Well I had to make my own flow chart and writ down which feature each watch has and doesn't have... I only did 3 to start off: Zoop Novo, Cressi Giotto, Oceanic Veo 3.0 and watched some product demos/review of each..and Simulated dives.
Zooo novo
I don't like the gas setup or the main diving display but it's not a deal breaker, It is still on my list.
Giotto
Many say that the strap is too long you may have to cut it or fold it under, but it's easy to read
The main display has everything laid out exactly how I like it, the depth is right beside the NDL.... Water temp at bottom. It's not like some watches where the depth is way in the top corner and the NDL is at the bottom jumbled in between other data, and you have to look in 2 different places for what you really want to see. Nitrox is very easy to setup
Oceanic...
Easy to navigate and setup gases.. It uses 2 algorithms that you can choose from (rgbm not one of them) and I believe it shows which ta k you're using and which gas. I think with the zoop you have to flip to the other screen to make sure you're on Nitrox. This one also takes into account your gas absprortion from the previous dive, but research does not specify whether those other two also do this or not.
These 3 don't have a compass whish is perfectly fine.. And they're not AI, which I would like to have as a feature, or later when I get the transmitter. You can download the data from all 3.
I like the petrel I've given it a glance online a few times.. Not in my price range especially when student loan debt keeps me from buying gear sooner than I would like. (ugh!!) I feel like with this one I'm going to spend a more time setting it up. Not sure about this one yet.
Zooo novo
I don't like the gas setup or the main diving display but it's not a deal breaker, It is still on my list.
Giotto
Many say that the strap is too long you may have to cut it or fold it under, but it's easy to read
The main display has everything laid out exactly how I like it, the depth is right beside the NDL.... Water temp at bottom. It's not like some watches where the depth is way in the top corner and the NDL is at the bottom jumbled in between other data, and you have to look in 2 different places for what you really want to see. Nitrox is very easy to setup
Oceanic...
Easy to navigate and setup gases.. It uses 2 algorithms that you can choose from (rgbm not one of them) and I believe it shows which ta k you're using and which gas. I think with the zoop you have to flip to the other screen to make sure you're on Nitrox. This one also takes into account your gas absprortion from the previous dive, but research does not specify whether those other two also do this or not.
These 3 don't have a compass whish is perfectly fine.. And they're not AI, which I would like to have as a feature, or later when I get the transmitter. You can download the data from all 3.
I like the petrel I've given it a glance online a few times.. Not in my price range especially when student loan debt keeps me from buying gear sooner than I would like. (ugh!!) I feel like with this one I'm going to spend a more time setting it up. Not sure about this one yet.