Hello all,
I want to apologize upfront for two things. First, for possible mistakes in my writing / language but forums in german are usually not really active. Second, for another question regarding a beginners DC.
I spent a couple of hours going through multiple threads and I am unsure if it has helped me or has made me more confused.
My situation:
I am looking for a DC for me and my girlfriend. I did around 25 dives and my girlfriend only has around 10 dives. We plan to do a nitrox certification and probably AOW but probably after we are a little bit more experienced.
We are/want to be vacation divers. That means we do not plan to dive weekly but if we are on vacation (usually somewhere warm and sunny) we would like to do a couple of dives.
Now, we both would like to have our own DC and I started looking around.
Here are things I'd like to consider:
Price: Below 300€ which means probably around 350$ but cheaper is always appreciated (if we do not have to pay more to get a feature that would be really helpful).
We would like to wear it on our wrist and because we plan on doing a nitrox certification it should also cover nitrox. There is my first question as we are not certified yet. Is it important that the DC covers a concentration higher than 50%? Or are these rare occasions?
Now when I first looked at the market, the following DCs came to my mind:
Cressi Leonardo
Cressi Giotto
Mares Puck Pro (Plus)
Mares Smart
Oceanic Geo 2.0
Aqualung i200
Suunto Zoop Novo
Are we missing a contender?
I have read multiple articles and the test results varied quite a bit.
We opted out the Suunto because we have read about some technical problems and the look is not something we are excited about.
However, all the others seem to fit our needs and there does not seem to be a "bad" or "clear" choice.
Some are more pricy and we are unsure if the additional money is worth it (for example the Oceanic Geo2.0).
The most confusing part for us was the conservatism regarding the algorithms. We are very new to diving so the limiting factor for us right now is the air in our bottle. However, we might develop and then the algorithm might limits our time under water. We want to be safe but we also would like have as much time under water as possible. The only watch which is more liberal is the Oceanic Geo 2.0, right? Are all the others pretty much on the same level?
Do you think that conservative / liberal is something we should consider or does it not really matter if we plan 10-15 dives max. per year?
If we do not consider the algorithm and say conservative is fine, which DC would you recommend?
Thank you very much for your help.
I want to apologize upfront for two things. First, for possible mistakes in my writing / language but forums in german are usually not really active. Second, for another question regarding a beginners DC.
I spent a couple of hours going through multiple threads and I am unsure if it has helped me or has made me more confused.
My situation:
I am looking for a DC for me and my girlfriend. I did around 25 dives and my girlfriend only has around 10 dives. We plan to do a nitrox certification and probably AOW but probably after we are a little bit more experienced.
We are/want to be vacation divers. That means we do not plan to dive weekly but if we are on vacation (usually somewhere warm and sunny) we would like to do a couple of dives.
Now, we both would like to have our own DC and I started looking around.
Here are things I'd like to consider:
Price: Below 300€ which means probably around 350$ but cheaper is always appreciated (if we do not have to pay more to get a feature that would be really helpful).
We would like to wear it on our wrist and because we plan on doing a nitrox certification it should also cover nitrox. There is my first question as we are not certified yet. Is it important that the DC covers a concentration higher than 50%? Or are these rare occasions?
Now when I first looked at the market, the following DCs came to my mind:
Cressi Leonardo
Cressi Giotto
Mares Puck Pro (Plus)
Mares Smart
Oceanic Geo 2.0
Aqualung i200
Suunto Zoop Novo
Are we missing a contender?
I have read multiple articles and the test results varied quite a bit.
We opted out the Suunto because we have read about some technical problems and the look is not something we are excited about.
However, all the others seem to fit our needs and there does not seem to be a "bad" or "clear" choice.
Some are more pricy and we are unsure if the additional money is worth it (for example the Oceanic Geo2.0).
The most confusing part for us was the conservatism regarding the algorithms. We are very new to diving so the limiting factor for us right now is the air in our bottle. However, we might develop and then the algorithm might limits our time under water. We want to be safe but we also would like have as much time under water as possible. The only watch which is more liberal is the Oceanic Geo 2.0, right? Are all the others pretty much on the same level?
Do you think that conservative / liberal is something we should consider or does it not really matter if we plan 10-15 dives max. per year?
If we do not consider the algorithm and say conservative is fine, which DC would you recommend?
Thank you very much for your help.
