I measure the length of cord on my reel by unwinding onto a wirley washing line. My washing line has four sections and a two meter span. I just count the cords on the spans and times by two meters. When fully unwound, I can also check it's firmly attached to the reel. When rewinding the cord back to the reel I can check for knots and nicks. Using my washing line saves the long line birds nests knot on the floor. UK diver since 2005.
Hi Mark I‘m still looking for a good drysuit, but I wonder how long does they last? I know it’s not possible to tell it exactly like: A Seac warm will last exactly 9y11m. But I guess there are so many experiance it should be possible to tell it more or less, I guess there are also enough experiance with different brands. I asked once someone from a dive shop he meant: €10/dive so a €800 dry suit would last 80 dives. Maybe true but maybe just a way to sell expensive dry suits. This is why I thought I should do an #askmark 🫶 Thanks for your tips and answer. Ben
Did 5 dives already with the Suunto Ocean. Man, it is a great dive computer. The screen is very bright and the buttons are very accessible with 3mm gloves. Lots of info available on the screen. You can (obviously) dive air and nitrox, but not trimix. So it is recreational oriented and not really a tec dive computer. But than, that’s not my type of diving. Used to dive with the Suunto Eon Core and had a Garmin Fenix 6 for multi sports. Now I got all in one for half the price of the Garmin decent Mk3. It fills my needs, so……GREAT!!
Great review, thanks! How is this ocean compared to the D5 from suunto as a dive computer? Is there anything D5 has/do this ocean doesn’t do/have? Thanks
As Suunto announced the large layoffs in Finland and relocation of a part of the production to China, this watch might not be built in Finland in future. Also the local maintenance and repair services have been going downhill for some years (doesn't affect necessarily that many people if only local problem).
Had to deal with the support in my region, and it's very disappointing. They don't have a rental bank, and they take 2 weeks to 1 month just to come back to you telling you what's wrong. Then, you have to fix it. Their MacOS software is crashing all the time, it only enables to log dives and doesn't provide any analytical tool, the user manual isn't clear (had to read it 5 times and still full of mysteries), and overall I feel it's made by engineers for engineers, not by divers for divers. And they always try to put you into this Suunto app that gets everything hosted in China. The BT transfer to the iPhone worked only once over the course of 4 years and 200 dives.
Can you do a short or something with a quick comparison with the MK3i? I think there’s a lot of divers and instructors who are waiting to buy a new computer but just waiting for a comparison since, right now the top end is still the Garmin!
@animishlimaye The only downside I see is that there is no integrated Spotify player. You would basically need to carry your phone to listen to the music... That's rather surprising for Suunto considering that a 4 y.o. Garmin Venu for 200 EUR was already equipped with a music player 🙄
Where have you seen about the underwater GPS? I don't think it's physically possible to do a GPS underwater since the radio waves are reflected on the surface of the water and will never reach the watch
@@skander4429 it’s not GPS. It uses all the inbuilt sensors like depth sensor, navigation etc to create a simulated 3D model of the dive route. It’s not 100% gps accurate.
@emmaoneill579 transmitter pairing is unreliable. It's losing the signal on a random basis, it's get unpaired for no reason. Me and my wife both had a suunto before - the same story on both. I got a teric after - it have about 70 dives on it, not a single issue with AI, to the point where i removed my SPG completely. If I was you , i would go with Tern TX, got one for my wife 4 months ago- and this thing is phenomenal.
I only need the dive computer I don’t need unnecessary stuff I think they load the stuff on to pump the price up I use tusa solar and I am happy with it also I use Cressi Catesio if I do decide to buy an other dive computer I will choose Shearwater dive computer
Absolutely ridiculous. So if he didn't have the means to pay, he would have just DIED. DEAD. No coming back from that. A CORPSE! All because a card got declined. Absolutely unacceptable.
#askmark I am a tall skinny guy and very LEG heavy. I don't need much weight to sink but if it is round my waist, my trim is terrible. I usually add some weight to my tank band but need to add enough to compensate for my Dump-able weight around my waist. Is it worth just having a small amount of non Dump-able weight, or should I still have some that I can get rid of if needed. Thanks
It's all a balancing act. You need to think about what's pulling you up and what's pulling you down and you want to try to balance their positions. I'd start with cylinder height. Moving the cylinder up a bit might help drop your shoulders. Your leg position can also help. If your legs are outstretched all of their -ve buoyancy and your fins will pull your legs down more. But focusing on bending your knees after your fin kick should also help. With weights, I always like to be able to drop some lead to be able to float. But if your legs are sinking then I would definitely put some lead higher up towards your shoulders. Not all of your weight but with enough lead that you can still drop and maintain +ve buoyancy.
And the times of this ignorance God winked at; but now commandeth all men every where to repent: (Acts 17:30) The Lord is not slack concerning his promise, as some men count slackness; but is longsuffering to us-ward, not willing that any should perish, but that all should come to repentance. (2 Peter 3:9) And as it is appointed unto men once to die, but after this the judgment: (Hebrews 9:27)
My actual instructor doesn't know how to make a fun dive. Check the valve, clip this, no camera, no fishes, all exercises, even for a simple refresh dive. I have had it
#askmark - 4 dives on my Perdix 2 and loving the AI and the easy to read screen and functionality. Here's another question on SAC rate. Perdix is telling me my average SAC is 20.4 psi/min. My introductory understanding is if I want to convert to cubic feet/min (RMV - using DAN's definition) I would need to factor in tank volume and working pressure. Does Perdix allow for this? I have two tanks I routinely use that are slightly different. I don't see where I can enter "Tank 1- 100 cu ft, 3445 psi" and Tank 2- 100 cu ft, 3144 psi" in the computer. Shearwater associates the AI serial number to the tank to support up to 4 transmitters. How about managing multiple tanks with one transmitter.
Shearwater remove cylinder volume from the equation, they explain why in their User Manual. I don't think you can enter cylinder volume in the Perdix but, some logging apps _will_ let you and do the calculations for you. But I believe Shearwater do it so that you can use the same transmitter on any cylinder and get similar numbers to compare
Having seen how superficial regulators are often cleaned by diving centers I quickly wanted my own, so I would move it even before the dive computer. Tecline has really nice sets for about 450€
I just tried a wing style BCD the first time and I m sold and got my own one. I always felt squeezed when inflating an normal BCD. I still prefer the jacket style ones with integrated weights as it's more comfy for me than having the weights on a belt
#askmark would it be possible to explain how the SAC rate is calculated in the shearwater? It seems different that the SAC rate calculation that you can find in internet. I also know that everybody is different and the condition also affect this consumption , but what value would be a average SAC rate vs a good SAC rate?
When our son started diving with me 4 years ago at age 15, my wife (she doesn't dive) insisted that I maximize the safety factors. One of my solutions was to get myself a Shearwater Perdix AI with two transmitters. I mounted one of the transmitters on my 1st stage, I mounted the other on my son's 1st stage (both on a 6" HP hose). I also got him a hose-mounted AI dive computer (Aqualung 550 series) so he can keep track of his own dive data. With this setup, we're both diving on computers (safer than tables, IMO, and both are NITROX-capable) and as long as I'm diving next to him (he's my buddy so I'd better be pretty close, right?) I can see what his air pressure is without distracting him - usually this is a drive-by as I swim past him. The Perdix reconnects to his transmitter pretty quickly if I've gone out of range. I also have a separate analog SPG on my rig. I love the Perdix AI it's bombproof and way more capable than I'll probably ever need.
