Pressure Guage Review

Installed new Scubapro pressure gauge to replace my old Aeris 3 Gauge Console (Pressure, Depth, and Compass). Installed on a 32" hose, and found the length was just right so that it reached my left hip D-ring. Used cave line and bolt snap to finish out the installation.

Worked very well, and the pressure reading was very legible during the dive. Very clean installation.

Only issue was that with 5mm Henderson Insta-Dry gloves the bolt snap was a little hard to operate!

Deep Sea Supply SK-7 Compass Mount Review

Test dive today with the new compass mount. Pictured is the Deep Sea Supply wrist mount for the Suunto SK-7 Compass (Purchased 12/06, $12.00 USD). I had a major problem converting the compass from the factory wrist band to this new mount, and actually destroyed the rotating silver bezel on top. This will have to be replaced, and the new part is on order from my local Aqua Lung dealer (who services Suunto equipment). I may have been able to avoid the damage if I had of soaked the compass in hot water as recommended before I attempted to remove the bezel - who knows!

Also installed some 3/16" bungee cord (purchased separately - note very small size) for the wrist mount, and the mount has 2 redundant straps in case one should break. I found the bungee very tight, and does not give very much when putting the compass on over the hands. Hopefully this will stretch a little more when the bungee gets broken in. The marks on the bungee strap in the photo were made to indicate band sizing without wetsuit, and were used to help me determine length to cut the bungee.

A neat feature of the device is that it has 2 mounting holes on each corner which allows you to offset the mount slightly to orient it closer to your eye without having to bend the arm too far to get the compass aligned properly.

Finish of the mount is fairly clean molded black plastic.

Overall I would rate the wrist mount 4 out of 5 Seahorses. Suggested improvements would be larger holes in the corners so that standard rubber surgical tubing could be used.

New dive gear configuration test tomorrow

Heading to Lake Jocassee tomorrow to test some new equipment configuration as follows;

• Replaced Aeris SPG (with Depth Guage and compass) with Scubapro Guage (no boot) on 32" hose. Have a bolt snap attached to SPG with cave line.


• Moved Suunto Vyper computer and Suunto SP7 compass to bungee wrist mount (from Deep Sea Supply) with dual bungees on each device. Typically mount the computer on left wrist, and compass on right wrist.


• Old computer configuration is shown above - with wrist slate and trusty dive watch. (also note Henderson 5mm Instra-Dry gloves - very warm!)

Expect water Temperature in low to mid 50's, so will be interested to see how the wet suit combination performs (see previous post for 61 degree dive). This is not a major gear change, but want to test the configuration to see how things work. Also plan to deploy my reel and run some line for fun. Looking forward to NSS/CDS Cavern Course inFebruary 2007, and trying to get my gear in shape!

Will post an update afterward to let you know how things worked!

Dive Safe!