wanted - used dive computer

Hi Group - Hope you can help. As a newbie diver (and a poor student) i am
looking to purchase a used dive computer, either a Mares M1, a suunto gekko
or a vyper - any reccomendatins?

I will only be using air and not doing anything techie

also - if I can't get a used one where is the cheapest place to buy one?

cheers

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:Hi Group - Hope you can help. As a newbie diver (and a poor student) i am
:looking to purchase a used dive computer, either a Mares M1, a suunto gekko
:or a vyper - any reccomendatins?
:
:I will only be using air and not doing anything techie
:
:also - if I can't get a used one where is the cheapest place to buy one?

If you are that poor, you can always use dive tables. If you want to
buy new, but inexpensive, shop around. Compare prices at your local
dive shop with on-line merchants. If it's an on-line merchant, make
sure they ship to where you live.

Dan Bracuk
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"jim" <mr.j.tibbles@virgin.net> wrote in message
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> Hi Group - Hope you can help. As a newbie diver (and a poor student) i am
> looking to purchase a used dive computer, either a Mares M1, a suunto
> gekko or a vyper - any reccomendatins?
>
> I will only be using air and not doing anything techie
>
> also - if I can't get a used one where is the cheapest place to buy one?
>

If you're only using air and nothing else, why spend money on a nitrox
computer? Stick to a Suunto Octopus instead of a Vyper, for example.

Also, have a look at the Sensus Pro dive recorder as reviewed in Diver this
month. I have no connection to the mag or the company I assure you. It
appears to be a half-way house. You dive on tables, but you get a
computer-style profile record of your dive.

Ken

jim wrote:

> I will only be using air

Yeah, that's what lots of people think when they buy their first dive computer.

> and not doing anything techie

If anybody told you that Nitrox is technical they were lying.

If you really want used you can check ebay, and ask at any local dive clubs. You can
probably find a decent deal from somebody who thought they were only going to dive
air and just bought a nitrox computer.


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Steve wrote:
>
>
> jim wrote:
>
>> I will only be using air
>
>
> Yeah, that's what lots of people think when they buy their first dive
> computer.

That's what I thought - and It's still all I need. Nitrox be damned! why
pay more for a fill? nitrox is useless BS sold by the dive industry.
>
>> and not doing anything techie
>
>
> If anybody told you that Nitrox is technical they were lying.

Now there's truth!

>
> If you really want used you can check ebay, and ask at any local dive
> clubs. You can probably find a decent deal from somebody who thought
> they were only going to dive air and just bought a nitrox computer.
>

I'd recomend the USDivers matrix master - best air computer made.

ignore everything except the loading graph and (if you need to know) the
depth read out. it'll deco you from 60 ft if you really Screw up.

And I just happen to have an extra for sale in the metric version too.

"jim" <mr.j.tibbles@virgin.net> wrote in message
news:xM2%d.2517$m63.1326@newsfe5-gui.ntli.net...
> Hi Group - Hope you can help. As a newbie diver (and a poor student) i am
> looking to purchase a used dive computer, either a Mares M1, a suunto
gekko
> or a vyper - any reccomendatins?
>
> I will only be using air and not doing anything techie
>
> also - if I can't get a used one where is the cheapest place to buy one?
>
> cheers
>
>

Hi. I've just bought a new Apex Quantum for £169, which I thought was a
very good price. Don't know if it is within your budget. It came from
Go-Dive in Derby ( http://www.godive.net/gdspec.htm ) with whom I have no
connection other than being a happy customer; the price included recorded
delivery.

Previously I had found the same computer being sold on the web through
E-bay. The rrp for the Quantum is (afaik) about £250, so initially I was
only phoning Go-dive to confirm that I would be getting a bargain by buying
off E-Bay... However, when they told me their price it was an easy decision
to buy from a 'real' retailer over the phone rather than mess around with
auctions, paypal and a 'virtual' retailer over the net. The auctions all
seemed to be ending about £169 anyway, with postage on top.

I got it wet yesterday for the first time and it seems to do the business.
Like you I have no current intention to use Nitrox so for me getting a
computer that would deal with air and nitrox or two nitrox mixes was just a
bonus.

The description of the computer on the Go-Dive site is linked to a review
article which I found elsewhere and thought was quite useful.

Hope this helps.

Cheers,

M

try the original Mares M1 computer. You can now pick up one on the internet
I noticed very cheaply the computer is very good and will do everything you
want including nitrox.

Justin.

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"jim" <mr.j.tibbles@virgin.net> wrote in message
news:xM2%d.2517$m63.1326@newsfe5-gui.ntli.net...
> Hi Group - Hope you can help. As a newbie diver (and a poor student) i am
> looking to purchase a used dive computer, either a Mares M1, a suunto
gekko
> or a vyper - any reccomendatins?
>
> I will only be using air and not doing anything techie
>
> also - if I can't get a used one where is the cheapest place to buy one?
>
> cheers
>
>

On Sat, 19 Mar 2005 22:17:34 -0900, James Connell <jconnell@gci.net>
wrote:

>>> I will only be using air
>>
>>
>> Yeah, that's what lots of people think when they buy their first dive
>> computer.
>
>That's what I thought - and It's still all I need. Nitrox be damned! why
>pay more for a fill? nitrox is useless BS sold by the dive industry.
>>

He is UK based, therefore he is going to be doing 30 metre+/100 feet+
square profile dives. If he wants sensible dive times without doing
loads of deco he will end up doing Nitrox.

I always recommend friends and club members to buy a nitrox computer
because it saves money in the medium term
--
Pete
diving 'at' melbourne 'dot' me 'dot' uk

"Steve" <SPAMTRAPglawackus@hvc.rr.com> wrote in message
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>
> If you really want used you can check ebay, and ask at any local dive
clubs. You can
> probably find a decent deal from somebody who thought they were only going
to dive
> air and just bought a nitrox computer.

True enough . . I wonder if he'd settle for a Mares Surveyor? :^)

> He is UK based, therefore he is going to be doing 30 metre+/100 feet+
> square profile dives. If he wants sensible dive times without doing
> loads of deco he will end up doing Nitrox.
>
> I always recommend friends and club members to buy a nitrox computer
> because it saves money in the medium term
> --
> Pete

I agree Pete.

That's why the Vyper is such good bit of kit for the price, especially if he
also wants to do table diving as it also offers Gauge mode.

Tony.