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Hey at least you picked a nice computer! I admit I use a Uwatec Air X in warm water NDL dives. Other than that our brains are the best computers. I think your smart com has a guage mode so that you can use it as a bottom timer once you cross over to Deco/ and Mix.

No need to rush things, get some time under your belt then work your way into "tech". There is no other way unless you win the lottery anyway. Once you enter tech be prepared to spend big dough on your equipment and keep your LDC happy to keep the discounts going! I have at least 30K in equipment at this point.

Not to get on the discussion of backplate and wings but.. It is true you can have a BK PLT/ and wing for same or less as a BCD. Even my 65 year old Dad is diving a Bk PLT and a pioneer 27. He was the perfect example how his local dive shop put him in crappy gear. They also put 30 pounds of weight on him in the carribean, then told him he has no business diving because he could not hold his bouyancy. It would help if his BC would dump air in the first place. I put him in a wing and plate and the rest is history. Now he lays as flat as a flounder in the water while his instructor swims vertically through the water. He tolds safety stops better than the average OW instructor taking their first tech course! THe setup also packs up into a tiny suitcase.

Proper functioning & fitting gear is so important!

Anyhow I will be at Ghost ships. I will probably be helping my buddy at his display. Look for Shipwreck Adventures display.

Rgrds,
Darren