Comments about Oceanic Atom 2.0 Air Integrated Hoseless Dive Computer Watch:

It worked well for a year and then the time started resetting. I was vary of sending it for repair in case I ended up with something with more problems. And that is exactly what happened. Watch was replaced and a year later, it has a mind of it's own. Battery dies within a day, warning light goes on for no reason. Basically doing all sorts of wonders it wasn't meant to do, making to too dangerous to take underwater.

Service and delivery comments:

delivery was excellent. In good condition and customer service is super

Comments about Oceanic Atom 2.0 Air Integrated Hoseless Dive Computer Watch:

Many other comments state how poor the instructions are & how difficult this unit is to operate. I did not find this to be an issue. This is not a timex watch! It's a fairly sophisticated computer w/as many functions, settings, and programs than the most expensive units. You have to expect some level of complexity when you only have 3 buttons to manipulate all the functions (4th button is just for the light). It does take a couple of readings of the manual and some playing w/the unit, but, once you've set your paramters, the basic functions are fairly intuitive. I'm not using it for buddy checks or for air integration (w/transmitter), but as a back up to my regular computer when using various gases between dives (e.g., 21%, 32%, 36%). The one thing I don't like is not being able to change gas % on the surface (i.e. between dives) as the unit is designed for gas exchange in water. So, when you go from air to 32% on dive #2, you have to enter the water before you can change the % - kind of a hassle & why it didn't rate the fifth star. Otherwise, the unit is as good a computer as I've used. The readings and backlight are great, the auto-defaults are handy so your not having to fumble through the most common screens (in water or during S/I)- although the screens are easy to get to. It's based on the modified haldanean model so it's not too conservative (significantly more liberal than the Suunto's). The unit is fairly compact and very light. Easy battery change. It's not really "suit" worthy, but it goes well w/outdoor apparel & not overly bulky.

Comments about Oceanic Atom 2.0 Air Integrated Hoseless Dive Computer Watch:

I have not gone diving with this yet (will in a month) but I do have to say it is extremely complicated. The manual is poorly written. I am a technical writer in custom software industry so it is safe to say I am technically adept, it took me a few hours how to get the Main time setup (not the alternate). The software looks like it was written by a freshman CS major in college.
Don't get me wrong - it has a crazy amount of options and I think I will like this. My dive instructor uses it and swears by it (hence I will be using it). So if you are considering a dive watch, look into this, but just be warned about the learning curve.

More to come after my diving in January 2009 :)

Comments about Oceanic Atom 2.0 Air Integrated Hoseless Dive Computer Watch:

This is a really nice dive computer. It is compact, stylish, and comfortable.

It is my first one and I don't have anything else to compare it to other than watching some friends Suunto units. As a recreational diver it does everything I seem to need. I didn't find it difficult to use, but I do wish the buttons were labeled to match the manual. The manual calls out S, L, A, M but the buttons have symbols instead. However, most of these are used out of the water. In the water, pretty much everything is on one screen.

Learn the transmitter linking procedure before diving! I didn't have a tank, so I couldn't do it until I got to the dive site... and yeah I left the manual at home. I thought my dive was done, but luckily, I was able explore my way through it and figured it out in 10 minutes. There are only 4 buttons, 1 which is the light, so there were only so many permutations.

The PC software is ok, but I would have expected something a little better and more polished. I also found the linking procedure to be a tad quirky, but it gets the job done.

Overall, I am pleased with this unit.

Comments about Oceanic Atom 2.0 Air Integrated Hoseless Dive Computer Watch:

Need to read manual and to link it with transmitter. Takes a while to learn which buttons to push.