Tusa IQ 700/Dive rite duo

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• Apr 15, 2006

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I am looking at the IQ 700 to replace my quickly dying Aeris Atmos II. I am looking at the tusa, mainly due to price,(dealer's cost) and it happens to have the features I want. (2 gas, nitrox) I am looking for everybody's experience with either of these models, as they are the same unit. good or bad. Thanks for your help.

 

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• Apr 15, 2006

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The difference in the TUSA IQ700 and the Dive Rite Duo is that the TUSA is about $10 or $20 bucks cheaper and comes with a 2 year warranty. The Dive Rite comes with a one year warranty.

You can pick up the TUSA for $389 and the Dive Rite runs about $400


Here are the manuals to both if you want to compare them

http://www.tusa.com/PDFs/IQ700_manual.pdf

http://www.divesports.com/AdobePDF/NiTek Duo Owners Manual.pdf

 

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I know there the same, just wanted to hear peoples experience with them. If money were no object I'd get a Vytec. But money is an issue, and i can get a new Tusa really cheap.....

 

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Send Rocketman a PM. He's got the Tusa IQ-700 and he really likes it. He's been real happy with it.

 

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We have two TUSA IQ-700 units - one for me, one for my dive buddy / team mate / wife. We've been very happy with their performance - our Dive Rite NiTek3 models are now our secondary dive computers. I like the TUSA (Seiko) dive logging software better than the Dive Rite software as well.

http://www.scubaboard.com/showthread.php?t=87372

I have seen more room for negotiation at times with the TUSA IQ-700 than I believe most dealers can do with the Dive Rite model. The TUSA IQ-700 uses 3 more theoretical tissue compartments than the DR NiTek models and I've found it to be very, very slightly more conservative than my DR NiTek3.

I do like the Dive Rite Duo owners' manual more than the TUSA IQ-700 owner's manual, for the English language version anyway.

 

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• Apr 16, 2006

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Well here is another thing , if you get one make sure your LDS will have no problems swapping it out for you when it fails . DTB1982 has gotten the black screen of death a couple times now on his.

 

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• Apr 16, 2006

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My wife and I have been diving IQ700s for over a year now without any problems. They're a little more conservative than we were used to, but that's not a bad thing with the type of diving we do.

 

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• Apr 16, 2006

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I have one and love it. My LDS has/had a sale on them for really cheap. Check out www.sealevelscuba.net.

I did have one lock up on me last year. But it was sent in and replaced in about a week. No issues since.

 

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• Apr 16, 2006

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I've had one die on me as well.

I like the functionality, it's a very easy computer to use, but in the past they have had some reliability issues. No problem getting it replaced however.

 

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• Apr 16, 2006

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For those posting they have had problems, could you post which brand & model you are having / have had problems with with your post? i.e. TUSA IQ-700, Dive Rite NiTek Duo, Apeks Quantum, etc.