Uwatec problems

[FreediveWI]

Acent rates play a big role as well. I no longer do the standard 3 minutes at 15'. I have switched it to doing 1 min @30', 1min @20' and 1 min@10'. For deeper dives I extended those stops deeper and longer.

One of the reasons that I no longer use an uwatec, or any other dive computer, is that they can't calculate deco properly. I plan my dive out on my palm pilot and write it on a slate and in my wetnotes.

None of the dive computers takes advantage of deep stop theory. They also allow divers to become too lazy in their dive planning. IF your planing a deco dive you can't just go by your computer. You need to plan your gas consumption and bail-out's as well. Dive computers can't do this for you and often lead divers into trouble.

Jon