Diving Computer Algorithms Are Important
and you should be on the same page as your buddy
from the June, 2018 issue of Undercurrent
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Tom Roos (London, UK) writes: "In May, in your article 'Things Are Not Always As They Seem,' you raise the safety aspect of dive computers giving significantly different no-deco times. I have been grappling with this for a while and thought I'd share my experience."
"On a dive trip to French Polynesia, my wife and I dove Suunto computers using the RGBM algorithm, while other divers had computers with more 'conventional' algorithms. As a result, we faced much longer decompression times at the end of dives. The RGBM algorithm is particularly punitive on repeat 'deep' dives after relatively short surface intervals."... Subscribers: Read the full article here
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