Freediving watch/computer with tight budget

[engblom]

What would you say is the most affordable watch fulfilling these requirements:

• Really watertight, even when buttons are pressed under water.
• Having spring bars, allowing any strap of choice.
• A depth gauge fitting free diving.
• Good enough quality to last several years.

 

[MarcinB]

Actually, if it has to be cheap there's only one option: Pyle snorkeling master

 

[engblom]

From reading the reviews, it looks like Pyle is too cheap. Is there nothing between this one and Suunto Core?

 

[MarcinB]

You can spend either 70$ on Pyle or 300-400$ on any of the remaining freediving computers. Pyle is OK, I use it for three years and I really like it. It was also sold by Sporasub as SP1 freediving computer. They only used different housing and raised the price three fold.

 

[riolio]

suunto website says core is capped at 10meter depth...

 

[Martins]

this will probably sound quite stupid... but why not samsung gear sport 3? marketed as waterproof up to 50m, has a barometer, so if someome would come up with freediving program....? or im missing something?

 

[hydroid]

I really like my Pyle Snorkel Master.

 

[engblom]

The reviews for Pyle at Amazon are scary. Regardless of what you buy there will always be some leaving one star, but as much as 14% left a one star review for this product. This is more than acceptable, I think.

When reading the one star reviews ( https://www.amazon.com/Pyle-Waterpr...r&reviewerType=all_reviews#reviews-filter-bar ), it looks like many of these watches do not keep the water out. Then there seems to be problem with corrosion, making the buttons to not work.