suunto stinger and mosquito what r the differences?

[Mario]

Hello,

I am planning to buy one of the following dive computer/watches

Suunto Stinger or Suunto Mosquito,

what are the differences between the two ? All I can find is Mosquito
is cheaper, is that all ? Please tell me.

How is the software for data download and graph plotting of suunto ?
Any other third party softwares compatible ?

What about other dive computers or dive computer watches ? Is my
choice suunto good ? any problems ? please give me all your
recommendations.

Please if not too much bothering what is the price of these suunto's
in your countries ? USA? UK ? Australia ? anywhere just to compare.

Thanks,

Mario

[Anders Arnholm]

Post by Mario
Hello,
I am planning to buy one of the following dive computer/watches
Suunto Stinger or Suunto Mosquito,
what are the differences between the two ? All I can find is Mosquito
is cheaper, is that all ? Please tell me.

Stinger is nicer looking (personal feeling) Stinger is good for some
more meters of depth. 150 instead of 99, mostly depending on that the
mosquito is of platstic the main difference. The other difference if
that the stinger is usable in gauge mode that isn't availible in the
Mosquito.

Post by Mario
How is the software for data download and graph plotting of suunto ?
Any other third party softwares compatible ?

One of the best log programs for Windows is Suunto Dive Manager, but
I'm working on a replacemant for Unix & Windwos, maybe it gets
usable.

Post by Mario
What about other dive computers or dive computer watches ? Is my
choice suunto good ? any problems ? please give me all your
recommendations.

I have a Stinger and is very happyt with it, my fiance has a Mosquito, she
is very happy with it.

Post by Mario
Please if not too much bothering what is the price of these suunto's
in your countries ? USA? UK ? Australia ? anywhere just to compare.

Sweden you can get a Stinger for around 5000 and a Moquitto for around
2500 if I remember correctly.

/ Balp

[Mario]

Thanks for your posting.

Are you sure on prices ?

Stinger 5000 FIM ? which is 840 Euro ? Here in Italy 560 incluidng PC
interface, are you sure on your price ? how come so expensive if it is
made in Finland ?

Can you tell me if this watches handle both metric and british measure
systems ?

Thanks,

Mario

Post by Anders Arnholm

Post by Mario
Hello,
I am planning to buy one of the following dive computer/watches
Suunto Stinger or Suunto Mosquito,
what are the differences between the two ? All I can find is Mosquito
is cheaper, is that all ? Please tell me.

Stinger is nicer looking (personal feeling) Stinger is good for some
more meters of depth. 150 instead of 99, mostly depending on that the
mosquito is of platstic the main difference. The other difference if
that the stinger is usable in gauge mode that isn't availible in the
Mosquito.

Post by Mario
How is the software for data download and graph plotting of suunto ?
Any other third party softwares compatible ?

One of the best log programs for Windows is Suunto Dive Manager, but
I'm working on a replacemant for Unix & Windwos, maybe it gets
usable.

Post by Mario
What about other dive computers or dive computer watches ? Is my
choice suunto good ? any problems ? please give me all your
recommendations.

I have a Stinger and is very happyt with it, my fiance has a Mosquito, she
is very happy with it.

Post by Mario
Please if not too much bothering what is the price of these suunto's
in your countries ? USA? UK ? Australia ? anywhere just to compare.

Sweden you can get a Stinger for around 5000 and a Moquitto for around
2500 if I remember correctly.
/ Balp

[Alan Street]

In article <***@posting.google.com>, ***@flashnet.it
says...

Post by Mario
Thanks for your posting.
Are you sure on prices ?
Stinger 5000 FIM ? which is 840 Euro ? Here in Italy 560 incluidng PC
interface, are you sure on your price ? how come so expensive if it is
made in Finland ?
Can you tell me if this watches handle both metric and british measure
systems ?

Both have selectable metric/imperial units.

[Marcin Dobrucki]

Post by Mario
Thanks for your posting.
Are you sure on prices ?
Stinger 5000 FIM ? which is 840 Euro ? Here in Italy 560 incluidng PC
interface, are you sure on your price ? how come so expensive if it is
made in Finland ?

