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| Originally Posted by gibbon You are being a muppet |
In the sober light of the morning I can see that there is scope for this to be taken as not useful however it was an option that you offered as an answer and I was not in any state to write you a decent answer at the time. – Indeed I should not have posted.
I am surprised that you are so naive about how such an expensive piece of equipment works, and that you had not taken up the excellent offer of Barry
Divertec Ltd - he is so confident in the VR3 that he will lend you one to trial prior to purchase.
If I were looking for a computer to use with CCR today then I think that the Shearwater, or HS Explorer would be top of the list as they can read 3 O2 cells rather than the VR3’s offering of a single cell separate to the ones used by an eCCR. Of course as you point out the VR3 is "the only computer you will ever need" as DeltaP are sure to bring out an expensive upgrade option that will bring the VR3 back to the front of the pack – I hope they are reading
You have had plenty of good explanation from others about the functionality and why the Suunto is less conservative. IMHO the VR3 without the VPM software is a very simple beast, it has compartments and it tracks the loading on those compartments and advises appropriately with look ahead against the available gases. IMHO there is some black magic in the Suunto code that keeps dive masters around the world from getting bent, a Suunto that has been used over many days will be considerably more conservative than one that has had the battery freshly replaced.
You ask if you should keep your Suunto and rely on just the VR3, to this I would say that you should not get rid of your Suunto. If you drop the VR3 it will need to be sent back to the factory, also the Suunto is a lot more friendly for use as a dive logger, and has plenty of value as a backup depth gauge and timer.
Good luck in your transition to CCR, I hope that I have not put you off asking questions, no question is a stupid one other than the one not asked.
Jon
