Northwest Dive Club

My trusty OMS hockey puck died yesterday. You know, the kind where you can't replace the battery? It served me well- I think I got 2 1/2 years out of it. I might just buy another one, but I don't really like buying disposable gear. Something with a user replaceable battery would be nice. What's everyone else using for redundant depth/time these days?

I'd think 2.5 yrs was rather bad Josh. I've seen them last more than 10
and almost always 5 yrs.. I've never seen one only last 2.5.
Uwatec relaces them at half the cost of new and I believe they exchange any brand,
I've exchanged several Mares DDG's thru scubapro..
I'd be callin scubapro just to check anyway.

I picked up a xr2 from tacoma scuba for like $200, no nitrox but it has a gauge mode and works great for a back up...

Contact OMS. They have good customer service and will probably replace your unit. They'd want someone like you diving their stuff!

I realize you probably only use your bottom timer as a backup in case the brown stuff hits the fan but it's sure hard to be in the market for a bottom timer and not lust after the new Liquvision Xen. It has dive logging software, PC interface and user replaceable battery. It costs almost twice what the Uwatec one does but considering that it also has a color OLED display It seems likely to take the place of ultimate bottom timer as long as the quality is good.I usually sit back and let others do the testing but in this case I don't think I'll be able to resist getting one as soon as they're available. Oh yeah, and Liquivision is paying me to say that.







J/K about the paid part

Waynne Fowler wrote:I'd think 2.5 yrs was rather bad Josh. I've seen them last more than 10
and almost always 5 yrs.. I've never seen one only last 2.5.
Uwatec relaces them at half the cost of new and I believe they exchange any brand,
I've exchanged several Mares DDG's thru scubapro..
I'd be callin scubapro just to check anyway.

Well, putting my gear away after cleaning it this morning, I noticed that the unit had flooded for no apparent reason. At least I know why it stopped working!

On another note- a little sniffing around online makes me suspect that they've been discontinued. Anybody know anything about that?

they are discontinued, uwatec stopped selling OMS the bottom timer so they stopped selling them. the were just rebranded uwatec

keep your wrist mount and buy an Oceanic Veo 100 puck for 150 bucks and run it in gauge mode

I saw the Liquivision Xen today. The OLED screen was great. Its a small, nice timer, and you can replace the battery.

blackwater wrote:I saw the Liquivision Zen today. The OLED screen was great. Its a small, nice timer, and you can replace the battery.

The price would make one consider just getting a second real computer.

sea2summit wrote:

blackwater wrote:I saw the Liquivision Zen today. The OLED screen was great. Its a small, nice timer, and you can replace the battery.

The price would make one consider just getting a second real computer.

Yep. I'm not cheap about gear, but 499$ for a bottom timer is kinda hard to swallow. Leaning towards the uwatec tek 2G at the moment

Joshua Smith wrote:

sea2summit wrote:

blackwater wrote:I saw the Liquivision Zen today. The OLED screen was great. Its a small, nice timer, and you can replace the battery.

The price would make one consider just getting a second real computer.

Yep. I'm not cheap about gear, but 499$ for a bottom timer is kinda hard to swallow. Leaning towards the uwatec tek 2G at the moment

If you'd like to try one, I know a guy...

Sounder wrote:

Joshua Smith wrote:

sea2summit wrote:

blackwater wrote:I saw the Liquivision Zen today. The OLED screen was great. Its a small, nice timer, and you can replace the battery.

The price would make one consider just getting a second real computer.

Yep. I'm not cheap about gear, but 499$ for a bottom timer is kinda hard to swallow. Leaning towards the uwatec tek 2G at the moment

If you'd like to try one, I know a guy...

you know a guy with an Aladin Tec 2g?

spatman wrote:

Sounder wrote:

Joshua Smith wrote:

sea2summit wrote:

blackwater wrote:I saw the Liquivision Zen today. The OLED screen was great. Its a small, nice timer, and you can replace the battery.

The price would make one consider just getting a second real computer.

Yep. I'm not cheap about gear, but 499$ for a bottom timer is kinda hard to swallow. Leaning towards the uwatec tek 2G at the moment

If you'd like to try one, I know a guy...

you know a guy with an Aladin Tec 2g?

As a matter of fact, I do. ;-)

Joshua Smith wrote:Leaning towards the uwatec tek 2G at the moment

Me too. Only they made minor updates and it's now just an Aladin 2G - no more "Tec".

I just went to a Tec 2g. So far so good.

Joshua Smith wrote:

sea2summit wrote:

blackwater wrote:I saw the Liquivision Zen today. The OLED screen was great. Its a small, nice timer, and you can replace the battery.

The price would make one consider just getting a second real computer.

Yep. I'm not cheap about gear, but 499$ for a bottom timer is kinda hard to swallow. Leaning towards the uwatec tek 2G at the moment

Blitz wrote:I just went to a Tec 2g. So far so good.

Joshua Smith wrote:

sea2summit wrote:

blackwater wrote:I saw the Liquivision Zen today. The OLED screen was great. Its a small, nice timer, and you can replace the battery.

The price would make one consider just getting a second real computer.

Yep. I'm not cheap about gear, but 499$ for a bottom timer is kinda hard to swallow. Leaning towards the uwatec tek 2G at the moment

Man. ALL the cool kids have one of these things.

I am chilly at best....

Blitz wrote:I am chilly at best....

more like f'n frigid, dude.

Joshua Smith wrote: Well, putting my gear away after cleaning it this morning, I noticed that the unit had flooded for no apparent reason. At least I know why it stopped working!
On another note- a little sniffing around online makes me suspect that they've been discontinued. Anybody know anything about that?

OMS did discontinue them. Uwatec did not. I called SP. And they do trade out any of that style DDG, for about half the cost of a new one so you'd pay about $100ish.
However I'd call OMS to see about a warrenty replacement being that the unit flooded.
Those things are typically bulletproff, I've never even heard of one flooding before.
You do realize ya can't chew on those things.... Right?

Good luck Josh. If I can help in any way, let me know. I'd be happy to do anything I can.

Waynne Fowler wrote:

Joshua Smith wrote: Well, putting my gear away after cleaning it this morning, I noticed that the unit had flooded for no apparent reason. At least I know why it stopped working!
On another note- a little sniffing around online makes me suspect that they've been discontinued. Anybody know anything about that?

OMS did discontinue them. Uwatec did not. I called SP. And they do trade out any of that style DDG, for about half the cost of a new one so you'd pay about $100ish.
However I'd call OMS to see about a warrenty replacement being that the unit flooded.
Those things are typically bulletproff, I've never even heard of one flooding before.
You do realize ya can't chew on those things.... Right?

Good luck Josh. If I can help in any way, let me know. I'd be happy to do anything I can.

Thanks a million, Wayne! I really, truly, appreciate the offer! I'll be sending the dead one your way manana!

Josh UWATEC has been good to me. folded the first one they replaced it with the new model and have since replaced 2 more due to the batteries running out. I will not complain at all about their service.

Good to hear. Wayne offered to help me out with my flooded one; I just mailed it to him today!

loanwolf wrote:Josh UWATEC has been good to me. folded the first one they replaced it with the new model and have since replaced 2 more due to the batteries running out. I will not complain at all about their service.

sea2summit wrote:

blackwater wrote:I saw the Liquivision Zen today. The OLED screen was great. Its a small, nice timer, and you can replace the battery.

The price would make one consider just getting a second real computer.

Hey, sea2summit fancy seeing you here, I didnt know you lived in Washington. Are you going to make it to the Sund rock dive this Saturday It would be great to get to know another felow rEvo diver around here.

Sorry. thread hy-jak.