suunto stinger and mosquito what r the differences?

Hello,

I am planning to buy one of the following dive computer/watches

Suunto Stinger or Suunto Mosquito,

what are the differences between the two ? All I can find is Mosquito
is cheaper, is that all ? Please tell me.

How is the software for data download and graph plotting of suunto ?
Any other third party softwares compatible ?

What about other dive computers or dive computer watches ? Is my
choice suunto good ? any problems ? please give me all your
recommendations.

Please if not too much bothering what is the price of these suunto's
in your countries ? USA? UK ? Australia ? anywhere just to compare.

Thanks,

Mario

Mario <mandm@flashnet.it> skriver:
> Hello,
>
> I am planning to buy one of the following dive computer/watches
>
> Suunto Stinger or Suunto Mosquito,
>
> what are the differences between the two ? All I can find is Mosquito
> is cheaper, is that all ? Please tell me.


Stinger is nicer looking (personal feeling) Stinger is good for some
more meters of depth. 150 instead of 99, mostly depending on that the
mosquito is of platstic the main difference. The other difference if
that the stinger is usable in gauge mode that isn't availible in the
Mosquito.

> How is the software for data download and graph plotting of suunto ?
> Any other third party softwares compatible ?

One of the best log programs for Windows is Suunto Dive Manager, but
I'm working on a replacemant for Unix & Windwos, maybe it gets
usable.

> What about other dive computers or dive computer watches ? Is my
> choice suunto good ? any problems ? please give me all your
> recommendations.

I have a Stinger and is very happyt with it, my fiance has a Mosquito, she
is very happy with it.


> Please if not too much bothering what is the price of these suunto's
> in your countries ? USA? UK ? Australia ? anywhere just to compare.

Sweden you can get a Stinger for around 5000 and a Moquitto for around
2500 if I remember correctly.

/ Balp
--
http://anders.arnholm.nu/ Keep on Balping

Mario wrote:

> Suunto Stinger or Suunto Mosquito,
>
> what are the differences between the two ? All I can find is Mosquito
> is cheaper, is that all ? Please tell me.
>
> How is the software for data download and graph plotting of suunto ?
> Any other third party softwares compatible ?
>
> What about other dive computers or dive computer watches ? Is my
> choice suunto good ? any problems ? please give me all your
> recommendations.

If you go to the suunto website, you can find a product matrix where
the differences are listed side by side. There is not much difference
for recreational diver apart from the looks.

My wife dives with a Mosquito, I have a Vyper. She took M because of
her small wrist size (the vyper simply was too big). I find the Vyper
display a bit more clear because it is easier to see the bars on the
side, but that's about it. Cobra would be nice if I owned my own
regulator set, Vytec if I had loads and loads of money

AFAIK, Suunto is the current market leader in dive computers, but I
may be wrong. They have very conservative profiles (which can be made
even more conservative). Many people happily and safely dive with other
brands.

> Please if not too much bothering what is the price of these suunto's
> in your countries ? USA? UK ? Australia ? anywhere just to compare.

I think both Mosquito and Vyper are about 400-450Euro here in
Finland, but that's not a very good reference.

/Marcin

In article <9ae829af.0308230903.4a4f0f02@posting.google.com >, Mario wrote:
> Suunto Stinger or Suunto Mosquito,
>
> what are the differences between the two ? All I can find is Mosquito
> is cheaper, is that all ? Please tell me.

The Mosquito is black plastic, the Stinger is stainless steel or
titanium. I have the titanium Stinger and it's great, I love it. It cost
me 400 UK Pounds at a dive show a couple of years ago, I'm not sure what
they are now.

Cheers, Robert.

Thanks for your posting.

Are you sure on prices ?

Stinger 5000 FIM ? which is 840 Euro ? Here in Italy 560 incluidng PC
interface, are you sure on your price ? how come so expensive if it is
made in Finland ?

Can you tell me if this watches handle both metric and british measure
systems ?

