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I'm not sure of the protocol on this board, so I'll go with trying to resuscitate this thread, rather than starting a new one.
I'm a recreational diver, I've been certified for almost a year, I have 50 dives in the Philippines. I am looking for a good, inexpensive dive computer to buy before a trip to Hawaii in April 2009. I have focused in on the Suunto Gekko because I hear Suunto makes good, solid (they'll last) dive computers. I have seen one and I can read the letters (important as my eyes fossilize), and I've seen a price of $205.
The biggest negative I've seen is that it doesn't have a back light, it is phosphorescent. How big a negative is that?
What do y'all think about other inexpensive dive computers? About the Gekko?