There are many audible alarms on the Zoop Novo to let you know when important limits are being reached or passed. This doesn’t mean it’s going to be beeping at you every two minutes though. The ceiling zone is the optimum decompression depth range. It is the range between the ceiling depth and 1.2 m (4 ft) below that ceiling. This offer excludes large items (Kayaks, SUP,canoes, waterski’s) and hazardous products, lift rafts, distress flares, electronics. It is always recommended to keep close to the decompression ceiling when ascending. Below the floor Both offer air, Nitrox (to 50%), and gauge modes. In addition, the Zoop Novo has a freediving and an off mode.

Obviously, if you are exceeding the NDL and your dive becomes a decompression dive, the Suunto RGBM penalizes you with extended surface intervals and any subsequent dives will be impacted. Be aware that this is a recreational computer. It is NOT designed for use on planned decompression dives. If you are intending to go into decompression it can be put into gauge mode and used as a bottom timer along with your dive plan. The decompression range is the depth range between the ceiling and floor. Within this range, decompression takes place. However, it is important to remember that the decompression slower at or close to the floor compared to the ceiling zone. If you exceed the no-decompression limits on a dive, the dive computer provides the decompression information required for ascent along with subsequent details that are updated as you ascend. By monitoring repetitive dives, reverse profiling, short surface intervals, and multi-day diving, the Zoop Novo’s decompression algorithm adapts its calculations to take all these practices into consideration.If you are based in one of 36 countries, you can apply for an online service request and send your Zoop Novo for repair. If your computer is outside the warranty period, Suunto will send a quote before beginning any repairs. Turn around time is generally seven working days.

Suunto and Cressi both use their own RGBM (reduced gradient bubble model) for calculations. Suunto’s comes in on the conservative side while Cressi’s is slightly more liberal. Which model is better? The Leonardo may give you a tiny amount of extra bottom time but there’s not much to really tell them apart. You are advised, however, to stay below the ceiling until the STOP text has also disappeared. This indicates that the three (3) minute recommended safety stop has also been completed. Above the ceiling When you reach the ceiling zone, the display will show you two arrows pointing at each other as shown below. Before you do a decompression dive, you need to understand the meaning of ceiling, ceiling zone, floor, and decompression range. You need to understand these concepts to be able to correctly interpret the guidance provided by the dive computer.However, it’s important to note that any “user errors” when replacing the battery (such as a dirty seal or a battery compartment not closed correctly) will void the warranty. If you’re not confident about changing it yourself, you can always get the battery changed as part of the computers regular two-year service. The ascent time shown on your dive computer is the minimum amount of time needed to reach the surface on a decompression dive. This includes: If you ascend above the ceiling during a decompression stop, a downward arrow appears in from of the ceiling depth, and a continuous beeping starts. In other words, rather than requiring you to make stops at fixed depths, the dive computer lets you decompress within a range of depths. This is known as continuous decompression. Ceiling, ceiling zone, floor and decompression range

If you are returning something because it does not fit, is the wrong colour or is unsuitable you will need to pay for the return postage. This indicates you are in the decompression range. Decompression begins, but slowly. Therefore, you should continue your ascent. At the ceiling There are different tones to indicate high and low priority. High priority alarms will sound if the decompression ceiling depth is exceeded, the current depth is too deep for the gas mix in use, or if you’re exceeding the maximum ascent rate (10m/32ft per minute). Whether scuba diving or freediving, the low priority alarm will sound when you reach the defined maximum depth. Logbook Memory When the decompression dive starts, the NO DEC TIME on your display is replaced by ASC TIME, and a CEILING indicator appears. An upward pointing arrow also prompts you to start your ascent. For an entry-level dive computer, the Zoop Novo boasts a large logbook memory and can store up to 140 hours of data (approximately 100 dives). However, in freediving mode, this reduces to 35 hours.You may surface only after ASC TIME and CEILING have disappeared. This means that the decompression stop and any mandatory safety stop have been completed. Suunto Zoop Novo shows the ceiling value always from the deepest of these stops. Deepstop and safety stop ceilings are always at constant depth when you are at the stop. Stop time is counted down in minutes and seconds. At first glance, it’s easy to think there’s not much separating these two. Both have nice big displays and offer similar functionality. Looking closer, the main difference is how you access these functions. The Zoop Novo has four navigation buttons while the Leonardo has just one. When you ascend above the floor, the ASC TIME text stops blinking and the upward arrow disappears, as shown below.