I'm curious...given the unmatched (on ScubaBoard, anyway) strongly positive reputation of Shearwater, maker of the Perdix A.I., what features of the Core make you consider getting it instead? It might be interesting to other people trying to discriminate between options.
Richard.
Good question. There is on SB somewhat of a Sherewater Fan club, and to be fair its a good computer. However there is an undercurrent of if it isn’t sherewater then it’s not worth it.
However in the US there is a large difference in price due to your MSRP. In the UK the Perdix can be more expensive than the EON
I have the Eon Steel, I was an early adopter (at the time AI was important to me and sherewater didn’t have that function in their range.
My steel has around 400 dives on it and I use it hard. I’ve also had some conversations with Suunto directly.
The screen, whether you use the graphical display, the classic (just numbers) of the new Prominent is without comparison - I’ve dived a perdix on my wrist at the same time and their display isn’t in the same ballpark
Being able to customise what you want is good. We all dive differently and have different requirements. Also you can create different modes (groups of settings). So I have a mode for DM’ing or Teaching where for one my conservatism is quite high to match entry level computers. For fun diving I’ll have a low conservatism and diff ENG gasses. So one button press moves to my preference for that setting
Talking of conservatism The Fused RGBM on the Eon and the DX can be very liberal. I’ve put mine at the Most liberal setting next to a Perdix with it’s conservatism set to low and had marginally more NDL and less time on (small) deco stops.
There is an argument that RGBM is proprietary. True it is, But so Is Bühlmann - in the regard that different manufacturer’s put their tweeks into it.
I can plan a dive to 50m with 2 deco gasses, along side someone on a sherewater and not die. I’ve yet to push my Eon beyond that.
As an aside I do want another computer to run alongside my Suunto and I want one with Bühlmann - I will choose the OSTC 4 (which isn’t available in the USA), and has a display to match the Eon, but with the different algorithm.