This is an issue that happened almost a year ago with my trusty old Suunto wrist Vyper. I've posted a video of my 17 year old Suunto Vyper that I've taken on many dives. See Youtube video link here: Vyper conks out
Pic also below.
Shortly into an ocean dive in the Mediterranean sea, it started giving erratic depth readings and flashing/changing P02 readings and beeping at an irregular rate (8-12 seconds) while under water. When I took it to the surface it also thought it was in dive mode and kept flashing. I had to pull the battery to get it to stop beeping and flashing these numbers (it did not detect surface mode). Unfortunately, I waited over 12 hours to pull the battery because I didn't have tools handy on the trip, and it overwrote years of dive log data. This was pretty annoying because I didn't back up some of that data due to laziness with the Dive Manager software + serial cable, and it was lost forever (few years worth gone).
After the battery pull, it basically went back to normal and I took it into a shallow pool later on and it didn't have any issues. It registered a depth of 7 ft or so. It's been sitting on my desk right now and it's not acting up.
I guess my question is what happened here and whether I can trust this computer on any more real dives. Have a trip to Cozumel in about 3 weeks so I could buy something else or just rely on a backup computer that I have. I like wrist watch computers, my backup is an old Sherwood computer integrated into the regulator with a poor display and one button setup (which I also dislike). I am trying to find a pool to test dive my stuff for this trip.
Pic also below.
Shortly into an ocean dive in the Mediterranean sea, it started giving erratic depth readings and flashing/changing P02 readings and beeping at an irregular rate (8-12 seconds) while under water. When I took it to the surface it also thought it was in dive mode and kept flashing. I had to pull the battery to get it to stop beeping and flashing these numbers (it did not detect surface mode). Unfortunately, I waited over 12 hours to pull the battery because I didn't have tools handy on the trip, and it overwrote years of dive log data. This was pretty annoying because I didn't back up some of that data due to laziness with the Dive Manager software + serial cable, and it was lost forever (few years worth gone).
After the battery pull, it basically went back to normal and I took it into a shallow pool later on and it didn't have any issues. It registered a depth of 7 ft or so. It's been sitting on my desk right now and it's not acting up.
I guess my question is what happened here and whether I can trust this computer on any more real dives. Have a trip to Cozumel in about 3 weeks so I could buy something else or just rely on a backup computer that I have. I like wrist watch computers, my backup is an old Sherwood computer integrated into the regulator with a poor display and one button setup (which I also dislike). I am trying to find a pool to test dive my stuff for this trip.
