Cobra Temp delay??

[jesstotheocean]

I've noticed that my Cobra takes a very long time for it to change temps. I did a couple of dives this past weekend. I mostly stayed around 45 feet (registered 72 degrees, but I really think it was colder than that) but I did one deep dive at 75 feet and it registered it being 69 degrees. And I know for a fact it was colder than that! Has Anybody every had any problems with the Cobra registering the temp? Any imput would be great.

 

[diver_paula]

Jess,

I dive with two older model Suuntos - the Solution and the Cobra. Both are slow to display temperature. If I dive a bit deeper &/ot into an area near a spring (ex. the tubes @ Gilboa) the computers will still be displaying the temp. at the previous depth. Once I leave the tubes and am headed to a different part of the quarry, they'll display the temp that was at the tubes.

I've heard from many divers using Suunto computers that that is a typical scenario. Many, if not all, say that Suunto computers are slow to react wrt temperature.

Paula

 

[Charlie99]

My Oceanic is also slow to respond to temperature. Looking at the sensor port and how it is partially covered in either a console or wrist mount, it doesn't surprise me that the response is slow. And even if the sensor port was directly exposed, there isn't any water flow in/out of the computer that would rapidly change the temp. The slow response of the Suuntos is probably for the same reasons.

 

[carbon]

Suuntos are slow enough that many folks decribe the temperature reading from these devices as "Suunto degrees".

Carbon

Here are prior threads:

http://www.scubaboard.com/showthread.php?t=67541&highlight=suunto+degrees

http://www.scubaboard.com/showthread.php?t=97665&highlight=suunto+degrees