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| Originally Posted by [b Quote[/b] (peter k @ Feb. 18 2004,16:33)]Sorry Helen, let me give you an example of how fu**ed up 'pooters really are.
When mine was downloaded after my offgassing problem and what I'd done was compared to Bhullmanns(speelin?) it looked a bit like this;
1st dive-copmputer told me 5mins I did 8. Buhllmanns would have given me 12. That's not a "big" difference really.
2nd dive-computer never went into deco, in fact the nearest it got was 5mins no-stop. This is the frightening bit, I was actually off the scale on Buhllmans. They didn't even deal with deco'ing at those times.
There was nothing spectacular about the dives; 1 at 35'sh for 45'ish and the second at 30'ish for 45'ish. 2 hour SI. I hadn't been drinking the night before, though I could've drank more water. We've all done it, indeed I still do it, just with a shitload more deco.
'Fraid the silicone chip will never be able to replicate biology,
Peter |
Personally I like my computer, I like the information it gives me and then I add in my own level of conservatism.
I always do a safety stop, I always ascend very slowly, and try to ascend from the safety stop as slow as possible.
If it is cold I will normally drag the safety stop out to 4 or even 5 minutes.
And all this is on relatively conservative dives.
Same rules apply to deco obligations, If I start racking up deco I just look at what it is telling me and then add some for my own comfort factor.
In Summary, I use it as a tool to provide information and then make
my own decisions based on what it is telling me.
Daz