I need a Dive Computer! Advice please...

[REII]

I also have the Aeris Atmos AI and I love it. I prefer the AI on the console with the compass on the computer. I do not like anything on my wrists because I dive for Lobster a lot.

TOM

 

[saturnkk]

Don't all of the console untis give me the remaining air pressure on an analog gauge with the computer on a different gauge screen?

If so, can't I find what I am looking for in the $300 or so range?

 

[Penopolypants]

Don't all of the console untis give me the remaining air pressure on an analog gauge with the computer on a different gauge screen?

If so, can't I find what I am looking for in the $300 or so range?

Yes, the console is basically just an spg and a puck computer in the same package. If you want, you can remove the computer from the console later and put it in a wrist computer boot if you decide you like it better on your wrist.

You can get what you're looking for (without the compass) here.....

http://www.diversdirect.com/item/Aeris - Atmos 2 Console_ID46480

 

[saturnkk]

Is that the one that you can add a compass and knife to?

What does downloadable to 250 dives mean?

 

[Damselfish]

Don't think of the console = computer, that's what confused things a bit here. Think of the console as just the blob of plastic that is holding stuff and the computer is just one instrument in it. Consoles are generally sold as a complete unit for one price with all the instruments you need in some form or other, but you can usually swap things in & out. You can have a computer in your console that is directly connected to the air and shows you how much on the same instrument/screen. Or you can have a computer in your console that is not connected to the air, with a separate analog pressure gauge that is.

 

[Penopolypants]

Is that the one that you can add a compass and knife to?

What does downloadable to 250 dives mean?

Probably not the knife, but I'm pretty sure the compass can be added on.

I also don't know what they're talking about with the 250 dives thing....they say the same about the Aeris AI (which is what I have), and I can't find anything about that in the manual, nor have I ever heard of this.

The computer stores about 20 dives (speaking from memory, again, I have the AI). If it is somehow referring to the number of dives allowed in the software, well, you can always start another log. The software allows multiple logs.

 

[saturnkk]

But doesn't the pressure gauge and computer come with this unit?

 

[mrjimboalaska]

Saturn,
rethink your plan, check out a wrist mount Oceanic Veo 250, then just go with a analog pressure guage only.....nice computer.
Stay away from Suunto, my mosquito is WAY too conservative, thats why I am now using the V250......

 

[Penopolypants]

But doesn't the pressure gauge and computer come with this unit?

Yes, they are both included in this unit.

 

[taliesin58]

You can add the compass and knife to the Atmos 2 consule