New computers

[Billextreme]

Some small info about dive computers that soon will hit us all with joy; they will be showed at DEMA but I don’t know when they will be in the store.

MARES will come out with a new freediving computer, the first one since the legend Apneist. The new model is called Nemo Apneist and will not only be good looking but also have smart software. How smart is something we will explore later, but we could hope it will have the same boom around freedivers as they had when they released the Apneist back in 1998.

SUUNTO will always be close to us freedivers. This far it’s more or less because of the famous D3, a computer that you now can get for 170 euro’s or less if you digging a little. Suunto had some small problems with lemons’ here, but the D3 is cheap and it does the job down to 99 meter. NOW at DEMA 2007 Suunto will release the new D4, a computer that will mainly replays the Mosquito (?), but though I have tested the software I think it will replays the D3 as well. The case is brand new, and the software is better than ever. They have a new depth sensor that is not only surprisingly quick, it is also very accurate. The D4 will also contain a superb Scuba computer that even covers Nitrox, of course.

UWATEC should have their freedive version of the Galileo ready by now, a sophisticated computer that also includes a heart rate monitor. BUT I have no deeper information about this; maybe Sebastien Murat could tell us more about this?

/B

[Morg]

Nice, I believe the next thing on my list of equipment would be a freediving computer. Good timing for me I guess... Hopefully some good reviews and good things can be said about these new products.

Thanks for the info

[Adon]

mmm, just bought the Cressi Edy.

[BennyB]

Any idea on price for any of these Bill?

[sanso]

There's also the immersion prowler just come out. Sounds good, but there are no details available yet.
Am very curious as to what it can do..

Price at Simones Hammerladen - Tauchshop Chemnitz mit Versand für Tauchen und Wassersport is € 329.-

[Morg]

Thanks for the link sanso... that Immersion Prowler looks pretty spiffy .

[BladeRunner]

I still use my old mares Apneist and will untill it goes tits up

[island_sands]

Originally Posted by BladeRunner

will untill it goes tits up

i know the feeling

[TheDude]

Has anybody some details about the new Mares Nemo Excel? Just found out about it (mainly because of the picture of it on DB frontpage), but there are very few details available. I have the old Nemo, and it would be the ideal freedive computer (I'm addicted to depth interval alarm ), if it had improved logging abilities in free mode. If anybody knows the details on the new model, especially about the logging in free mode, please share your info.

[billieball]

My hubby and I are quite happy with our Oceanic Geos. As a technical diver, I love the enriched air function...as a freediver, I love the 1-second sampling. The only drawback to this watch is that you can only access your last freedive from the watch. The others must be uploaded to a computer for later review. The graphs rock for all functions!
--Billie

[Bill]

I'd feel guilty about deserting my D3 but are any of the new computers MAC compatible?

[osusim]

Suunto anonced D4

[BennyB]

Looks pretty spiffy, though price tag would be significant i'd bet.

[seguyette]

If anyone sees the D4 at DEMA, could you inquire about its price (even if just relative to the other models if they won't give you a real number). Thanks.
I am trying to decide if I should wait for the D4 or let my wife get me the D3 for christmas (she already said she would). All I do is freedive & spear, so I don't really need the scuba functions but the D4 does look more durable (glass face) and aesthetically pleasing, so I could actually wear it to work, but is it worth the price?

[sunfish]

I agree about the D4 looking better. The blue D3 looks like a toy company did the styling. The orange one just looks naff.(I have the orange one. I got it as a replacement when the blue one failed under guarantee).
Also the plastic face gets scratched on rocks really easily. If you use the protector and any grit or sand gets under it, that scratches it badly too. I don't know why they couldn't have used glass in the first place.
Anyone know what the battery's like to change in the D4? Has it still got the flimsy foil contacts?
While we're talking freedive computers does anyone know why Eric Fattahs F1 is no longer produced? I was hoping the price might drop a little after a while, but instead it seemed to turn into a scuba/freedive combination at an even stupider price. Shame about that. Although it was too big for a watch it seemed to have everything a freedive computer needed.