Texas Diver
Contributor
Hi:
My wife and I are 'warm water' recreational divers. We have about 100 dives each, but they are spread over several years, so I would describe us as novices with some experience. We are going to get Nitrox certified on our next vacation. Even if we are lucky enough to take two vacations a year, I don't think we would ever do more than 30 dives a year.
I want to buy dive computers for XMAS. So far I am leaning toward the Suunto Vyper, $304 at Leisure Pro. I want to make sure I buy the features we need, but considering I am going to buy two computers I don't want to buy more features then we need.
I've read a lot of good things on the Board about the Vyper. And I can afford to buy two of them, so my question is: Is the Vyper the best bang for the buck or does anyone have any better recommnedations?
Also, it seems like all the posts I read favor wrist mount over console. Can anybody explain the advantages of wrist mount? I would think a wrist mount would get banged into everything and the band would be subject to breaking and that it is another piece of expensive equiqment to keep track of or get stolen. But I guess there are many advantages I am not aware of. What am I missing here?
One of the great things about this Board is that it can take me from idiot level to a fair amount of knowledge pretty quickly.
We made our decisoin to buy our Olympus 5050 camera from the posts I read on the Board. It was a great decision. This Board is a terrific resource.
thanks,
Mario
My wife and I are 'warm water' recreational divers. We have about 100 dives each, but they are spread over several years, so I would describe us as novices with some experience. We are going to get Nitrox certified on our next vacation. Even if we are lucky enough to take two vacations a year, I don't think we would ever do more than 30 dives a year.
I want to buy dive computers for XMAS. So far I am leaning toward the Suunto Vyper, $304 at Leisure Pro. I want to make sure I buy the features we need, but considering I am going to buy two computers I don't want to buy more features then we need.
I've read a lot of good things on the Board about the Vyper. And I can afford to buy two of them, so my question is: Is the Vyper the best bang for the buck or does anyone have any better recommnedations?
Also, it seems like all the posts I read favor wrist mount over console. Can anybody explain the advantages of wrist mount? I would think a wrist mount would get banged into everything and the band would be subject to breaking and that it is another piece of expensive equiqment to keep track of or get stolen. But I guess there are many advantages I am not aware of. What am I missing here?
One of the great things about this Board is that it can take me from idiot level to a fair amount of knowledge pretty quickly.
We made our decisoin to buy our Olympus 5050 camera from the posts I read on the Board. It was a great decision. This Board is a terrific resource.
thanks,
Mario