Oceanic Veo 200 Dive Computer

[Zhenqing]

Any of you have experience with this computer? Are you pleased with the way it performs? I'm considering buying one but would like to listen to what the members here say, not the salesperson or the manufacturer. Thanks!

 

[bkooy1]

I recently bought a Veo 200 and have logged 8 dives with it. It works well and is easy to operate once you spend a little time with it.

My only complaint is that the instruction manual is more complicated than it needs to be for such an easy-to-operate piece of equipment.

 

[Far_X]

I got the Versa Pro but I think the only difference was the PC interface which I am not that bothered with when I can write my own dive log software however the price difference was onl $30 and I just never know when I need to download that data - however, costing $80 for a cable I doubt I will ever use it unless I can find information on how to build my own cable!! I think the Oceanic dive computers are okay and should be sufficient for what you need. Instruction manual are a bit all over the place but if you know what you want to achieve on the computer and what you want to use it for, then you should be able to find the information. If you are looking for the instruction manual to tell you what to do with the computer, then I doubt you will have much luck!!

 

[Far_X]

And also watch out of you are doing any beach dives because it regards as being less than 3 feet depth as out of the water!! I don't know if other computers are the same.

 

[cth6]

And also watch out of you are doing any beach dives because it regards as being less than 3 feet depth as out of the water!! I don't know if other computers are the same.

I think that is pretty common. My Veo 200 will record a dive anytime I am below 4'. My brother has a sherwood air intergrated and his starts dives at 5'.

 

[Stivo]

I've been using it for about 8 months now. I like it. I agree with the manual being a bit redundant, but it's a very friendly computer and it has been very reliable to this point.

 

[Far_X]

I think that is pretty common. My Veo 200 will record a dive anytime I am below 4'. My brother has a sherwood air intergrated and his starts dives at 5'.

Where I did notice the difference between the Versa Pro and the Veo 100 I originally had was that the Pro was still registering the dive even at 1 foot under the surface whereas the 100 was starting to count the surface interval at 3 feet below. Sometimes, on shallow beach dives, we need this time being registered else how we going to look competent in the log book? Not too sure how the 200 deals with this.

 

[Zhenqing]

Where I did notice the difference between the Versa Pro and the Veo 100 I originally had was that the Pro was still registering the dive even at 1 foot under the surface whereas the 100 was starting to count the surface interval at 3 feet below. Sometimes, on shallow beach dives, we need this time being registered else how we going to look competent in the log book? Not too sure how the 200 deals with this.

My understanding is that the technical definition of a "dive" is anything below 3 ft. I remember having this explained many years ago when I was attending a NAUI certification course. For all practical purposes and other than for the fact that the diver will be subject to the temperature of the water, diving at depth of < 3 ft. should have no physiological effect on an individual (of course, someone could drown on 3 ft. of water!); the pressure differential at this depth is not considered to be significant. This may be the explanation as to why the Veo 200 activates at that depth.

 

[Far_X]

My understanding is that the technical definition of a "dive" is anything below 3 ft. I remember having this explained many years ago when I was attending a NAUI certification course. For all practical purposes and other than for the fact that the diver will be subject to the temperature of the water, diving at depth of < 3 ft. should have no physiological effect on an individual (of course, someone could drown on 3 ft. of water!); the pressure differential at this depth is not considered to be significant. This may be the explanation as to why the Veo 200 activates at that depth.

Yeah, I undersatand that and accept it. The Versa Pro activates at 3 feet also. What I was referring to was the deactivation of the unit. I guess what it boils down to was when I was doing one of my search and recovery "dive"s, the computer (100) registered my dive at only 6 minutes when I knew I was there for longer. I guess what I should have done was remembered the initial start of the dive and then when I surfaced but how then would I have been able to calculate my Pressure Group. Ok, DIR! What I have noticed though is that diving about 15 feet, it gave the remaining bottom time as 9:59 - constantly. I guess the limit there is over 10 hours and it can only display so many digits but don't know for sure.

 

[miked]

That's my understanding of the "9:59"display, as well.
Mike