Greetings.
I understood that the Suunto Mosquito doesn't get automaticly into 'free' mode. I also heard that it gets out of 'free' mode after some time if the dive didn't start, or if interval is too big between dives.
My questions are:
1) how long does it stay in 'free' mode after activated?
(or after surfacing from a dive in 'free' mode incase it is different.)
2) If it gets out of 'free' mode, does it change the way it counts interval time?
3) Is it just a simple button push to get it back to 'free'? or do you need to memorize the squence/look at display?
4) What happens if you freedive with it not set to 'free' mode?
5) In your expirience (if you have a mosquito, or a buddy with one), does the fact that you have to set it to 'free' mode manually makes a noticable disadvantage for using it MAINLY for freediving?
As you might guess, I'm contemplating between a Mosquito and a D3. Most of my diving is intended to be free. But in the odd occasion it might be used for the bubbly sin (partner can't freedive/dive site might tempt me to go scuba/might lend it to my dad etc). I'm considering paying the extra $$ for getting deco-tables with it. Just as long as it doesn't go against it's main purpose - freediving.
Thanks in advance.
I understood that the Suunto Mosquito doesn't get automaticly into 'free' mode. I also heard that it gets out of 'free' mode after some time if the dive didn't start, or if interval is too big between dives.
My questions are:
1) how long does it stay in 'free' mode after activated?
(or after surfacing from a dive in 'free' mode incase it is different.)
2) If it gets out of 'free' mode, does it change the way it counts interval time?
3) Is it just a simple button push to get it back to 'free'? or do you need to memorize the squence/look at display?
4) What happens if you freedive with it not set to 'free' mode?
5) In your expirience (if you have a mosquito, or a buddy with one), does the fact that you have to set it to 'free' mode manually makes a noticable disadvantage for using it MAINLY for freediving?
As you might guess, I'm contemplating between a Mosquito and a D3. Most of my diving is intended to be free. But in the odd occasion it might be used for the bubbly sin (partner can't freedive/dive site might tempt me to go scuba/might lend it to my dad etc). I'm considering paying the extra $$ for getting deco-tables with it. Just as long as it doesn't go against it's main purpose - freediving.
Thanks in advance.