andshand
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Hi, basically i had been using a mosquito but it was always on the edge of deco way before other suunto (stinger's ghecko's d6/9's) users in my group, this happened doing 2 dive days and it spat the dummy on a liveabord. consequently i scraped it and i am coming up to my next trip and holy cow its time to find £300-£400 for a new computer. (You guys in the US please ignore price when giving your opinions as things are different over there)
The things i am mainly looking for are:-
good, easy to use software to log my dives on pc
nitrox, dont currently switch gases but who knows what the future brings
a good display is very important
For me and everyone else out there suunto's are very pleasing on the eye and yes if you pick the right one it can be the only watch you need take on holiday, but i think i have to get over this and pick whats best for diving otherwise i would go out and buy a stinger with ss bracelet. i will be doing most of my vacation in asia and working near to red sea Saudi) so service is a big factor here.
So here are the contenders:-
OCEANIC GEO- i havnt heard to much about this comp but it does what i want, my main concern is service in asia.
MARES NEMO/NEMO WIDE- no prob with service, ticks the boxes just not many reports.
APEKS PULSE-ticks boxes i think but again not to much user info.
SUUNTO STINGER-say no more but is display bic/clear enough
SUUNTO VYPER 2- i think my favourite for a very nice display, 2 gases, but does the compass which i believe to be rubbish affect the use of a conventional compass if used on same arm?
ALADIN TEC 2G- again ticks the boxes, but how are you finding yours.
any and all coments are very welcome, i have searched through the posts on SB but just want 1st hand user coments to save me buying another in 6mnths time. i actually have a feeling that anyone of these will do just fine for what i want, but the problem is that there are only 2 dive shops close to me and i cant poss see them all.
Thanks again for any comments. . .andshand
The things i am mainly looking for are:-
good, easy to use software to log my dives on pc
nitrox, dont currently switch gases but who knows what the future brings
a good display is very important
For me and everyone else out there suunto's are very pleasing on the eye and yes if you pick the right one it can be the only watch you need take on holiday, but i think i have to get over this and pick whats best for diving otherwise i would go out and buy a stinger with ss bracelet. i will be doing most of my vacation in asia and working near to red sea Saudi) so service is a big factor here.
So here are the contenders:-
OCEANIC GEO- i havnt heard to much about this comp but it does what i want, my main concern is service in asia.
MARES NEMO/NEMO WIDE- no prob with service, ticks the boxes just not many reports.
APEKS PULSE-ticks boxes i think but again not to much user info.
SUUNTO STINGER-say no more but is display bic/clear enough
SUUNTO VYPER 2- i think my favourite for a very nice display, 2 gases, but does the compass which i believe to be rubbish affect the use of a conventional compass if used on same arm?
ALADIN TEC 2G- again ticks the boxes, but how are you finding yours.
any and all coments are very welcome, i have searched through the posts on SB but just want 1st hand user coments to save me buying another in 6mnths time. i actually have a feeling that anyone of these will do just fine for what i want, but the problem is that there are only 2 dive shops close to me and i cant poss see them all.
Thanks again for any comments. . .andshand