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> From: rwright@is*.ne* > > Since nobody has metion where they place their depth gage does this > mean that you don't carry one since you "know" the max depth of your > dive? The bottom timer is also a depth gauge, like the Uwatec one for example. > What about us new cave divers? I find it hard to take depths from > your average diver as being gospel. I like to be able to determine > things that could effect my life for myself. I never take depths from anyone as gospel until I dive there at least once and see for myself. However, there's still no reason to carry multiple depth gauges because once again, your buddy is your backup. And in a system you know, then there's no real need to worry about a backup at all since the depth doesn't change. > I currently use a U.S. Divers Monitor I strapped to my wrist, but I > can see how a computer would be useless with a gas switch. Computers suck for cave diving. They are really screwy when it comes to long dives (take one to 100' for 90 minutes and you'll see what I mean). They pad the hell out of the deco time which just causes you to sit on a log for weeks longer then you want. And, if you start using O2 or multiple gas switches for deco, whatever then computers don't work at all. Just spend $219 and buy DECOM, a good slate, and a UWATEC bottom timer. Write down some sets of tables on that slate, and you're good to go. Save the $395 or whatever that Aladdin costs or that Suunto costs. Use the $180 you save to buy stage bottles or some vital piece of equipment. Ken -- -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- Ken Sallot "Mock me if you like but don't mock the gods!" CIRCA - Joe Nightengale kens@uf*.ed* (352) 392-2007 http://grove.ufl.edu/~ken -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-
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