Want a Dive Computer, Have cost limitations

[ma999]

What computer would you recommend, I would like a computer that i can download dives to PC.

Cost is a factor!

Wrist mounted
Use as depth gauge
ma depth
Deco times
dive times.


Essentially after something relatively basic that is a reliable depth guage and has a good PC interface.
Nitrox options not essential but who knows what the future will hold.

 

[supergaijin]

Suunto Zoop.

The computer interface comes separately but this option will always drive up the cost of a computer and is IMO a waste of money.

 

[Airleron]

Also Mares Puck Wrist. Great value, durable, all you'll need recreationally.

 

[supergaijin]

Puck Problem

Personally I hate the Puck after having to use them as rental equipment in one Dive Center I worked for. Even without the gremlins in some of the computers themselves, the single button to access history and settings etc...beep beeeeep beep beeeeep beep is incredibly annoying.

 

[Airleron]

I have over 400 dives on my Puck, no issue whatsoever. Only changed the battery once.

 

[billwil]

Zoop. Great, easy to use interface, and if you choose to buy the cable, the download software is actually pretty good. I use it as a backup to my old, trusty hose integrated mares..but I only look at the console now for air.
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[billgraham]

Buy a used VR3. They go cheap on ebay now that the shearwater is the latest/greatest and it can do everything right up to trimix ccr with the right codes.

 

[Hawkwood]

...Cost is a factor!...

What is your figure? We could recommend till the cows come home, but it's all a shot in the dark. $200....$500....$700?

 

[DiveNav]

....... Cost is a factor! .......Wrist mounted.......

mmhhhh ..... lots of choices out there.
You might want to use our Dive Computers Research Tool to figure them out.

 

[blue steal]

What computer would you recommend, I would like a computer that i can download dives to PC.
Use as depth gauge
Essentially after something relatively basic that is a reliable depth guage and has a good PC interface.

I have the Suunto gecko (similar to the Zoop), and I don't think you can use the Zoop in gauge mode.
But other than that, it has worked great for me.