Suunto Vyper Reliability.

[NeilB]

Bought 3 back in 2002 - me and two sons - all three going strong with over 1000 dives between them.

[RichardC]

Originally Posted by Sipadan

i've had a vytec (non-ds) for a while and no problems whatsoever, apart from a battery change which i did myself. however, just a thought, suunto computers really want you in the 3 - 5 m range for "decompression" and aren't happy below this. i've even clocked up deco at 8m on the way up after a max depth of 40m!

in comparison, if i had a little deco, say 5 - 10 min on my old aladin, it would usually clear by the time i got from 40m to 6m.

don't get me wrong, i'm not criticising the suuntos for being conservative, rather that they want to rush me straight from 40 m to 3 m. you can of course do as i do, ignore the computer, do some deeper stops and then go about your business, but if you want to keep mr computer happy, you may have to give it more time in 3 - 5m range.

this may or may not affect your purchase, like i said, just a thought.

Suunto obviously agree with you Sipadan, the Vyper II now has a deep stops option as do other recent models in their range I believe.

Rich

[Sipadan]

Originally Posted by RichardC

Suunto obviously agree with you Sipadan, the Vyper II now has a deep stops option as do other recent models in their range I believe.

Rich

do you think they'll give me a job

well done suunto for making computers that can do what my aladin did 10 years ago. anyway, just to reiterate, they are good computers and i would recommend them to anyone

[jimny14]

I'll add my 2p. Got a second hand one when I started diving a few years ago, never had any problems with it, happy with the conservatism, the diving i do (30m max fishy stuff mainly) doesn't have any problems with it. Suggested my dad got one when he started diving, n he's had no problems with it either.