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Posted: 8/18/2022 2:29:24 PM EDT
I just finished taking the PADI OWD exam for the lessons I'm taking over here in Southwest Asia. The local equipment and lingo is in Metric (bars / meters). I find it rather intuitive, but I'll be heading back to 'merica and the land of Imperial.
Does anyone here flout convention and use Metric domestically? |
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Posted: 8/18/2022 2:32:59 PM EDT
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Imperial for the win...
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Posted: 8/18/2022 3:00:21 PM EDT
[Last Edit: Jeff556]
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Originally Posted By von_landstuhl: I just finished taking the PADI OWD exam for the lessons I'm taking over here in Southwest Asia. The local equipment and lingo is in Metric (bars / meters). I find it rather intuitive, but I'll be heading back to 'merica and the land of Imperial. Does anyone here flout convention and use Metric domestically? The US doesn't use Imperial measurements. We use United States customary units. There is a difference. |
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Posted: 8/18/2022 3:24:02 PM EDT
[Last Edit: AeroE]
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The US employs US Customary Units and Syste'me International units of measure, not "imperial".
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Posted: 8/18/2022 3:38:38 PM EDT
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I shoot in meters where possible. Outside of construction metric is mostly better.
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Posted: 8/18/2022 4:21:46 PM EDT
[Last Edit: von_landstuhl]
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By Ryan_Scott: I shoot in meters where possible. Outside of construction metric is mostly better. For you and the previous two or three posters, this is the scuba forum. |
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Posted: 8/18/2022 4:34:39 PM EDT
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Originally Posted By von_landstuhl: I just finished taking the PADI OWD exam for the lessons I'm taking over here in Southwest Asia. The local equipment and lingo is in Metric (bars / meters). I find it rather intuitive, but I'll be heading back to 'merica and the land of Imperial. Does anyone here flout convention and use Metric domestically? Why do you feel the need to be a freak? 
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Posted: 8/18/2022 4:43:32 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By von_landstuhl: For you and the previous two or three posters, this is the scuba forum. You didn’t specify. FWIW when I took the class in Belize it was taught in US Customary Units. |
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Posted: 8/18/2022 4:53:56 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By Marie: Why do you feel the need to be a freak? Do you really think that was a helpful and appropriate response to a new diver? |
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Posted: 8/18/2022 7:03:00 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By von_landstuhl: Do you really think that was a helpful and appropriate response to a new diver? Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By von_landstuhl: Originally Posted By Marie: Why do you feel the need to be a freak? Do you really think that was a helpful and appropriate response to a new diver? Your sarcasm meter needs to be recalibrated. |
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Posted: 8/18/2022 7:26:41 PM EDT
[Last Edit: Marie]
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Originally Posted By von_landstuhl: I just finished taking the PADI OWD exam for the lessons I'm taking over here in Southwest Asia. The local equipment and lingo is in Metric (bars / meters). I find it rather intuitive, but I'll be heading back to 'merica and the land of Imperial. Does anyone here flout convention and use Metric domestically? How are you going to deal with buddies, DMs, instructors, etc., back in the US, doing everything in psi/ft if you’re working in metric? Going to be continually converting or pay extra for gauges that do both? Go ahead and complicate your dive life if you want. Most people don’t. |
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Posted: 8/19/2022 7:51:52 PM EDT
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We are talking about one gage right? Buy what is available over there and switch when you get home.
My experience is that overseas dive shops are used to using both scales but not so much in the states. |
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Posted: 8/19/2022 8:00:42 PM EDT
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Atmospheres and BAR are nearly equivalent. It is when you start using p.s.i. that things get a bit more complicated. For a quick approximation, a BAR/Atmospere is about 15 p.s.i.
Depth in feet is a bit more than three times the number in meters. Again, for most things, that approximation should be relatively safe to use. (33 feet is really close to 10 meters, but using 30 feet for 10 meters should be safe for most things). |
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Posted: 8/20/2022 12:53:41 AM EDT
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You'll experience that using the wrong measurement system will be frustrating at best.
The issue isn't you. It's everyone else. Most US-based outfits run US measure, as does Canada, at least for diving. You show a divemaster your gauge with bar as measurement and they'll look at it like a pig looks at a washing machine. Outside North America, it's all metric, and they have even less exposure to the US measure. I run PSI analog gauges, and set my dive computer to the local measure, and show whomever I am diving with that. |
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Posted: 9/21/2022 11:47:37 AM EDT
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By Ryan_Scott: I shoot in meters where possible. Outside of construction metric is mostly better. I shoot in meters, but drive in miles per hour and measure things in fractions for some ungodly reason. I like my air in PSIs |
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