Those were not FIM's, but the prices in Finland are quite high:

Mosquito: about 400€
Stinger: about 650€
Vyper: about 400€
Vytec: about 700€
Cobra: about 600€

Small market, taxes, etc. Keeps the prices high.

/Marcin

[Scott]

*Bah*, Euro sign unrendered, lets try this again...
Mosquito: about 400Euro
Stinger: about 650Euro
Vyper: about 400Euro
Vytec: about 700Euro
Cobra: about 600Euro

OK;

What's a Euro worth?

And what is the correct symbol (in case I ever run across one)?

Really, not trying to buss yo bawls heah.

Scott

[Marcin Dobrucki]

Post by Scott
What's a Euro worth?

Hmm, at the moment, about 1.06USD to 1Euro

Post by Scott
And what is the correct symbol (in case I ever run across one)?

Enable ISO-8859-15 in your browser, and check my previous posting.
If you can't, take Quake II symbol, and rotate it :)

Like this:
http://ars.userfriendly.org/cartoons/?id=19990207&mode=classic

/Marcin

[Scott]

Post by Marcin Dobrucki

Post by Scott
What's a Euro worth?

Hmm, at the moment, about 1.06USD to 1Euro

Post by Scott
And what is the correct symbol (in case I ever run across one)?

Enable ISO-8859-15 in your browser, and check my previous posting.
If you can't, take Quake II symbol, and rotate it :)
http://ars.userfriendly.org/cartoons/?id=19990207&mode=classic

Thanks.

I think it came across properly on my box the 1st time, I am just ignorant
enough not to know...

[Anders Arnholm]

Post by Mario
Thanks for your posting.
Are you sure on prices ?
Stinger 5000 FIM ? which is 840 Euro ? Here in Italy 560 incluidng PC
interface, are you sure on your price ? how come so expensive if it is
made in Finland ?

Stinger 5300 Sek about 570 euro
Mosquito 3500 Sek about 380 euro

One main reason is that we have high taxes in sweden.

Post by Mario
Can you tell me if this watches handle both metric and british measure
systems ?

They sure do. All of them.


A: Because it messes up the order in which people normally read text.
Q: Why is top-posting such a bad thing?
A: Top-posting.
Q: What is the most annoying thing on usenet and in e-mail?

/ Balp

[Marcin Dobrucki]

Post by Mario
Suunto Stinger or Suunto Mosquito,
what are the differences between the two ? All I can find is Mosquito
is cheaper, is that all ? Please tell me.
How is the software for data download and graph plotting of suunto ?
Any other third party softwares compatible ?
What about other dive computers or dive computer watches ? Is my
choice suunto good ? any problems ? please give me all your
recommendations.

If you go to the suunto website, you can find a product matrix where
the differences are listed side by side. There is not much difference
for recreational diver apart from the looks.

My wife dives with a Mosquito, I have a Vyper. She took M because of
her small wrist size (the vyper simply was too big). I find the Vyper
display a bit more clear because it is easier to see the bars on the
side, but that's about it. Cobra would be nice if I owned my own
regulator set, Vytec if I had loads and loads of money ;-)

AFAIK, Suunto is the current market leader in dive computers, but I
may be wrong. They have very conservative profiles (which can be made
even more conservative). Many people happily and safely dive with other
brands.

Post by Mario
Please if not too much bothering what is the price of these suunto's
in your countries ? USA? UK ? Australia ? anywhere just to compare.

I think both Mosquito and Vyper are about 400-450Euro here in
Finland, but that's not a very good reference.

/Marcin

[Robert Atkins]

Post by Mario
Suunto Stinger or Suunto Mosquito,
what are the differences between the two ? All I can find is Mosquito
is cheaper, is that all ? Please tell me.

The Mosquito is black plastic, the Stinger is stainless steel or
titanium. I have the titanium Stinger and it's great, I love it. It cost
me 400 UK Pounds at a dive show a couple of years ago, I'm not sure what
they are now.

Cheers, Robert.