NightForce
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The Hollis DG-02 is worth a look. http://www.diverightinscuba.com/catalog/digital-bottom-timer-nitrox-computer-p-2427.html only $269.00
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I personally don't like wristwatch dive computers - I like a big underwater computer face, with a light for night, easy to use, conservative is good given that I dive for a living, and like most, if not all, of my colleagues, air integration is something that happens to other people. Needles and dials baby, all the way.
I'm glad that I'm not the only one who feels that way about air integration, Crowley. I'm a systems administrator, and one thing I've learned in my career is that computers absolutely will fail at the worst possible time. If it's your dive computer, then you abort the dive and call it a day. If you're depending on that computer to tell you how much air you have left, that just might be it for you. I'll stick to analog air gauges.
Kristopher
DevonDiver,
What do you think of the D9? I got one a while ago and just started using it recently. I find that the numbers are more difficult to read U/W especially the ones in the lower right hand corner. Also, I don't find the compass feature practical even though I am all for electronics.
I can't say much about the Suuntos computers other folks are talking about but I I can say I own a Aries XR-1 and I thought it worked out great. It does not have a back light but does have everything else you would want in a cheap good computer. Computers are one of those things that you get what you pay for but I always thought that this little guy gave a little more.. I now dive with oceanic datamax and lice that one much more. I soon will be getting a Atomic Cobalt thou just as soon as I get the money, Anyone want a kidney???