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Paul Evans
"Mr Mares"
All suunto comps have very conservative models,
IMO if you want a air intergrated get one with a transmiter and still have a SPG on your first stage, I love computers, but they can fail more easily than a good old fashioned SPG.
Suunto make a good one and the Aeris Elite at $799 at scubatoys is far less conservative.
If you do by a hosed one make sure it has a quick dissconnect, they don't like being knocked about
IMO if you want a air intergrated get one with a transmiter and still have a SPG on your first stage, I love computers, but they can fail more easily than a good old fashioned SPG.
Suunto make a good one and the Aeris Elite at $799 at scubatoys is far less conservative.
If you do by a hosed one make sure it has a quick dissconnect, they don't like being knocked about
rcain1
Contributor
All the reading and searching I have done led me to the Sherwood Wisdom dive computer. It does NITROX up to 50% FO2 and everything else you could want a dive computer to do. I got mine with the quick disconnect/compass/storage case and the computer interface kit for $525 at diveus.
I would highly recommend it or at least checking it out.
I would highly recommend it or at least checking it out.
I like the Wisdom also, but actually prefer the foot print of his brother - the Aeris. The way the angle is built into the hose makes it easier to view... I also like the fact that the display is set up where the biggest number on the computer is remaining time - while on the wisdom, they use a lot of display to show big numbers for the pressure.
We sell a ton of both, and on our pages, the wisdom is more popular because of the $475 price tag... Aeris has a policy where we can't advertise them at that price... So then in the store where people can compare the subtle differences, then the Aeris wins out most times - but either way, both are good units.
We sell a ton of both, and on our pages, the wisdom is more popular because of the $475 price tag... Aeris has a policy where we can't advertise them at that price... So then in the store where people can compare the subtle differences, then the Aeris wins out most times - but either way, both are good units.
I have only ever used the Cobra, and I am completely satisfied with it's performance. I have the quick disconnect and compass, which is very easy to read. The computer itself is easy to use underwater, even with thick gloves on. I also looked at the Wisdom, but most of the LDS around me deal in and service primarily Aqualung products, so it made sense to me to get the Cobra. Either way, you'd get a great computer.
bigfins24:
Not sure... I know it works with XP... give me a shout Monday afternoon and I'll have an answer for you.
IndigoBlue
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I do not know what is so attrative about the air-integrated computers. They are more expensive, and they tell you a lot of additional information that you really do not need to know.
The classic argument in favor of a dive computer is that it "gives you more bottom time" because it calculates your nitrogen loading more precisely. Diving nitrox gives you more bottom time, in reality, because it lowers your equivalent air depth. A nitrox computer gives you the best of both worlds, but I am just not sure that anyone really needs to know all the additional info that the features of an A/I computer give.
And if your A/I computer ever fails, then you lose your SPG feature of the computer as well, in which case you would have been better off with a non-A/I computer and an ordinary analog SPG.
So there are 3 reasons why you probably do not need an A/I computer:
1) unnecessary additional cost
2) unnecessary additional features
3) risk of losing your A/I SPG if computer fails
Just my humble opinion, after diving with a watch and analog depth gauge for 25 years, before finally buying my own Suunto Vyper about 5 years ago.
The classic argument in favor of a dive computer is that it "gives you more bottom time" because it calculates your nitrogen loading more precisely. Diving nitrox gives you more bottom time, in reality, because it lowers your equivalent air depth. A nitrox computer gives you the best of both worlds, but I am just not sure that anyone really needs to know all the additional info that the features of an A/I computer give.
And if your A/I computer ever fails, then you lose your SPG feature of the computer as well, in which case you would have been better off with a non-A/I computer and an ordinary analog SPG.
So there are 3 reasons why you probably do not need an A/I computer:
1) unnecessary additional cost
2) unnecessary additional features
3) risk of losing your A/I SPG if computer fails
Just my humble opinion, after diving with a watch and analog depth gauge for 25 years, before finally buying my own Suunto Vyper about 5 years ago.
Shadow
Contributor
I have the Suunto AirFavor. It has been an excellent piece of equipment. Note the past tense. I have exactly 100 dives on that computer, and it's less than three years old. Recently, the battery died, so I took it in to the shop and had the battery replaced. Since then, the air pressure does not register properly. All the other features, such as depth, time, decent rate, etc., work fine, but the air pressure is way out. (I knew something was wrong when it told me that my tank had 4300 PSI!) It reads about 1000 pounds too high! Not so good....
Anyhow, I took it back to the shop, and they contacted the Suunto rep. Apparently, it's not worth the cost of fixing! It would have to be sent to Finland or something, etc.... I'm thinking this equpment costs $1000 Cdn (plus tax), and it's not worth fixing??! So I'm not too happy with my Suunto now. I'm still figuring out what to do, but if I have to buy some other equipment to measure my air pressure, I doubt it will be Suunto....
BTW, my computer and my husband's Suunto nitrox computer both have three different settings to choose for how conservative you want to dive.
Anyhow, I took it back to the shop, and they contacted the Suunto rep. Apparently, it's not worth the cost of fixing! It would have to be sent to Finland or something, etc.... I'm thinking this equpment costs $1000 Cdn (plus tax), and it's not worth fixing??! So I'm not too happy with my Suunto now. I'm still figuring out what to do, but if I have to buy some other equipment to measure my air pressure, I doubt it will be Suunto....
BTW, my computer and my husband's Suunto nitrox computer both have three different settings to choose for how conservative you want to dive.
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