Dive Computers

Diving is a wonderful way to spend your time. Swimming along exploring a wreck, watching fish or beautiful coral. It can be all too easy to forget the inherent dangers of being too deep for too long. Scuba diving safety limits are based on recreational dive tables that allow for no-decompression diving and exceeding these limits can be extremely dangerous and in the worst-case result in death. So how do we make sure we stay within our limits? Good planning for your dive and sticking to your dive plan make sure you remain safe and to help you with this a computer is an invaluable asset. I have dived with a Suunto Stinger for the past year and would ...

I bought a Suunto Vyper 3 months ago after diving for 6 years with my previous, much loved (Oceanic) computer. I have to say that I've been very impressed - particularly with the amount of features for the money! The Vyper is a computer that provides full decompression information, and when in deco mode it displays the total time to surface: total stop times plus ascent times at its recommended rate. As well as all the usual stuff, key features include: * 3 operating modes: Air, Nitrox, Gauge only. * Electroluminescent back-light * Audible alarms * A clock and calendar - amazing how useful this is! * User-replaceable battery ...

So far I've done 160 dives or so using a Suunto Favor. It’s a nice neat size and I have no problem reading the numerals on the LCD screen. When I bought it I thought it would last me a long time as it is a full decompression computer, but having done Nitrox training in the interim it is now unsuitable for some of the dives I’m doing. It does, however, operate in "Gauge" mode, unlike the popular Aladin range. This means it still functions as a timer/depth gauge if you bend it, as can happen if diving to computer generated tables and gases other than air. It only cost 140 ukp though, a good price considering its functionality, ...