]

I have a Suunto Viper Air with tranmitter. I probably put around 80 dives on it and never had a problem under the water. You just have to make sure it's paired up before getting in.

 

[muddiver]

With my Chocran Genisis I can switch gasses and the computer knows to switch to the second, pre-set gas PO2. I don't know of any stand alone (non-air integrated) computers that can do that.

Never experienced a losse of link without moving the wrist unit over 20 feet from the tank unit.

 

[StuartT]

I have the Aeris etite t3 with about 130 dives on it with no problems except the odd brief loss of signal. Never longer than a few seconds. Only had to switch batteries after 100 dives including downloading dives to 2 separate computers. I do have a back up pressure guage just in case it fails. I find the wrist unit very easy to read and it has all the info you need. Depth,pressure,ndl time, dive time, 02 graph, ascent rate etc.

 

[FishOutUvH2O]

Pros - you can look at your wrist and see everything.

That was the deal maker for me. All of the info I need is right there in one place. Technically, it's on my forearm, thank you DSS for the VT3 bungee mount, but same principle. Wireless transmitters between my buddy/wife and I also serve as a back-up on the dive in case one of ours goes down, you can get your gas pressure from the other person.

Con: PDCs w/wireless transmitters are expensive to purchase and then batteries. I need to carry spare batteries with me everywhere.

Neither my wife's Galileo Sol or my VT3 have had any real issues with connecting and staying connected. I'm more concerned with my PDC going down than my transmitter. Which is why I carry a back-up Oceanic Geo. If the PDC were to go down and I didn't have a back-up, I'd be stuck with tables and that's really limiting on multi-level dives. The transmitter going down just means having to slap on a SPG for the next dive.

 

[ianr33]

I'm going to put a button-gauge on my first stage for a little redundancy..

How would you see it though?

 

[SkimFisher]

If I get in a pinch it's not hard to sling my gear for a peak. Maybe I should have gone on to say that I'd call the dive if I ever got into a situation like that. I wouldn't continue a dive with nothing but a button gauge to go on.

 

[RJP]

I'm going to put a button-gauge on my first stage for a little redundancy...If I get in a pinch it's not hard to sling my gear for a peak.

That's genuinely one of the silliest ideas I've ever seen posted here.

Maybe I should have gone on to say that I'd call the dive if I ever got into a situation like that. I wouldn't continue a dive with nothing but a button gauge to go on.

Then you don't need the button gauge, do you?

 

[carrielsal]

If I get in a pinch it's not hard to sling my gear for a peak.

What exactly does that mean?

 

[RJP]

What exactly does that mean?

He'd doff his entire scuba unit to check the reading on the button gauge on his reg's 1st stage...

:shocked2:

 

[scubafanatic]

He'd doff his entire scuba unit to check the reading on the button gauge on his reg's 1st stage...

:shocked2:

...I'd like to think the OP was just joking but somehow I think he's really serious.....WOW!