Rant: Tried a new dive computer on a salvage job in Mobile Bay, and the old one was way better.

Karen Nguyen · 2026-03-13T14:15:08.244461+00:00

We were doing a 90 foot recovery, and the new unit's screen was impossible to read in the low vis. My old, simpler computer with the big, clear numbers let me track my deco without any guesswork. Has anyone else had a dive computer fail them when you really needed the info?

riley8606mo ago

My old computer's screen was also terrible in murky water, so maybe it's just a common design flaw?

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willow6725mo ago

Totally get that. Fancy screens suck in bad viz. Sometimes the old gear just works better.

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stellaj706mo ago

My buddy's fancy one blanked at sixty feet.

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