Difference between the Mosquito and the Stinger

nikyyo · Feb 15, 2003

Can someone explain to me the essential differences between the Suunto Mosquito and the Stinger besides $200.00 more for the Stinger. They both seem to do the same things but I must be missing something. Thanks.

DiverBuoy · Feb 15, 2003

that's it .. guts are the same

jamiei · Feb 15, 2003

This may or may not make any difference depending on what, if any other suunto models you have but the mosquito uses the same interface as the cobra,vyper,vytec, and d3. The stinger and spyder models use the cradle style interface. If you already have a cobra and don't want to buy two interfaces, you might wanna go with a mosquito for this reason in addition to the obvious cost difference. If you make an interface from the widely available plans on ther internet, be sure to use spring-loaded contacts and you should be able to use the interface with both the cobra/mosquito style and the stinger/spyder style contacts.

Uncle Pug · Feb 15, 2003

DiverBuoy once bubbled...
that's it .. guts are the same

The stinger has a gauge mode as well as a count up timer/stopwatch.

scubatexastony · Feb 16, 2003

the misquito has Free (diving) mode in leiu of guage. max depth, temp., dive time, dive no., timer

tony

stiebs · Feb 16, 2003

Mosquito has a user-replaceable battery. Stinger has to be replaced by an authorised Suunto repairshop.

Arnaud · Feb 17, 2003

The Stinger has a max depth display of 492ft. The Mosquito has "only" 300ft. Just in case you drop it... But who is going to get it back?

For more: http://www.suunto.com/v2/datafiles/specs/suunto_techfeat.pdf

ReefGuy · Feb 18, 2003

One other difference. The mosquito has a sampling rate fixed at 20 seconds (2 for free diving)

the stinger is user programmable in increments from 2 to 20 seconds.

LUBOLD8431 · Feb 21, 2003

I just can NOT believe that No One has mentioned the most important difference between the STINGER and the MOSQUITO: the stinger just looks cool, the mosquito looks like a toy...

lol...

No, but seriously... The stinger does come with a stainless metal band or the rubber band... The metal band does look mighty fine...I love my stinger...

scubaredneck · Feb 27, 2003

Are these guys EANx compatible?

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