The VR3: Extensive Questions & Answers.

[Skeletor]

Originally Posted by [b

Quote[/b] ]thats about £550 inc vat,postage and a screen guard.

Thanks again Barrie,

Now the question is . . . . is it worth the combined battering i'll get from the wife and bank manager.

I'll be in touch about the trial just as soon as I have decided whats going to go on e-bay next.  

Cheers,

John

[Skeletor]

Originally Posted by [b

Quote[/b] ]thats about £550 inc vat,postage and a screen guard.

Thanks again Barrie,

Now the question is . . . . is it worth the combined battering i'll get from the wife and bank manager.

I'll be in touch about the trial just as soon as I have decided whats going to go on e-bay next.  

Cheers,

John

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<font color='#0000FF'>nick,
delta-p include the prolog cd in the box with all new vr3's and this can be used to sample prolog,however to download your dives via infra-red to a pc loaded with prolog you have to buy the kit and this costs about £120 if you include the proplanner software.
so in short the cd is included but only lets you have a look see!!

cheers
barrie

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<font color='#0000FF'>nick,
delta-p include the prolog cd in the box with all new vr3's and this can be used to sample prolog,however to download your dives via infra-red to a pc loaded with prolog you have to buy the kit and this costs about £120 if you include the proplanner software.
so in short the cd is included but only lets you have a look see!!

cheers
barrie

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Ah cool, so ProLog and ProPlanner are included.. looks like an order may be in the offing. &nbsp;

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Ah cool, so ProLog and ProPlanner are included.. looks like an order may be in the offing. &nbsp;

[Mark Chase]

I cant begin to tell you how good the VR3 is. I love it. Yes its expensive and Yes it takes some getting used to but it is a veeeerrrrrrrry clever bit of kit.

My dive buddy Andrew was not convinced but he only lasted a couple more dives with him on tables and me waving my cleared deco VR3 in front of his eyes and he went out and got one.

For nitrox only diving its just too expensive but for two or three gas mix diving using say air as a bottom gas and two deco mix its worth its weight in gold (and its very heavy) When you get into Trimix there is the VR3 or the equaly expensive Explorer and i would go for the one thats used on just about every non DIR deep diving expadition in the world.

You still need a seporate bottom timer and depth gauge and you still need tables for bail out but apart from that enjoy the dive and dont be restricted by fixed table multi level dive plans.

Personaly I think the down load packet is pants so if you have a Vyper or other Sunnto keep it as a depth and bottom timer and use its down load package to record your dives. Proplanner is OK but bloody awful to use at the moment I would use Decoplanner to plan your bail out tables. &nbsp;

DO NOT bother with big graphics. You will get used to the small screen and big graphics does away with the very very important Time To Surface figure on the display screen. Mr Gurr dives mainly CCR so the PPO2 reading was aparently more important to him &nbsp;

Do get the screen guard.

Soooo if you havent guessed my advice is bite the bullit and get the VR3.

As long as your unit is reliable (Andrew and My units have been great so far) and as long as you do a fair bit of deco diving will love it.

ATB

Mark Chase

[Mark Chase]

I cant begin to tell you how good the VR3 is. I love it. Yes its expensive and Yes it takes some getting used to but it is a veeeerrrrrrrry clever bit of kit.

My dive buddy Andrew was not convinced but he only lasted a couple more dives with him on tables and me waving my cleared deco VR3 in front of his eyes and he went out and got one.

For nitrox only diving its just too expensive but for two or three gas mix diving using say air as a bottom gas and two deco mix its worth its weight in gold (and its very heavy) When you get into Trimix there is the VR3 or the equaly expensive Explorer and i would go for the one thats used on just about every non DIR deep diving expadition in the world.

You still need a seporate bottom timer and depth gauge and you still need tables for bail out but apart from that enjoy the dive and dont be restricted by fixed table multi level dive plans.

Personaly I think the down load packet is pants so if you have a Vyper or other Sunnto keep it as a depth and bottom timer and use its down load package to record your dives. Proplanner is OK but bloody awful to use at the moment I would use Decoplanner to plan your bail out tables. &nbsp;

DO NOT bother with big graphics. You will get used to the small screen and big graphics does away with the very very important Time To Surface figure on the display screen. Mr Gurr dives mainly CCR so the PPO2 reading was aparently more important to him &nbsp;

Do get the screen guard.

Soooo if you havent guessed my advice is bite the bullit and get the VR3.

As long as your unit is reliable (Andrew and My units have been great so far) and as long as you do a fair bit of deco diving will love it.

ATB

Mark Chase

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Originally Posted by [b

Quote[/b] ]Personaly I think the down load packet is pants so if you have a Vyper or other Sunnto keep it as a depth and bottom timer and use its down load package to record your dives.

It can't be worse than Suunto Dive Manager can it?

Originally Posted by [b

Quote[/b] ]Do get the screen guard.

There are currently two screen guards available for the VR3, the older stick on one which was, IMHO, awful and the new clip-on one which is brilliant and well worth the money.

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Originally Posted by [b

Quote[/b] ]Personaly I think the down load packet is pants so if you have a Vyper or other Sunnto keep it as a depth and bottom timer and use its down load package to record your dives.

It can't be worse than Suunto Dive Manager can it?

Originally Posted by [b

Quote[/b] ]Do get the screen guard.

There are currently two screen guards available for the VR3, the older stick on one which was, IMHO, awful and the new clip-on one which is brilliant and well worth the money.