Thanks,

Mario

> Mario <mandm@flashnet.it> skriver:
> > Hello,
> >
> > I am planning to buy one of the following dive computer/watches
> >
> > Suunto Stinger or Suunto Mosquito,
> >
> > what are the differences between the two ? All I can find is Mosquito
> > is cheaper, is that all ? Please tell me.
>
>
> Stinger is nicer looking (personal feeling) Stinger is good for some
> more meters of depth. 150 instead of 99, mostly depending on that the
> mosquito is of platstic the main difference. The other difference if
> that the stinger is usable in gauge mode that isn't availible in the
> Mosquito.
>
> > How is the software for data download and graph plotting of suunto ?
> > Any other third party softwares compatible ?
>
> One of the best log programs for Windows is Suunto Dive Manager, but
> I'm working on a replacemant for Unix & Windwos, maybe it gets
> usable.
>
> > What about other dive computers or dive computer watches ? Is my
> > choice suunto good ? any problems ? please give me all your
> > recommendations.
>
> I have a Stinger and is very happyt with it, my fiance has a Mosquito, she
> is very happy with it.
>
>
> > Please if not too much bothering what is the price of these suunto's
> > in your countries ? USA? UK ? Australia ? anywhere just to compare.
>
> Sweden you can get a Stinger for around 5000 and a Moquitto for around
> 2500 if I remember correctly.
>
> / Balp

In article <9ae829af.0308260941.36a5fdb6@posting.google.com >, mandm@flashnet.it
says...
>
>Thanks for your posting.
>
>Are you sure on prices ?
>
>Stinger 5000 FIM ? which is 840 Euro ? Here in Italy 560 incluidng PC
>interface, are you sure on your price ? how come so expensive if it is
>made in Finland ?
>
>Can you tell me if this watches handle both metric and british measure
>systems ?
>
>

Both have selectable metric/imperial units.

Mario wrote:
> Thanks for your posting.
>
> Are you sure on prices ?
>
> Stinger 5000 FIM ? which is 840 Euro ? Here in Italy 560 incluidng PC
> interface, are you sure on your price ? how come so expensive if it is
> made in Finland ?

Those were not FIM's, but the prices in Finland are quite high:

Mosquito: about 400€
Stinger: about 650€
Vyper: about 400€
Vytec: about 700€
Cobra: about 600€

Small market, taxes, etc. Keeps the prices high.

/Marcin

"Marcin Dobrucki" <Marcin.Dobrucki@FAKE.nokia.com> wrote in message
news:w2Z2b.732$g4.14419@news2.nokia.com...

> Those were not FIM's, but the prices in Finland are quite high:
>
> Mosquito: about 400€
> Stinger: about 650€
> Vyper: about 400€
> Vytec: about 700€
> Cobra: about 600€
>
> Small market, taxes, etc. Keeps the prices high.
>
> /Marcin

I gotta ask;

What is a "€" ?

Scott wrote:
> "Marcin Dobrucki" <Marcin.Dobrucki@FAKE.nokia.com> wrote in message
> news:tfZ2b.735$g4.14711@news2.nokia.com...

> What's a Euro worth?

Hmm, at the moment, about 1.06USD to 1Euro

> And what is the correct symbol (in case I ever run across one)?

Enable ISO-8859-15 in your browser, and check my previous posting.
If you can't, take Quake II symbol, and rotate it :)

Like this:
http://ars.userfriendly.org/cartoons...7&mode=classic

/Marcin

"Marcin Dobrucki" <Marcin.Dobrucki@FAKE.nokia.com> wrote in message
news:uqZ2b.738$g4.14748@news2.nokia.com...
> Scott wrote:
> > "Marcin Dobrucki" <Marcin.Dobrucki@FAKE.nokia.com> wrote in message
> > news:tfZ2b.735$g4.14711@news2.nokia.com...
>
> > What's a Euro worth?
>
> Hmm, at the moment, about 1.06USD to 1Euro
>
> > And what is the correct symbol (in case I ever run across one)?
>
> Enable ISO-8859-15 in your browser, and check my previous posting.
> If you can't, take Quake II symbol, and rotate it :)
>
> Like this:
> http://ars.userfriendly.org/cartoons...7&mode=classic

Thanks.

I think it came across properly on my box the 1st time, I am just ignorant
enough not to know...