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Hi!

In reference to the Suunto BAT warning...

Note that I'm not contradicting Suunto's statments that you should 
replace the battery when the BAT warning appears.  However, here's some 
history on my Solution.

My solution is approx. 2 1/2 years old.  After I got it, it worked for 
over a year without requiring any (new) batteries.  Finally the BAT 
warning appeared and I took it into the shop to have new batteries put 
into it.  They replaced the batteries.  The next day I was teaching a 
class in the pool and the BAT warning came on.  I finished that day in 
the pool and had them change the batteries again.  The next weekend the 
BAT warning came on again, this time in the ocean.  Once again it went in 
for battery replacement.  Once again, the next time it was immersed it 
complained about batteries.  Curiousity got the better of me and I've not 
changed the batteries since.  That was 3 months ago and it's still working fine.

Note, though, that I _fully_expect_ that it will die in he middle of a 
dive at any time.  For the most part, I use my Solution as an expensive 
depth gauge/bottom timer/profiler/log book and I plan _ALL_ my dives on 
the dive tables, so having the computer die on my is no big deal (I have 
backups with me at all times - do you?)


        -- Kevin --
        kevink@ap*.co*

It is hard to disagree with a pro-survival decision,
     It is even harder to engage in prolonged arguments
          with someone who consistently makes anti-survival decisions.

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