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| Originally Posted by [b Quote[/b] ]People just need to be aware that using a VR3 is not the pinnacle of tech/deco/mixed gas diving (by any means) and that there is a much better way of doing things (using your brain). |
This much has already been established judging by the previous replies, though I'd be interested to know just how many mixed gas divers do actually jump into the water and let the pooter handle everything without having planned the dive beforehand. Not that many I suspect.
What I have seen plenty of- and I plead guilty to same - is having a bunch of laminated pre-cut tables on a ring stowed in the dry-suit pocket with a D-timer as a backup to the VR3/Nexus. Pooter drops out, pull out the tables and go over to the established method.
Reason being, the VR3 invariably gets me out of the water long before my pre-cut tables do for the reasons Chasey's already outlined.
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| Originally Posted by [b Quote[/b] ]It's all a question of training and where you get it. |
Absolutely.
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| Originally Posted by [b Quote[/b] ]To rely totaly on one computer only on a no deco dive is daft |
Unfortunately that does pretty much sum up the vast majority of the world's rec divers....