Suunto Eon Steel Review

I pre ordered the eon steel at a local dive shop and was excited that they got a few units in before the most recent anticipated spring 2015 release date.

Suunto eon steel review. The suunto eon core is the baby brother of the eon steel and shares the same vivid colour tft screen but where the control buttons on the steel were mounted on the front in the metal body here they are on the side of a composite frame. The suunto eon steel dive computer is one of the top range dive computers around. One of the biggest cons of the steel was its heavy weight of 12 2 ounces 348 grams. With an 80m depth rating it is not a dedicated technical computer that remains the domain of the 150m rated eon steel but it does allow divers to foray into advanced tec rec and although it handles air nitrox out of the box it can be customised using suunto s dive manager software to cater to technical trimix and ccr diving.

Designed and created by finnish company suunto a major player in the sport s watch market this is a very neat device that all divers need to take a look at. All in all the suunto eon steel is one of the best dive computers on the market today. Suunto eon steel is a fully customizable dive computer. Suunto delayed the original release date by over 6 months which although was disappointing it shows that suunto will not release their product.

The eon core is roughly the size of the screen of the eon steel and therefore almost 25 procent smaller. Both eon s share many features such as highly durable glass shields robust housing easy to use three button navigation usb rechargeable battery wireless air integration and bluetooth connectivity. Suunto s close cooperation with active divers has led to an innovative dive computer that s easy to use and has highly advanced features and technology. Overall then suunto must get top marks for the innovative design and functionality of its eon steel.

Suunto eon steel connecting to suunto dm5 and settings how to transfer your dive plan from dm5 to suunto eon steel. By recreational dive computer standards its performance is quite frankly top of class. Suunto eon steel dive computer review. The core runs suunto s proven fused rgbm algorithm and has air nitrox trimix gauge and even ccr fixed point modes meaning.