New Freediving Computers
President of AIDA International, Bill Stromberg, reports that there will soon be a few new freediving computers on the market. They will be showed at DEMA but it’s unknown when they will hit the shelves.
MARES will come out with a new freediving computer, the first one since the legend Apneist. The new model is called Nemo Apneist and will not only be good looking but also have smart software. How smart is something we will explore later, but we could hope it will have the same boom around freedivers as they had when they released the Apneist back in 1998.
SUUNTO will always be close to us freedivers. This far it’s more or less because of the famous D3, a computer that you now can get for 170 euro’s or less if you digging a little. Suunto had some small problems with lemons’ here, but the D3 is cheap and it does the job down to 99 meter. NOW at DEMA 2007 Suunto will release the new D4, a computer that will mainly replays the Mosquito (?), but though I have tested the software I think it will replays the D3 as well. The case is brand new, and the software is better than ever. They have a new depth sensor that is not only surprisingly quick, it is also very accurate. The D4 will also contain a superb Scuba computer that even covers Nitrox, of course.
UWATEC should have their freedive version of the Galileo ready by now, a sophisticated computer that also includes a heart rate monitor. No further information at this moment.
As soon as there is any more information about these devices you will read it here!
(To be sure: the attached pictures are the older models described in this article. So first the Mares Nemo, then the Suunto D3 and lastly the Uwatec Galileo)
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