Shearwater vs Hollis DG-05

[Bigd2722]

How does a Shearwater Predator compare to a Hollis DG05? Personally, I found the Hollis to be way too complicated.

 

[Jim Lapenta]

Dive Nav has an on line class. But before even taking it I was accessing amd using most of the predators functions with about 15 minutes of instruction. The manual is simple and clearly written. The whole thing is so intuitive it's hard to imagine having another type of dive computer.

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[Dsix36]

There is not much to compare. The shearwater is much more user friendly. Oh yeah, all the kewl kids have shearwaters!!!

 

[rongoodman]

The Shearwaters also come with standard Buhlmann GF and the ability to add VPM.

 

[Paulmal]

Shearwater does not have the BS transmitters. Just something else to break.
I love Hollis gear but I bought a petrel because all the kool kids have them.

 

[gekodivebali]

Shearwater have been my computers of choice for a while now. I own a Predator and a Petrel. I prefer the screen on the Predator but the Petrel is really great too.
Very intuitive, no need to read the manual (much!), very readable even in Balinese sunshine, does GF and VPM (for an extra 75$ bucks unfortunately), Constant PPO2, very nice info like GF99 too...
The only other computer I'd consider is the Heinrich Weikamp OSTC2N... but not sure Open Source is that great when it comes to safety equipment!
The Holis, which is really a British computer from VR and has been on the market for 2 years, is very complicated to use IMO. I just don't understand its logic!

 

[Superlyte27]

They don't compare. Just buy the Shearwater.

 

[offroadr1]

shearwater computers are really in a category of their own.