Quote: (Originally Posted by daz)
just dismissing them as a piece of crap is not a very winning argument. They are mearly a tool, a means of providing information. It is up to the user to interprete the information provided and make an informed decision.
Yup. But then Leigh did go on to say...
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When we get into using only a computer
(emphasis added by me)
... and this does make more sense doesn't it. All the advice on this thread has been built on the principle that we need to understand our diving not blindly follow something which may fail when we need it most.
I was on a dive recently with two members of this board when BOTH of their computers failed. Chance of that on one dive eh? Wasn't a deep dive with mandatory deco but even if it had been it didn't matter really, we still had one working depth gauge in the team and everything can run from that.
GUE will always tell you to dive within your training - regardless of your agency - it is exactly this advice which one leaves DIR F with. So get the training, find a way of diving that you are comfortable with and have fun.