Giotto Professional Diving Computer Dual Mix

If there's one thing you want from a dive computer, you want it to work. Mine failed half way through a liveaboard diving holiday - on a dive. It just didn't recognise I was under water. Bad times.Cressi were completely useless when trying to claim under warranty (I have to send it to Cressi UK at my expense - then they send it to Italy - then it takes approx 7 weeks for them to look at it). I even emailed them a video of it not working - next to a working Suunto Zoop at 19m. It behaved as if I was on the surface (I could enter dive plan mode / PC Link / etc) - it was clear it didn't work and the battery was full.I "fixed" it myself by turning it off and on again (it is a computer after all), but have no confidence in it working properly for the future.Then there's the software to transfer your dives to a computer. It's atrocious - it's like you've taken a step back to the turn of the millennium. Download it for free before you buy anything (search Cressi's website for it). It won't work on a tablet and probably not a Mac - and it's not exactly straight forward on Windows.I didn't bother to send mine back - I'd rather put the tenner I'd have to pay for postage towards a decent computer and be done with this.

First of all, if you want the best value dive computer on the market, you cannot go far wrong with this.The screen is big, but not too big, and the display is very easy to read underwater.The ascent notification and deco features are good, and easy to follow.The menus are easy to navigate and the extra buttons means added simplicity over the Leonardo.There are a few things that could be better:having the safety stop timer countdown in seconds aswell as just minutes.The instruction manual is VERY conservative and recommends you not use this computer for deco diving, even though it has the facility!One last word to the wise... The Giotto doesn't come with a computer cable, this is supplied separately for around £50.All in all this is an awesome computer and I would certainly recommend it for beginner and intermediate divers.

The screen is large, feature still resonable for a profuct designed in 2013 (consider the first mass production scuba computer 1987 - Aladin so this s more than a lifetime in this field) There is no firmware update possible. The backlight is verry weak, data pooling is once in 20 seconds. Most current hardware is pooling data at 5 or 2 seconds or each second(for freedive).However, is a big and reliable instrument for ocasional recreational use that will keep you safe if used corectly. Is not hard to use.

Excellent dive computer for the money. Just got back from a January diving trip to Egypt, and this little baby logged everything perfectly. Will be taking this on all my dives for the coming future. I bought it to replace my ageing Suunto Nitrox computer which is about twice the size! ;)

The product is and perfomrs as described in the post. Good value for money and good for a nonfrequent diver.