Silverback784
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I have the Oceanic Veo NX and it is a very easy to use computer. Info is easy to see and get to. Have used it for 50 dives so far and really like it. Only down side you cannot D/L to a computer.
Oceanic Veo 100 Wrist Computer
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captain
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I dive air only and have a Veo 100, works great.
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Not downloadable is unfortunate. I just recently started downloading and discovered a mistake my bud and I were both making in diving our computers. Not dangerous, but not as safe as I like. Corrected our diving based on the downloaded info.
Now most divers won't buy the cable and do the downloads, so for most - no biggie, but still - might be good to get a computer that can be downloaded in case you ever want to enough to buy the cable.
LeadTurn_SD
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Ditto.
If you plan, or even think you'll be using nitrox, look elsewhere. But my wife uses the Veo 100, and I use the Aeris XR1 (clone of Veo 100). We dive air only, and think they are great.
Easy to use and easy to read, it is a good, reliable, basic computer that has all necessary funtions for recreational air only diving.
Best wishes.
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burna
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ONLY charges $50 for a cable. This is what bugs me about most computers. $50 for a cable is rubbish! Is it pure gold core?
The reason I like the uwatec tec2g is it has infrared built in so if you have infrared on your computer, which my old laptop does, then there is no extra cost. If not, you can buy an infrared 'dongle' for next to nothing on ebay.
It is more expensive to begin with, but it has much more functionality.
My VEO 100Nx is ok for shore diving which is what I do most of the time, but it doesn't keep time very well, no downloadable data, only gives max depth with no average depth which is handy to calculate SAC rate, only records min temp (or is it max temp?? Can't remember!), no adjustable conservatism.
If you do want to use nitrox with it you have to go in and set it up for nitrox before every days diving as it re sets itself back to air.
Then there is the whole thing about the oceanic algorithm... that's a whole 'nother thread!
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The Veo 100 will be the most expensive computer you ever buy IF you take a nitrox class in the next year or two. If you NEVER go to Nitrox it is a fine computer.
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One of the many things I like about Oceanic and their computers is if you flood one (like I did last month when I screwed replacing the battery), break it, or it otherwise fails out of warranty, they'll replace it for a fraction of the retail price. My VEO 200 retails for $300+ and is a sweet computer, but got it replaced for $110 plus shipping round-trip.
Oceanic's algorithm is quite safe in recreation scuba or the lawyers would own the company by now. People who abuse them get in trouble as the yellow zone is there to help the diver work back into the green before surfacing - not the way some use it.
Plan B: Decide that diving is not your sport and sell the Nx computer easier on ebay.
Don't get an air computer unless that's all you can afford.
I guess the Oceanic stockholders like to see a profit off of the download programs, and it's only fair to pass those costs along to the customers who get the cables. Whatever - just shopping for best buys.
Yeah yeah, compared to the "conservative models" that penalize a diver by allowing less than commonly accepted dive times. Hey if 10% less is safer, go for 25%, or just snorkel. :silly:
Oceanic's algorithm is quite safe in recreation scuba or the lawyers would own the company by now. People who abuse them get in trouble as the yellow zone is there to help the diver work back into the green before surfacing - not the way some use it.
I don't dive Nx all of the time, but when it's beneficial to the plan, sure - great tool. At those times I prefer all Nx divers on the boat if possible - sweet! I think every diver should plan on the likelihood of using it in time.
Plan B: Decide that diving is not your sport and sell the Nx computer easier on ebay.
Don't get an air computer unless that's all you can afford.
burna
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Admittedly $50 is cheap for a dive computer download cable by comparrison to others out there, but if you are providing the capability for a computer to download data then why not throw in the cable seeings as how it prob'ly cost them $3 made in China.
Also, from what I've seen of the software, they are pretty basic.
I don't know if I agree with you there Don. It may be safe, I'm no expert on this subject that's for sure, but even with my limited knowledge of DCT it is my understanding that it is far from an exact science. If it was then maybe there could be a legal case...otherwise, I'd imagine, any lawyer would have a hard time prooving that a particular algorithm is unsafe.
But we digress.
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