Replaced my old dive computer with a D5 - what to expect?

kelpdiver wrote:

PHXAZCRAIG wrote:

One thing is for sure. I need a system to deal with it, or I will end up losing it, forgetting to have it on my wrist when I enter the water, or some other problem. It's just something I never had to worry about before.

as you say, having a routine is key.

When I come out of water, I sit the tank down in its spot, put the mask in the bin (or bag if on a day boat), take off the computer and strap onto dring, then square away my fins. Then take off first stage for refill. Next, do whatever camera task (get out of rinse tank, or dunk myself), then unzip wetsuit and proceed to surface interval.

Sounds like plan B for me - wrist-to-Dring.   Plan A, at least as a trial, is a strobe arm.  I'll see if I can get it level to read somehow.

Downside to attaching the computer to the camera rig is that you've added a dive dependency and a potential for it to get knocked off with rough handling.

I'm primarily thinking Roatan now, as it's almost the only place I dive anymore, and the conditions are very predictable.  At an unknown site, I'd likely start on my wrist, unless by then I'm so comfortable having it on the camera that there is no need to switch.

Dependency isn't too much a concern.  I've only handed the camera back to the boat once since I got my first Nauticam housing 6 years ago.

Should you opt to not enter with it (rough seas, bad viz, whatever), you need to remember to get it, and do last minute gear shift. If your flood indicator comes on and you hand it back up to the boat, you just handed off the computer.

True, but I can't imagine conditions rough enough for me not to bring the camera - or I wouldn't dive.   Roughest entry (and exit) I had so far is the hammerhead dive off Molokai.  Big swells, high current.   Five of us had to go in at the same time, and I had to hold the whole rig above my head and jump in.   Getting out wasn't fun either.  Any worse than that and I won't be diving.

I''m a bit excited about this new piece of kit.  My gear has been remarkably stable since 2009.   I have a feeling my divemaster in Roatan will be happy to see me not having to do all those deco stops!  (Especially as they are usually right before lunch.)