Is Suunto conservative?

[Heffey]

From my reading on ScubaBoard it would appear that the Suunto dive computers are one of the more conservative computers on the market.

In your opinion are they the most conservative?

Are there other brands that you would put on top of the conservative list.

For me conservative isn't a bad thing. It is actually a selling feature.

Thanks,
Jeffrey

 

[medical1]

Suunto Cobra = Conservative

From my reading on ScubaBoard it would appear that the Suunto dive computers are one of the more conservative computers on the market.

In your opinion are they the most conservative?

Are there other brands that you would pot on top of the conservative list.

For me conservative isn't a bad thing. It is actually a selling feature.

Thanks,
Jeffrey

 

[DocDAT]

If you want to be even more conservative you can also change the altitude setting on the computer from sea level to a higher one.

 

[rje634]

In a word yes.
I have a Cobra and there have many dive where I have run out of NDL and the people diving with me(using other computers) still have time..
As DocDAT says you can always make most any computer conservative by setting the altitude higher.

 

[BIGSAGE136]

What they said. Conservative, and can be made more so.

 

[teknitroxdiver]

con·ser·va·tive
adj.

1. A Suunto dive computer
2.Favoring traditional views and values; tending to oppose change
......

 

[Snowbear]

Not conservative enough for my preference, no matter what the altitude or personal settings... but then I prefer to do repetitve 60+ minute dives over multiple days without "violating" the computer or getting locked out.

Back in the day when I rode the Vyper's NDLs and added extra "safety stop" minutes than it said (just for good measure) as well as longer surface intervals (to be "safe"), I still ended up feeling fatigued... with both air and nitrox. It "allowed" me to dive the sames dives I do now in a much less conservative way than I do them now.

I'm getting longer "bottom" times as well as longer run times and I'm getting to the surface without feeling fatigued... What ends the dive is either getting chilled, a near empty gas tank or an overfilled bladder :11:

 

[Heffey]

con·ser·va·tive
adj.

1. A Suunto dive computer
2.Favoring traditional views and values; tending to oppose change
......

Hey,
I resemble that remark. :11:

 

[crpntr133]

They are for sure conservative. I look at it this way. If the dive comp is more conservative than the RDP, I don't need it. The RDP has been around for years and works just fine.

FYI, Suunto is more conservative than the RDP and they will let you that, at least they did me.

 

[WarmGoingCold]

I used my Cobra in Coz, sometimes doing three dives a day(2 tank in the morning and a night dive) and didn't have any problems. Wasn't locked out once during a week of diving. Did some somewhat deep dives(100 feet) followed by shallow dives. No problems. People dog the cobra, but it is a GREAT computer. My family dives, and we are all on the cobra or viper comps.

Had my analogs with me as well btw and the cobra was right on for air and depth.