This is the standard response abut PP02 HUDS. In my case (but obviously not in others) the flashing became white noise and i just ignored it. In the red sea or shallows of UK I couldent see it at all. If something does go odd I had to stop, look, concentrate and count all the flashes. This just drove me mad.

A minor cell error and it would drive me crazy doing all sorts of erratic flashing throughout the dive. It was too much information. Too distracting. The guys using just hand sets were having a far more relaxing dive. Do you really care if the cell is flicking between 1.24 and 1.3?

My hand set checks will tell me this and what I really want to know is am i dropping below 1.2 or above 1.4. The in line deco will sort out the rest and if i were on back up tables/computer they would be set at 1.2 anyway wouldn't they.


Mark Chase