| The Suunto Gekko is one of the most popular scuba | | | | 50 hours of dive profile data including dive start time |
| diving computers in the UK, especially among newly | | | | & date, total dive time, maximum depth and the |
| qualified scuba divers. This is because it offers all a | | | | temperature at the maximum depth - this is all you |
| basic scuba diver needs and is fairly cheap. | | | | need to fill in your log book. As an added extra it also |
| Gekko On Screen Display | | | | stores some other information in more succinct |
| When scuba diving the Suunto Gekko shows you all | | | | format - for example your maximum ever depth is |
| the vital information you need - by default the Gekko | | | | also stored. |
| shows your current depth, maximum depth for the | | | | Nitrox on the Gekko |
| dive, current temperature and the remaining no-deco | | | | The Suunto Gekko does support Nitrox in the same |
| time - the time you can continue to dive for without | | | | way as most other scuba diving computers do; by |
| needing to do a deco stop. These are displayed | | | | treating air as 21% nitrox. The Gekko uses the |
| numerically and are very easy to read. You also see | | | | Suunto RGBM - a state of the art algorithm for |
| the ascent rate as a color-coded bar up the side of | | | | managing both dissolved gas and free-gas in all its |
| the screen which is handy for beginners. | | | | stages in the tissues and blood of the diver - in plain |
| Alarms and Lighting on Suunto Gekko | | | | English it is safe and you can trust it! To switch to |
| The Suunto Gekko does not come with a backlight, | | | | Nitrox is very easy - the Gekko has two modes (air |
| but rather has a phosphorescent display which can be | | | | Nitrox) which can be switched easily. |
| charged using a dive torch to brighten up the screen | | | | Ease of Use of the Gekko |
| during a dark dive - this saves on the battery drain a | | | | Perhaps the main reason the Suunto Gekko is so |
| backlight would have, but also requires you to have a | | | | popular is that it is very easy to use - you can |
| dive torch (although on a dark dive you should have | | | | basically forget about how to use it and concentrate |
| one anyway). As far as alarms go, the Gekko has | | | | on actually using it. Suunto have equipped the Gekko |
| visual and audible alarms when needed, and also | | | | with user-replaceable batteries which saves you |
| allows you to enable max depth and max time alarms | | | | sending your Gekko back and forth every now and |
| if you want to. | | | | then. The batteries are very easy to change - you |
| Stored Dive Information & PC Interface | | | | just have to unscrew a cover, then replace an O-ring |
| Unlike a lot of scuba diving computers these days the | | | | and the battery then screw the cover back on - see |
| Suunto Gekko does not offer a PC interface to | | | | a video showing how to change a Suunto Gekko |
| download dive information. It does however, store | | | | battery. |