Hello everybody,
I am diving with a Cressi Newton and until now I was quite happy with it.
Few days ago, at the end of a dive and while I was removing it from my wrist, without putting any excess force to it (several other times I had it much more snug on my wrist than this time), the buckle just snapped off its' pin. Luckily this happened on land after the dive while I was holding it hence it was no big deal. But I am pretty sure that this can/will happen again and who knows, next time it might be underwater without me even noticing it and then bye bye computer!
In any way, as I am usually diving solo nowadays and I recently got advanced nitrox certified so I will probably start doing light deco dives soon I need a second computer.
I've seen in the past this new dive computer from divecomputer.eu also sold as Triton's Abacus from Deep 6. Has anybody here tried any of those or at least have seen any real user reviews? They look a very good deal for the price - although they have been out of stock for some time now.
I am also open to any other suggestions around that price range (around 500$/euro). Please keep in mind: I know that in here anything other than Shearwater is not good enough, but I simply cannot afford paying close to 1000$Us/Euro just for a dive computer.
A bit of background so you better understand my needs: I usually (once a week or so) do rec dives on air or nitrox, mostly but not exclusively solo. Although I have advanced nitrox certification, I don't do deco dives as yet although I might consider light deco in the future. I also usually do a 1-2weeks long dive trip once a year (no solo there). I don't need air integration but I want to be able to log my dives with subsurface.
Thanks a lot for any advice.
I am diving with a Cressi Newton and until now I was quite happy with it.
Few days ago, at the end of a dive and while I was removing it from my wrist, without putting any excess force to it (several other times I had it much more snug on my wrist than this time), the buckle just snapped off its' pin. Luckily this happened on land after the dive while I was holding it hence it was no big deal. But I am pretty sure that this can/will happen again and who knows, next time it might be underwater without me even noticing it and then bye bye computer!
In any way, as I am usually diving solo nowadays and I recently got advanced nitrox certified so I will probably start doing light deco dives soon I need a second computer.
I've seen in the past this new dive computer from divecomputer.eu also sold as Triton's Abacus from Deep 6. Has anybody here tried any of those or at least have seen any real user reviews? They look a very good deal for the price - although they have been out of stock for some time now.
I am also open to any other suggestions around that price range (around 500$/euro). Please keep in mind: I know that in here anything other than Shearwater is not good enough, but I simply cannot afford paying close to 1000$Us/Euro just for a dive computer.
A bit of background so you better understand my needs: I usually (once a week or so) do rec dives on air or nitrox, mostly but not exclusively solo. Although I have advanced nitrox certification, I don't do deco dives as yet although I might consider light deco in the future. I also usually do a 1-2weeks long dive trip once a year (no solo there). I don't need air integration but I want to be able to log my dives with subsurface.
Thanks a lot for any advice.