Is it safe to assume that the Core is a bit budget friendly version of the Steel? Or is the steel worthy upgrade over the Core?
Without delving deep into the specifications, it's my understanding that really the only difference between the core and the Steel is that the Steel has a greater depth rating
Currently the Core has the newer firmware, with Fused RGMB 2, which supposedly offers some slight improvements over the current Fused RGBM. However since I can only "dive it" on the planner, I can't see and drastic differences
My understanding of the future is that the reason for only putting Buhlmann on the Steel, is to give some seperation between their flagship machine and the core. But its been 2 years since the announcement and as yet nothing for the Steel has arrived (although with the core's firmware update, it shouldn't be far off (fingers crossed)
I have 2 frustrations with the Eon, which I wish they'd sort
The first is for displaying 2 gasses simultaneously for Sidemount which it can't do and which things like the Ratio and the Shearwater can do. Obv if you're not SM this isn't really an issues, but it would for instance be "nice" to see say your pony etc.
I wish you could force the computer into sleep mode with a button press rather than waiting for the water sensor to dry. Its a peculiarity that affects us with our high heat, humidity and increased salinity that the computer can remain on draining the battery - it doesn't affect people in normal climates, but I would like to have control of turning my screen off on the surface
There has been some disappointment by some Eon users that were expecting firmware updates yearly - certainly there was an expectation that Suunto would be always updating this computer and improving it, but to be honest there's nothing fundimentally wrong with it, and most updates would have little real benefit other than a new feature to mess with