Beboandles:
has anyone used one and what is your opion on it?
I have one and love it.
Here are the PROS and CONS as I see them
PROS
1-[FONT="] [/FONT]Reads up to three transmitters and up to 100% O2
2-[FONT="] [/FONT]Very compact. Can be worn as a watch. I put it on when I leave for a dive trip and take it off when I get home.
3-[FONT="] [/FONT]User changeable battery. Thats a good thing but most have that now.
4-[FONT="] [/FONT]Many wonderful features for such a small DC at that price point.
5-[FONT="] [/FONT]Never had any problems receiving a tank signal
6-[FONT="] [/FONT]Seems very durable and easy to use.
CONS
1-[FONT="] [/FONT]No way to make the watch go into power saving mode so they eat a battery every 9 months to a year and need a new o-ring when you replace the battery.
2-[FONT="] [/FONT]you have to push a button to check pressure (Not that big a deal to me)
3-[FONT="] [/FONT]To check pressure on the surface you have to put it in surface mode and hold the button down for three seconds and do a battery check. Unless someone knows of an easier way thats all I gathered from the manual.
New version coming out with Check your buddys pressure and supposedly longer battery life. I think its called the ATOM II. I need more features than that to cause me to upgrade.
AERIS has the sister DC with a few more good features. I hear AERIS is going to release their watch/DC and then the Oceanic Atom II will be its sibling.
If size doesnt matter and you want a single transmitter only with 50% )2 max then I recommend the VT-Pro. I have one of them as well and its a really good DC with integrated wireless.
Be forewarned, all the Oceanic and AERIS software is pitiful. I would love to have the Job of rewriting their pathetic software packages. You want to get a copy of Scubase and use that after you download your dives and backup (If the software allows you to) often.
I think the PROS far outweigh the CONS but I wanted to make sure you got the whole picture.
Scooter