cressy edy vs f10 vs beuchat mundial

[Nth Qld Spearo]

hello people. Wondering if any tech minded people can give me a hand with this decison. Im just about to get one of the above dive watches and need a bit of help.

I have read the review on all the watches by trux and also the aeris f10 thread. Originally i was set on the f10 but after reading that thread these are at the bottom of the above list for now? I dont want a watch with problems because Iam technical dinosaur so i dont know how to fix these things or like trying to stuff around with technology, i just like things to work.

The cressy edy I havent heard a bad word about it in terms of malfunctions/problems etc so this is prolly at the top of the list.

Lastly my main question is the beuchat mundial seems to be a f10 copy, can anyone confirm if it has the same problems as the f10??? If it doesn't this watch may be the one to go with.

Also one last question when wearing any of these watches on your hand you equalise with (ie watch close to head) can you hear the alarm? Im guessing the answer is yes otherwise there is no point in a alarm but i just thought i would check?

thanks

 

[trux]

Cressi Edy has no stop-watch, and has some other issues mentioned in the review. For that reason I would not recommend it to a competitive freediver. For a spearo, it may be less important. The choice of alarms is relatively poor in comparison with computers from the Pelagic group.

Beuchat is the same computer as F.10, with just a minor cosmetic differencies. I did not hear yet about anyone owning it, but I doubt it is different than the F.10 in any aspect.

The alarm on most of the computers is relatively weak - usually you can hear it well without a hood or with a thin one, but with a thick hood, it is often a problem.

 

[Nth Qld Spearo]

hi trux thanks for the reply. I dont use a stop watch or do any statics or anything so thats all good. I re checked ur review and the only thing that concerned me about the edy is it stops reading depth once the alarm goes off? Does it still record depth once the alarm finishes?

I mainly do spearing so I just want max depth, current depth, bottom time and surface time. Oh and a alarm would be cool too. Main thing is relaibilty and something that simply works without problems.

Trux do you know if f10 still has the issues that have come up in that thread?

thanks

 

[trux]

I did not test Edy myself, so I only interpret what I've read. At some computers the depth alarm is configured to sound once when you reach the defined depth. At others, it is set to be active as long as you stay in depth greater than the defined one (may be useful especially for scuba). I suspect that it is the latter case with Edy. Once you come back above the defined depth, the alarm goes away and you'll be able to read the display.

You can read about the F.10 issues in other threads. As far as I know majority of users do not experience any serious problems, can use the watch just fine, and are quite happy with it.

 

[Mullins]

The EDY does not write to the log while the alarm is sounding. This means that if you set the alarm at, say, 30m, your graphs will have a flat spot at something like 30.2 (the first time it reads greater than 30m on its 1s interval and starts the alarm) for 4 seconds, then it will catch up and there will be a second, 3 second flat spot. After that it catches up again. I've got a few screenshots but hopefully you get the picture. In my case the answer was to wear 2: one to log the dive profiles and the other for the alarm.

I've never looked at the display while the alarm has gone off, so I can't say whether it refreshes the whole time or not - it might just be a problem with writing to the log, rather than updating depth.

I've done all my CWT diving in the last 3 years with an EDY and the only glitch I had was when one stopped updating momentarily on the way up from 110m, causing a couple of flat spots on the graph. Only experienced that problem once, so it could have been low battery or perhaps something environmental like an expanding wetsuit momentarily covering the pressure sensor.

I also managed to flood one a while back by putting the cover on upside down (was in a hurry to go diving). It filled up with water and died so I rinsed it in fresh water, dried it out, put the battery back in and it worked...

 

[Nth Qld Spearo]

hi dave certainly sounds like a solid bit of gear especially that part about flooding it and still working far out lol

When you are talking about logging stuff, are you talking about looking at graphs and stuff on a computer at home? Sorry iam a bit technically disabled. I have no intentions of looking at my dives on a computer afterwards or anything like that.

Does the watch tell you the depth you just dived when u surfaced and how long that dive took? For example say you did a dive to 30m and it took 1min and you didnt check your watch while you were down there. Would the watch then tell you when you surfaced that your last dive was 30m for 1min, if so this is all i need.

Also dave can you hear the alarm clearly when the watch is on your equalise hand (assuming you equalise with hand on nose)?

thanks

 

[Mullins]

Yeah, by logging I just mean the profile it records - you can view it either on the watch itself, or by uploading to a computer. If you don't do either of these things in a big way (and most spearos wouldn't) then the issue with the alarm wouldn't affect you at all.

And yes, once you surface the EDY displays max depth and time of the previous dive, plus the surface interval so far. Like you say, these are the three essential features you need in a dive watch. The alarm is similar in volume to the other watches I've used (D4, D3, Mares Nemo) i.e. you'll hear it if your hand is up near your head, but if you have your arms up in a streamline or down at your waist then there's a good chance you'll miss it. For this reason you wouldn't want to rely on it for anything really important.

 

[Nth Qld Spearo]

cheers dave good stuff mate, i think i will get the cressi

thanks

 

[DivingDane]

Dude get the F10.... give me a call if you want to know the specifics.

safe to say the computors in aus that have been landing the last couple of months havent had a single issue yet.

Firmware update we now have stops the false low battery flashing (isnt actually low so not really an issue , but fixed now anyway)
and the shims are all in the units from factory now.

Beuchat computor is made by Pelagic (owned by the OCeanic family).

DD

 

[Nth Qld Spearo]

hi bjorn

The cressi is already on its way should be here tommorow lol bad timing or what ay :head. Oh well compared to what Im used to i think it will be light years ahead. You know me iam pretty simple so depth and bottom time should keep me happy :t