Oceanic dive computer VEO 1.0 - WRIST YELLOW

The Oceanic Veo 1.0 is a solid computer designed for air or single gas nitrox mixes up to 50 percent.

This computer is battle tested, and one of the best affordable dive computers around. It offers modern algorithms and serious bang for buck. The Oceanic Veo 1.0 holds a major advantage over a computer like the Suunto Zoop due to its use of the Pelagic DSAT algorithm, which offers significantly more generous bottom times for recreational, multi-dive profiles. While Suunto’s RGBM algorithm is famously ultra-conservative—often penalizing divers with strict, shortened bottom times and rapid accumulation of decompression obligations on repetitive dives—the Oceanic Veo 1.0 allows you to maximize your time underwater safely. Furthermore, Oceanic computers often feature Dual Algorithm capability, giving you the flexibility to choose between the liberal DSAT profile for standard recreational diving or the more conservative Pelagic Z+ profile to match a buddy diving with a Suunto.

The VEO 1.0 displays only essential information during the dive in easy-to-read digits; uses effective bar graphs to present nitrogen loading and ascent rate; and offers useful features like an automatic safety stop countdown timer that ticks off three minutes when you ascend to 15 feet.

A single push button is all that is required to navigate the settings and the sequences are intuitive with help from the excellent owners manual and waterproof prompt card.

At this price point, you are giving up bells and whistles--most notably audible alarms, a backlight and the ability to download dive profiles--but these are excellent choices if you want a simple, low-cost computer. Now available with metric system.


Features:

- Powered by Oceanics Exclusive Dual Algorithm™ - Your choice between Pelagic DSAT (Spencer/Powell data basis) or Pelagic Z+ (Buhlmann ZHL-16C data basis)

- Air or Single Nitrox Mix to 50% O2

- Safety Stop Countdown Timer-

- Water and/or manual activation

- Single button access to ´Last Dive´ display (max depth & bottom time)

- 12 dive on-unit log book

- Memory Reset for rental and training applications

- Diver-Replaceable Battery with 8-second ´Hot Swap´

- Now available with metric system.


Technology:

Liberal Recreational Diving

The Pelagic DSAT Algorithm safely maximizes dive time for repetitive, multi-level recreational diving. This algorithm relies on the human Doppler studies used to develop PADI’s Recreational Dive Planner (RDP), and has been the basis of our Dive Computers and other manufacturers computer algorithms for many years.

To add additional conservatism, you can also adjust the:

Tissue-Loading Bar Graph Alarm
Conservative Factor Setting

Choose Pelagic Z+ for:
Conservative Recreational Diving

When applied to standard recreational diving, the Pelagic Z+ Algorithm basis increases the conservative factor of the OC1 by 15-20%.
Liberal Repetitive Deep and Decompression Diving

The Pelagic Z+ uses the Buhlmann ZHL-16C database, which was conducted to meet the more rigorous demands of repetitive, cold-water decompression diving at altitude. The Pelagic Z+ mode maximizes dive times at depth without penalties.
Dive in sync with any buddy, anywhere.

Because the Dual Algorithm allows you to adjust the algorithm basis and its conservatism, you can adjust to closely match just about any other dive computer on the market, allowing you and any buddy to always dive in sync.

Diving the same profile increases safety for both divers, and eliminates the need for one person to conduct a much longer or deeper stop when buddying with someone wearing a more liberal dive computer.

On repetitive dives, there is no more waiting for the more conservative dive computer to clear. Both buddies will be ready to enter the water at the same time and can continue to dive the same profiles. You can’t control which dive computer your buddy wears, but you can control your ability to dive the same profile.