Backup dive computer/guage??

Shawn B. wrote

> That's a good point. Does Suunto usually *repair* or replace complete
> failures, do you know?

I don't know for sure, but I imagine they do. Suunto enjoys a rather good
reputation for building robust products and, given their position in the
dive market, most likely back their products with good warranty service.

My problem with them relates to their software, not their hardware.

Lee

Adam Helberg wrote

> Unless you're doing technical diving, I would just get the Cobra replaced
> or repaired and not bother with a backup. In the unlikely event the
> computer fails you abort the dive and if you're away from home you can
> always rent a regulator with a gauge and computer for the rest of the
> vacation. Any piece of equipment can fail, but for recreational open water
> diving you do not need backup.

> I've had my regulator leak on a trip, so I aborted the dive and rented one
> and continued diving. I don't plan to bring two regulators on my trips.

My wife and I are both divers. When we travel to dive, or dive on a
liveaboard, I carry a spare regulator, complete with alternate, all hoses
and a computer. I also carry a wrist mount for the computers that are
mounted in the consoles. On my annual spearfishing trip, I used to carry a
second computer on every dive. When you're doing 6 or 7 dives a day, a
computer failure has much greater consequences than when you're only doing 1
or 2. Since my computers have proven to be very reliable, these days, I
generally carry only one during the dive, but I always replace the batteries
in both the primary and backup before the trip.

Probably more important than backup, is maintenance. I also have my
regulators serviced long enough before such trips to be able to test dive
them before heading somewhere far from the kind of service I prefer.

Lee

"Lee Bell" <pleebell2@bellsouth.net> wrote in message
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> Adam Helberg wrote
>
>> Unless you're doing technical diving, I would just get the Cobra replaced or
>> repaired and not bother with a backup. In the unlikely event the computer fails
>> you abort the dive and if you're away from home you can always rent a regulator
>> with a gauge and computer for the rest of the vacation. Any piece of equipment can
>> fail, but for recreational open water diving you do not need backup.
>
>> I've had my regulator leak on a trip, so I aborted the dive and rented one and
>> continued diving. I don't plan to bring two regulators on my trips.
>
> My wife and I are both divers. When we travel to dive, or dive on a liveaboard, I
> carry a spare regulator, complete with alternate, all hoses and a computer. I also
> carry a wrist mount for the computers that are mounted in the consoles. On my
> annual spearfishing trip, I used to carry a second computer on every dive. When
> you're doing 6 or 7 dives a day, a computer failure has much greater consequences
> than when you're only doing 1 or 2. Since my computers have proven to be very
> reliable, these days, I generally carry only one during the dive, but I always
> replace the batteries in both the primary and backup before the trip.
>
> Probably more important than backup, is maintenance. I also have my regulators
> serviced long enough before such trips to be able to test dive them before heading
> somewhere far from the kind of service I prefer.
>
> Lee

Yes. On a liveaboard equipment failure can ruin your vacation, so there it may be
important to have backup available.

Adam