Sherwood Wisdom vs. Suunto Cobra
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I'd vote Sherwood. You brought up the conservative thing... There is a huge difference in allowable bottom time - and with the RGBM model, if you ever do a reverse profile, or a deeper dive after a shallower one - they really knock back your allowable time. I also like the sherwood for size of display... the numbers are easier for my older eyes to see.
The Aeris AI is the other one I'd look at - really the same as the sherwood - but tilted sideways, and a better display. All of these are in about a 500 price range - so just find the one that you like the look of the display of, and which algorithm you want to go with. There is also the Suunto does not allow net sales, so I don't know if you are buying local - which one I could get without going gray market might be another consideration.
The Aeris AI is the other one I'd look at - really the same as the sherwood - but tilted sideways, and a better display. All of these are in about a 500 price range - so just find the one that you like the look of the display of, and which algorithm you want to go with. There is also the Suunto does not allow net sales, so I don't know if you are buying local - which one I could get without going gray market might be another consideration.
I have about 80 dives on my sherwood Wisdom and other than a small bug in the DL software I have not had any issues with it.
The computer is intuitive and easy to use and has a multitude of visual and auditory alarms, all of which can be deactivated. The display is large and easy to read even in dim light. The Wisdom offers liberal bottom time but in exchange has relatively slow ascent rates (30 ft per minute above 60 ft) and suggests a 3 minute saftey stop at 20 ft on any dive below 30 ft.
It is Nitrox capable for mixes up to 50% in 1% increments and can be switched back and forth between air and Nitrox during the diving day and the PO2 can be set for anywhere from 1.2 to 1.6.
It handles light to moderate deco well on it's own, although on a more traditional depth time schedule. It is however also very ammenable to riding along as a backup while the diver does deco using deep stops and a table generated RGBM or VPM deco schedule. With mild deco schedules the computer's deco obligations will usually be met with little or no additional time at 10 or 20 ft before you exit the water and can then be used for subsequent multilevel dives the rest of the day.
For accellerated deco or serious deco with long run times planned with a RGBM or VPM type bubble model, it can also be set in gauge mode and can be used to depths of 330 ft.
The computer is intuitive and easy to use and has a multitude of visual and auditory alarms, all of which can be deactivated. The display is large and easy to read even in dim light. The Wisdom offers liberal bottom time but in exchange has relatively slow ascent rates (30 ft per minute above 60 ft) and suggests a 3 minute saftey stop at 20 ft on any dive below 30 ft.
It is Nitrox capable for mixes up to 50% in 1% increments and can be switched back and forth between air and Nitrox during the diving day and the PO2 can be set for anywhere from 1.2 to 1.6.
It handles light to moderate deco well on it's own, although on a more traditional depth time schedule. It is however also very ammenable to riding along as a backup while the diver does deco using deep stops and a table generated RGBM or VPM deco schedule. With mild deco schedules the computer's deco obligations will usually be met with little or no additional time at 10 or 20 ft before you exit the water and can then be used for subsequent multilevel dives the rest of the day.
For accellerated deco or serious deco with long run times planned with a RGBM or VPM type bubble model, it can also be set in gauge mode and can be used to depths of 330 ft.
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