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AD_ward9 · 20th July 2007, 22:38

Quote: (Originally Posted by JS1scuba)

Cochran Cochran Undersea Technology

this unit is programable in either metric or imperial, has a lot of data recording features.

It would be good if one of the features Cochran supported was a repair service.

I put a Cochran lifeguard on the shelf after it was used for only 10 dives (for reasons I will explain in a moment), took it down and it refused to communicate with the brick. Cochran's response was tough luck, buy another one. I have experienced nothing but excellent service from the other companies making dive computers and gauges, so Cochran's approach stands out a mile. Its failure is not too surprising, as having a unit that is turned on by wacking it with a dive weight is not the right way to do things IMHO: light taps just got ignored. It also had an annoying feature of adding a bit of deco time just as you surface, so the thing bleeps so all on the dive boat think you are complete pillock who cannot hold a stop properly, when in fact you have held every stop to the second and accurately in depth, and even overstayed at 3m (10ft for me).

For what you want, there is a very nice gauge produced by a free diver. I forget his name, but it has got a nice OLED display, compensation for salinity, and looks easy to use. However, the cost is not much different to a dive computer when I last looked, so you may as well just buy a VR2 or Explorer. Once you have an electronic unit with a display, depth gauge and batteries, there is hardly any difference in production cost whether it is displaying just depth or the whole chebang: the number of parts needed is about the same. If the difference is important, my vote would be Uwatec.

Alex

20th July 2007, 22:38	#5 (permalink)
AD_ward9 So much more to learn Current Rebreather/s: Other CCR Other Rebreather/s: Other CCR Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: Scotland Posts: 1,732	Re: Depth Gauge Quote: (Originally Posted by JS1scuba) Cochran Cochran Undersea Technology this unit is programable in either metric or imperial, has a lot of data recording features. It would be good if one of the features Cochran supported was a repair service. I put a Cochran lifeguard on the shelf after it was used for only 10 dives (for reasons I will explain in a moment), took it down and it refused to communicate with the brick. Cochran's response was tough luck, buy another one. I have experienced nothing but excellent service from the other companies making dive computers and gauges, so Cochran's approach stands out a mile. Its failure is not too surprising, as having a unit that is turned on by wacking it with a dive weight is not the right way to do things IMHO: light taps just got ignored. It also had an annoying feature of adding a bit of deco time just as you surface, so the thing bleeps so all on the dive boat think you are complete pillock who cannot hold a stop properly, when in fact you have held every stop to the second and accurately in depth, and even overstayed at 3m (10ft for me). For what you want, there is a very nice gauge produced by a free diver. I forget his name, but it has got a nice OLED display, compensation for salinity, and looks easy to use. However, the cost is not much different to a dive computer when I last looked, so you may as well just buy a VR2 or Explorer. Once you have an electronic unit with a display, depth gauge and batteries, there is hardly any difference in production cost whether it is displaying just depth or the whole chebang: the number of parts needed is about the same. If the difference is important, my vote would be Uwatec. Alex Last edited by AD_ward9 : 20th July 2007 at 22:50.
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