Nitek Q OLED screen visibility

I have a Nitek Q and have a hard to impossible time seeing/reading the screen outdoors.

I realize that OLEDs (smartphones, cameras, etc.) are next to impossible to see in bright daylight but the I have a hard time seeing the Q screen even in the shade. Indoors the screen looks good and bright but outside it just washes out. I have put on an anti-reflective (AR) shield - NuShield DayVue, but it is not much better.

I am sure in the cave it will be fine, but in a pool at 10 ft (bright Florida day), in the shade along a shaded wall, screen bightness set at 10 (max), I need to have the screen inches from my face to read it. At arms length, the screen is completely washed out. I thought that maybe my aging eyes could be a problem, but my 18 year old son has the same visibilty issues with the Q as I do.

Does anyone else with the Nitek Q have these issues and are all the OLEDS this bad or are some better/worse than others?

I would hate to have to do a deco stop at 10' in bright OW and not be able to read the computer.

I don't have any problems with mine. I find it very readable even outside out of the water.

Thanks for the response James. I am beginning to think that there is something wrong with my display. I will be at the NSS-CDS workshop this weekend and Dive Rite will be there also so we can address this in person.

Anyone else have any comments on the the Nitek Q or any other OLED dive computer with respect to readability outdoors?

Mine is a bit difficult to read in direct sunlight, but not that bad overall. I have it turned down pretty low because it looks like a jack-o-lantern in the cave. I will say that on a very sunny day it can be faint in the shallows, but it's not been a problem really.

I agree that the Q is a little hard to read in sunlight above water, but while diving I haven't had any problems. And it's a star on night dives -- much envy from other divers :cool2:

OK, so now I have to chime back in. This past weekend was very sunny. Not a cloud in the sky. I did have some trouble making out stuff above water at times. Vis was also better then it has been in months. So the first 5 feet were difficult at times. I checked my brightness though and I had it set pretty low. I am sure if I upped it, I would have been ok. It was not to the point that I could never read it, but it was washed out at times.