Bad idea or great deal?

[herman]

Hi Murdock,

Do learn the tables, I have had a computer die on me, a few minutes into the first dive of the trip, without the tables I would have been sol. I now have 2, one for backup. Old one did not do nitrox anyway.

As for the table question, the answer is....as fast as you can swap tanks.

 

[Ari]

And than traded it back into a Vyper (and also saved about 40$ doing it).

The Aladin is a great piece of equipment, but some of the characteristics of the Vyper suit me better. Both are great computers and both have similar specs.

I decided on the Vyper, for its backlight, user replacable battary and the ability to change between imperial and metric, without the need for the PC interface. I think that the Vyper also has a larger memory capacity.

Anyway, for 255$ you have a he** of a deal. I would stick with the Vyper.

Ari

 

[MNScuba]

Glad to know you had both and decided on the Vyper, that really helps. I broke down and told the dealer about it last night, he was cool about it and said it was a nice computer. He mentioned though that the Ultra Pro has microbubble technology built in and also that it figures the water temp in with it's algorythyms to predict a more realistic dive. I think all that is way over my head right now, and since I will be doing most of my diving in the lakes here in Minnesota in waters 60 feet and less, the Vyper will do a great job. If not, I know I can always buy the Uwatec or whatever else is new and cool at the time!

Thanks again for helping me out, I feel much better about the purchase and can't wait to check it out!

Does anyone think its worth buying the PC interface? Is there good software out there that I can manually put data into, etc?

Take care all.

 

[Ari]

I think that the Vyper's (or the Suunto for that matter) algorithem is one of the more sophisticated around these days. Take a look at the description at the end (or close to the end) of the manual.

In any case, you saved nice $$ on the deal, so it might be a good idea to get the PC interface (you can get it through the net for less than a 100$). It will give you nice logging capabilities as well as graphs and other cool stuff. It is not a must but more of a nice to have.

Good luck.

Ari