Dive In With Jill Heinerth | Conservatism and Gradient Factors | Episode 3

Do you know what your Personal Factors are?
In a world where we are able to choose a product based on what is best suited for our individual needs, why would such a crucial piece of dive equipment, your dive computer, be any different?
Personal factors should not be over looked, yet many divers never read in to the dive computer manual deep enough to understand that their device can be tailored to suit an individual’s need. External influences can be taken into account and the dive computer conservatism setting can factor in risks for each dive. This is a very important part of safer dive planning.
During this episode of Dive In, Suunto Ambassador, pioneering cave diver, explorer and author Jill Heinerth takes a look at what the personal factors on a Suunto computer are, and how they need to be applied.
Jill also talks gradient factors, algorithms and dive teams. Few users, or even instructors actually understand how gradient factors work, or what they are. She shines a light on how different decompression models behave, and how dive buddies can work together even if they are diving following different decompression models.
Jill delves into what each number of the gradient factor represent, which one is more important and how to use them in your dive planning.
Jill also looks into the deep stop mystery. As divers we still have a lot of research to do into them, and over the years there has been much conflicting anecdotal advice. There is much misinformation buzzing around social media and dive forums leading to a vast amount of confusion.
Watch now as Jill Heinerth sets us straight on the key issues in this episode of Dive in.
Make sure you tune in next week for the fourth, the final and bonus episode where Jill shares her story of getting hit.
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[@malcman]

This was a perfect explanation. Thanks.

[@deepabyss1809]

thank you for this interesting video, what is the safest gradient factor for a diver who dives every day between 80 and 100 meters ? trimix and deco : EAN 50% and 100% O2

[@Garry_Dallas]

🤙👌

[@christophegauthier6077]

What a wonderful commercial ad for suunto... Oh wait from what I know Jill Heinerth, almost all her dives are made with a rebreather... And I don't know a rebreather using a suunto computer... So funny... I imagine that she uses a suunto when she dives open circuit, because if she doesn't it would be the most dishonnestcommercial ad ever