Dive computer for newbs?
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My wife/dive buddy and I started off with Suunto Gekko dive computers. They're solid, relatively inexpensive and Nitrox compatible. You cannot easily download the data from them, however. I still use it today as my backup, particularly when repetitive diving.
We both also have Uwatec Galileo Luna air integrated dive computers. They are very good dive computers. I like it because if we stay within about 5 feet of each other, we can see how much air our buddy has left so it forces you to stay close to your dive buddy. It has a built in compass that I use regularly since I'm directionally challenged. They are big on the wrist and it snags on the BCD strap making it very difficult to take off or put on your BCD. That's probably a complaint with most of the larger dive computers. I took the wrist straps off and mounted it on D rings on my BCD during my Rescue Diver class. My Rescue Diver instructor gave me grief about the air integrated pressure gauge so I ended up getting an analog SPG attached to the right HP port on my first stage and running it over my right shoulder with miflex hp hose. I like that I can download the dive data from the Luna to my computer. I can also configure the Luna on the computer. Uwatec has been promising software updates for years to make the Luna/Sol computers tri-mix compatible but it's still vaporware. Not that I'm a tri-mix diver.
We both also have Uwatec Galileo Luna air integrated dive computers. They are very good dive computers. I like it because if we stay within about 5 feet of each other, we can see how much air our buddy has left so it forces you to stay close to your dive buddy. It has a built in compass that I use regularly since I'm directionally challenged. They are big on the wrist and it snags on the BCD strap making it very difficult to take off or put on your BCD. That's probably a complaint with most of the larger dive computers. I took the wrist straps off and mounted it on D rings on my BCD during my Rescue Diver class. My Rescue Diver instructor gave me grief about the air integrated pressure gauge so I ended up getting an analog SPG attached to the right HP port on my first stage and running it over my right shoulder with miflex hp hose. I like that I can download the dive data from the Luna to my computer. I can also configure the Luna on the computer. Uwatec has been promising software updates for years to make the Luna/Sol computers tri-mix compatible but it's still vaporware. Not that I'm a tri-mix diver.
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