Posted on June 4th, 2008
- Intelligence. A truly intelligent “EMC” algorithm that recognises and records your total diving environment. Designed and written exclusively for Cochran by owner Mike Cochran – who gave the world the first computer-on-a-chip in the 70’s, and the forerunner of all computers – the calculator.
- Guaranteed No Lockup.
The environmental algorithm is written in Assembly language, a more reliable programming language, and then mated with a super-fast processor which constantly and rapidly calculates your dive time or decompression time. This perfect combination guarantees no lockup.
- User-Programmable Conservatism. 51 safety levels that enable you to “secretly” tell the computer how you feel on the day based on the pre-disposing factors learned on your open water course. Such as your age, cold, dehydration, previous injury or illness, and even how much alcohol you drank the night before (hopefully none)!
- Parametric Cloning. Just like your “octopus” gets a buddy out of trouble, parametric cloning enables the gas loadings from your Cochran to be transferred to another for buddies whose “other brand” computer locks up. Saves 000’s of dives a year.
- More Dive Time. All computers have an in-built thermometer to record temperature, but only the Cochran translates temperature, water density and atmospheric pressure into more dive time or less deco time. So on a typical liveaboard trip costing £1000 or more you can safely get twice as much bottom time than with a standard computer. Effectively that’s £500 more value in dive time.
- Reverse Profile Diving. Since 2002 divers have been able to do shallow dives before deep dives safely – the reverse of traditional theory. This was great news for divers who want to get 3 or more dives in every day, but don’t want to be restricted by decreasing depths. Other computers heavily penalize divers who dive deeper than a previous dive, or they will lockup – keeping you out of the water for 2 days in the middle of a dive vacation! Cochran computers maximize your dive time by allowing YOU to decide what depth you do on every dive.
- A Model For You. Cochran allow you to “build” the computer configuration that best suits your diving - now AND in the future. Up to 7 mounting options starting with the wrist model, 7 colours, 2 backlight colours to suit your eyesight – red and yellow, 9 different mix combinations from air through to trimix and rebreathers, memory capacities up to 1450 hours, and the ability to change from metric to imperial depths depending on where you dive in the world.
- Flight Data Recorder. Exclusively built-in to every Cochran computer to accurately assess your body’s nitrogen loading before AND after flying.
- One Second Computing and Recording. Only the Cochran has the memory capacity to compute and record your dive every second, giving you immediate feedback during the dive, a comprehensive dive profile after the dive, and providing accurate information to doctors in the event of an emergency.