My zoop died. What next?

[Steve_C]

Suunto spanks you real hard if you don't wait the magic 60 minutes between dives. Better to have 2 computers that agree closely.

So if you have a 55 minute SI, you get penalized? How badly? I ask since one of my computers is a Zoop and it is not unusual to have SI of 50-55 minutes. Second dives are usually NDL and not air limited for me.

 

[FM1520]

I'm pretty sure there are no computers more conservative than a Suunto.

What brand or model (similar in price and functionality to the Zoop) would be the least conservative?

 

[boulderjohn]

What brand or model (similar in price and functionality to the Zoop) would be the least conservative?

I really don't know.

I know that he Suunto is the most conservative because I used to work for a Suunto dealership and used one in my everyday diving. I went on a liveaboard trip and buddied the whole time with someone who had a different brand. It was, shall we say, interesting. Our computers were as different as night and day. Mine wanted me to end the dive way before his, and his was letting him out of the water before mine. He called me "Captain Deco." I then checked some comparative charts of computers, and the Suuntos were far more conservative than any of the others. I don't recall which ones were at the other end. It was not a bell curve, though. The Suuntos stood out from the rest.