i got my new GEO only last week, inspite the sad experience I got on my first try on GEO I ended up getting the same model...I like its big display, user replaceable battery and it seem straight forward to operate once you read the manual, watch mode gives you date though not the year and the bracelet seems replaceable. This is my 1st dive computer so my observation might be normal to all other brand/model of DC. I dived with it yesterday and it seems ok except that I feel that it would be better if the alarm is louder.