Where to get a bottom timer?

jonnythan · Sep 23, 2004

So between this last weekend and the one before I seem to have lost my computer. This sucks and I need to replace it, so I was just going to pick up a bottom timer.

Does anyone know a better place than LP to buy one? Cheaper is better since I'm very, very broke at the moment. Anyone selling one used?

The Kraken · Sep 23, 2004

You can get an OMS bottom timer through Leisure-Pro for $139.95.

The Kraken · Sep 23, 2004

Dang !!!!
Wish I could retract that post !!!

Sorry, Jon. Guess I need to comprehend the original post before I send a post in response.

Dennis

jonnythan · Sep 23, 2004

$139? Their web site lists at $179.. what am I missing?

tbuckalew · Sep 23, 2004

If you're just looking for a cheap bottom timer...do what we used to do in the "old" days...get a cheap watch from the local grocery store/convenience store/drug store/dollar store.

I still dive with my $9.99 Sharp special, good to 330ft (although my computer and digital gauge are my primaries).

jonnythan · Sep 23, 2004

I have a watch, but I need a depth gauge, and really don't want to have to deal with two instruments or an analog depth gauge.

rjchandler · Sep 23, 2004

if you want metric, you can go overseas.

roncreel · Sep 23, 2004

I have been using a Timex Helix that has a dive log function. Provides bottom time, max depth and temp. While you are diving, it looks much like a dive computer to provide current depth and timer to show how long you have been below 5 feet. After surfacing, it shows max depth and bottom time.

I does not store this information as a typical dive computer would log your dives, so you need to write the information down after each dive.

It's a little bulky to wear as a regular watch, but it has a lot of features I've really been pleased with. I think I paid about $120 for it through the Timex web site.

Ron

rjchandler · Sep 23, 2004

roncreel:
I have been using a Timex Helix that has a dive log function. Provides bottom time, max depth and temp. While you are diving, it looks much like a dive computer to provide current depth and timer to show how long you have been below 5 feet. After surfacing, it shows max depth and bottom time.

I does not store this information as a typical dive computer would log your dives, so you need to write the information down after each dive.

It's a little bulky to wear as a regular watch, but it has a lot of features I've really been pleased with. I think I paid about $120 for it through the Timex web site.

Ron

does it have a stopwatch feature?

roncreel · Sep 23, 2004

Alarm (loud enough to wake me), stopwatch (chrono), Dive log, dive chrono, timer, alternate time zone, 24 or 12 hour display.

Oh, and it's also a watch. Time and date display. Comes in blue.

Ron

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