Dive
Computers
& Gauges
Click on the links below and you will find the best of, Dacor and Mares.
If you have any further questions about these Computers please call
1-520-408-3483 and speak to one of our experienced diving staff.
ANALOG GAUGES
Mares Computers & Gauges
Citizen Dive Watch
Computer
Computers & Gauges
Computers offer the diver
a much more convenient way of monitoring decompression limits. Computers have
invaded nearly every aspect of life and sport diving is no exception. Dive
computers calculate nitrogen loading according to the diver's depth and time,
allowing a profile that is much more flexible than the square profiles provided
by dive tables. Today's computers display current depth, maximum depth, dive
time, Water Temperature, Safe ascent and decent rates with visual and audible
warnings, Surface Intervals, Dive planning, When its safe to fly in an airplane,
Corrections for altitude, Air integrated units calculate you air consumption,
and all record the dive information for recall later in a log book mode. Some
computers require that the user pushes a button to activate while others
activate automatically when you enter the water. Some are PC downloadable while
others just store the log in memory. Some models have a Compass mounted.
Computers go into a sleep mode or turn off if not used within a certain period
of time. Most of today's models allows for the diver to change his own
batteries. computers also help you to maximize your bottom time by taking
advantage of multilevel dive calculations. Perhaps most importantly, dive
computers can decrease the risk of decompression sickness because they account
for difficult (and sometimes impossible) manual calculations which result from
yo-yo dives, multiple dives, quick ascents, varied physical effort and water
temperatures. Computers can be mounted in a console, on the wrist in a wrist
boot, or on the hose in a hose boot. How a computer is mounted is dependent on
the divers preference and the computer’s configuration. Some models have a
pressure gauge integrated into the unit.. These computers are able to display
the amount of remaining air and calculate how long your air will last based on
current breathing rate.
Nitrox computers offer
all the same features as the air computers, but also allow the use of Oxygen
Enriched Air. Once a diver's Nitrox is programmed in the computer, decompression
limits are adjusted accordingly. Warnings communicate to the diver nitrogen
loading and oxygen limits for the present Nitrox at any given point of time
during the dive.
It is wise to realize
that today's computers although very good are all based on mathematical models
and are therefore not a perfect solution . Decompression Theory is not a defined
science and is influenced by many variables . The future of computers is
expanding rapidly and our future models will be able to program in a divers age,
weight, sex, etc. all values which today's models cannot do. Already we have
computers that are visible in a heads up system that displays information in the
divers mask. These units are very reliable. It is prudent to keep track and to even consider a redundant system
so that if your computer fails or the batteries go down you can still collect
the information you need and to calculate standard tables as well, as you use
the convience of your computer.
Analog and Digital Gauges of today are
very accurate and provide the necessary information needed to monitor air supply
bottom times depths and navigation with compass. They come in single units to
multiple configurations. Many are made in plastic cases and the better ones are
still made in brass cases. They vary in the amount of depth units and psi units.
Digital units require batteries. Some gauges are user adjustable.
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