Mares Nemo Excel, Nemo Sport, Nemo Wide
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The entire Nemo family of dive computers from Mares is making a big splash in recreational diving, and impressed both our ScubaLab test divers and the Scuba Diving staff. The recently released Nemo Excel wristwatch computer is elegance with an edge. Thanks to the well-machined stainless steel and black matte case, you'll feel comfortable wearing it anywhere above or below water. As a dive computer, it's nitrox-capable for mixes up to 50 percent and offers gauge and free-diving modes. It also uses the Mares-Wienke RGBM micro-bubble algorithm, which now includes deep stop procedures ($600). The Nemo Sport is another wristwatch computer that will earn you admiring glances from divers and nondivers alike. The Sport can be set for air or nitrox mixes up to 99 percent, but doesn't offer free-dive or gauge modes. It uses the Mares RGBM Sport Algorithm with deep stop capability, and in our 2007 ScubaLab review, this computer impressed test divers with an intuitive display and a competitive retail price ($450). Sporting a 2.15- by 1.4-inch display with a 170-degree viewing angle, the Nemo Wide wristmount computer displays all the data you need in big, bold digits. It's also easy to use, with four intuitive control buttons that let you scroll between functions, settings and alternate screens. It's even easy to maintain, thanks to a user-replaceable battery. The Nemo Wide can track dives on air or nitrox mixes up to 50 percent and offers a lot of computer for the price ($550). www.mares.com.
