Never rely on just your computer either, a lot can happen. I bought a Suunto D9 computer at a dive shop to replace this device as I know I can never trust it again. There are only 3 places in North America that service Suunto products otherwise it's sent overseas to Suunto. Aqua Lung is the authorized dealer and service for Suunto products.
Only scuba shops sell them, Aqua Lung / Suunto does not allow online or phone sales of their equipment. This is an Aqua Lung / Suunto product and they have very high standards for their equipment which I commend them for. The lesson here is to buy from an authorized dealer and someone who you can have direct personal contact with concerning your product. I had to rent a computer after 24 hours, time enough for me to match the rental as I knew my previous activity would not be an issue doing this. I should have seen it coming because the logged data had spikes moving several feet in a couple of seconds. The computer only did this after 5 dives in Bonaire and went into lockout for 48 hours. The "grey dealer" said they sent it back to a Suunto service center which after some research I found out exactly where it went. When I saw the failure at 26 feet I had a Gekko as a backup and the Vyper2 went to 14' then 12' then 0 feet before going back into time mode, all this at 26 feet. My logs reflect my having done a dive for approximately 5 minutes at 9 feet. They did 3 "test dives" and there were ascent errors on my device as I indicated was the reason I sent it back in the first place. The instrument they tested it against wasn't even set to the same sample rate as my defective device. I received the device back with a 7 page stack of papers which gave inconclusive test results. This resulted in a barrage of phone calls to find out when I would get it back with a complete report of the devices repairs. I have since had trouble with this device and sent in back to the "grey dealer".
Last year I bought a Suunto Vyper2 and was naive to the grey market pitfall.
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