Suunto vyper Scuba Dive Computer

I want to buy Suunto diving computer, is Suunto D6 is good, or do I prefer stinger?? What the best diving computer adviced by you?

Very much depends on your budget, I use a Suunto Mosquito, mainly because I wanted a dive computer that is not too large to be used every day as a watch - refused to spend a thousand dollars on an instrument for once a week use. I have used mine for the last 3 years and it has been great. Best bet is to see if you can find a store that has a good selection - and try a few, look at the cost versus practical use etc.. And remember never rely on one instrument alone - always use a watch, depth gauge and good old tables.

Three instruments in one: Air, Nitrox, and Gauge. The Vyper features full-decompression capabilities and combines several technological innovations into one product. The Vyper offers everything a diver could possibly need for diving with standard air or Nitrox mixes. It can also be used as a depth gauge and timer with profile memory, making it ideal for professional and technical diving

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Hi. So I recently got my Scuba Certification, and I plan on getting certified in AOW, Nitrox and possibly night diving. I am not sure yet, but I definitely want to keep moving forward in my diving career. My question is, what is a good diving computer to use? I have heard that the best companies are Suunto, Oceanic and Aeris. What do you think? I would like to find a watch that looks similar to a regular watch. I would like to be able to use it as a regular watch, but that is definitely not my number one priority. In terms of functionality, I simply want a scuba diving watch that is reliable, has accurate depth/temp readings, and can tell me about decompression limits and safety stops if possible. If you have any experience with any dive computer, please share! I have been looking at the Suunto D4 (i), D6 (i), Oceanic Geo 2.0 and Atom 3.0. What do you think of these dive computers? Good? Bad? Please, I will take any feedback into consideration. Finally, I have a question about the operation of the dive computers. I know they activate upon entering water, and they display depth and temperature, but do they automatically tell you whether you need a safety stop or no? I know some have Red LEDs and alarms that tell you, but is this based on your recorded depth or does it pretty much always assume you do a safety stop simply for safety (lol). Sorry, I know this is long. But THANK YOU!!

Aeris and Oceanic computers are nearly identical because they are both manufactured by Pelagic Systems. You will often find an Oceanic analog to a specific Aeris computer which is internally and operationally identical with just some external cosmetic differences. Even their download software looks and operates identically with minor cosmetic changes. Because of these similarities, Aeris and Oceanic share the same decompression model which is the modified Haldanean model developed by DSAT (ie PADI). This is a fairly liberal decompression model which means that the computer allows comparatively longer no-decompression times than some other types of computers. This is great for people who want to stay underwater is long as possible, but the trade-off to the additional bottom time allowed is a slightly higher risk of an "undeserved" DCS hit. Suunto computers, on the other hand, use the Reduced Gradient Bubble Model (RGBM) developed by Dr Bruce Weinke as their decompression algorithm which is a completely different theoretical model than the more traditional Haldanean model used by Aeris/Oceanic. My experience with Suunto is that they tend to be quite conservative and so allow shorter no-decompression limits (especially, it seems, on deeper repetitive dives). This can become annoying when doing lots of dives on a dive vacation because the Suunto diver will usually have to come up earlier or stay shallower than divers using more liberal computers. However, this conservativeness comes with the benefit of a lower risk of an undeserved DCS incident than a more liberal computer. Exactly how much benefit? I don't know, but my gut feel is that it is a fairly minor statistical difference. For the type of diving that I like to do Aeris/Oceanic computers work well for me. I would not consider using a Suunto (or Mares, which also uses RGBM) because of the conservativeness of that algorithm. Whether that is right for you depends on your personal degree of risk tolerance. Since I (personally) wouldn't use the Suunto, I (personally) would consider either the Geo 2.0 or the Atom 3.0. The primary difference between them seems to be that the Atom is air-integrated (hoseless) while the Geo is not air integrated, and the Atom allows you to switch between 3 mixes versus 2 mixes on the Geo. Gas switching is overkill for a recreational computer though you may want the capability if you start to get into tech diving in the future, so from a recreational perspective the main differentiator will be if you want air integration or not. That too is a personal preference. I like my air integrated Aeris Atmos ai, but I am still not too trusting of hoseless systems since people I know that own these type of systems have occasional loss of signal problems. Again, whether it would be an issue for you is more of a personal preference. Finally, most modern dive computers will start a (sometimes customizable) countdown timer when you reach safety stop depth to help you manage your safety stop. There probably won't be any alarms and there is no penalty for ignoring the timer and ascending to the surface while it is still counting down because a safety stop is an OPTIONAL stop. On the other hand, all dive computers that I'm familiar with also detect when a decompression stop is REQUIRED because you exceeded the no-decompression limits - which for recreational divers is a no-no because you are exceeding your level of training. If you were to ignore a REQUIRED decompression stop then all sorts of alarms and indicators will likely go off and if you were to surface while you still have decompression time remaining the computer will probably go into "lock-out" and stop calculating no-decompression times for at least 24 hours - which is it's way of telling you that you shouldn't be diving for at least 24 hours until the violation clears...assuming you aren't in a hyperbaric chamber being treated for DCS symptoms by then. Hope all this helps you with your choice. Good luck.