Product Description
The second version of the Archimede
computer, with its renewed look, has new sophisticated software that is
able to manage two different Nitrox mixes during a dive, thus
allowing you to choose at any time during the same dive.
The
features of Archimede, which were already outstanding, have been considerably
improved for scuba divers and free divers as well as technical
divers, who will find the new GAUGE function an indispensable
instrument for precise monitoring of all their
dives.
Archimede 2 is, first of all, an
intuitive computer that is easy to use, both for the beginner and the
professional. Although it has many functions you are not obliged to use them.
Once the computer has been set for the use of air it does not require any
further adjustment for subsequent dives as the computer activates automatically
upon contact with the water and is perfectly able to calculate any dive, with or
without decompression, in total automatism.
However, even the most
demanding divers have been taken into consideration, those who use
Nitrox mixes and want to de-saturate in greater safety, by using Nitrox
mixes whilst ascending, or who want to use the instrument during
free diving or technical dives.
The
new software analyzes the data of 12 sample tissues (previously
9) for even more accurate monitoring of tissue saturation and de-saturation
mechanisms.
The possibility of being able to use a
second Nitrox mix during the same dive has now been introduced to faithfully
monitor and assist those divers that prefer de-saturation with Nitrox
mixes, a practice that offers greater safety to the dive and that is
used by an increasingly large number of enthusiasts.
The first mix
can contain a percentage of oxygen ranging from 21% (air) to 50%, the
second between 21% and 99% (pure oxygen). The fraction of oxygen of
both mixes is set on the surface, whilst the use of the two different mixes can
be chosen at any time during the dive.
Naturally, the partial pressure of
both of the mixes can also be selected in a wide range of between 1.0
and 1.6 bar.
Other new functions include the maximum
depth indicator, which is now visible during decompression; the choice
of three different Safety Factor levels; the ascent
speed indicator (expanded); the temperature sensor
(faster) and the display back-lighting (clearer).
Lastly, the all new GAUGE function, used both for free
diving and technical dives, which selects just some of
the instrument’s functions, such as instant and maximum depth, duration of the
dive (in minutes and seconds), time and ascent speed. The operating range of the
GAUGE function reaches depths of up to 200
metres.
