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| Originally Posted by Gav I find that mine gives a max depth, i.e. 6m and a ceiling of 3m. As long as I'm within that range for deco it makes no difference. |
Oooooh if you're doing more than a few mins of deco, it can make a HUGE difference.
Diving the Zenobia in Cyprus a couple of weeks back showed me just how bad the problem is with the Suunto computers - though the newer DS ones may be better(?)
So, in Cyprus, we were diving air just because that's all we could easily get, and doing 35m ish dives. Didn't do any consecutive days, but had a day diving, a day off, a day diving, etc. Both diving and doing deco on the Suunto. On one dive, the second of the day, we left the bottom (20m) after 30mins, showing just over 20mins to the surface. Knowing how the Suunto behaves, we did most of the deco at 4-5m, and did the final 15mins at just 3m (apparently in the "ideal zone" for the Suunto). To complete this 20mins of deco took just under an hour!
I'm now actively working on making myself some tables, because the Suunto clearly just isn't effective with deco of more than ~20mins, just makes up numbers which bear no relation to what it will actually get you to do.
David