Dive Computer Ramblings

[Steve Butler]

On 09/10/2014 02:24 AM, Jef Driesen wrote:
> On 2014-09-10 05:56, Dirk Hohndel wrote:
>> Linus started this on Google Plus...
>
> https://plus.google.com/+LinusTorvalds/posts/jHFZnQzmDhQ
>
> It looks like some people at Suunto are also reading Linus' post. The 
> comment by Jukka Saarikorpi is basically an invitation to get in touch 
> with them. Maybe that's an opportunity to try and get some kind of 
> support from them?
>
> Jef
Just sent him this:

Jukka,

Saw your response to Linus' post about dive computers.  My wife and I 
have been diving for the last couple of years (I was NAUI certified 40 
yrs ago but raising a family took precedence) using the Cobra.  Both of 
us have had cataract surgeries so near objects require reading glasses.  
Gets to be a pain trying to get the gauge readers i--n the mask aligned 
on the display.  It has been a solid DC for us but is hard to read in 
dim light.  The backlight is barely visible (last night I thought it 
wasn't working -- but finally saw the glow disappear without having seen 
the segments).  Shining a dive light on the display washes the display 
out so it isn't readable.

Day use in the tropics is great.  Puget Sound was icky last evening 
(before sunset -- the red octopus was more interesting).  I have almost 
60 dives on mine (plus pool work) and Wanita has just over 25 on hers.  
Both of us are looking for something better.  Perhaps you have an 
upgrade in the works for us 60+ folks who need something larger (colorful)?

--Steve (dry suit, night, navigation, buoyancy, nitrox, search/recover 
-- getting ready to take rescue)

-- 
Stephen M Butler, PMP, PSM
kg7je at comcast.net
kg7je at arrl.net