Why Swap my VR3 for a Suunto?
Earlier this year I bought myself a VR3 Spectrum. I had been hankering after one for years because they seemed to be the ultimate dive computer. The price had put me off at around £800 for a suitable version. However, I was offered a hardly used one for less than half that price, it only had 40 or so dives in the log. I spent hours playing with it at my desk…it is quite a complicated beast. I finally felt that I had mastered it enough to take it underwater. Yes it worked fine, screen needed to be back lit in all lighting conditions, above or below water, if you wanted to be able to see the details at all. Then a red screen…telling me to change to a different nitrox mix (I was on air). I ignored it which did not matter as I was only doing a shallow dive in a quarry. Back on land and I investigated the problem. No different gases had been stored. I asked questions on the diving forum. The response was helpful as usual but did not resolve my question. What I was told was that often this c
