Why you bought Suunto ocean?
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Hey everybody,
I was wondering why you bought the ocean?•Is it because you wanted a activity watch you can dive with?
•Or, you wanted a dive Computer you can wear like a Watch everyday?
I wanted a dive Computer I can wear everyday as an normal watch. I only use it for Diving, the logbook (for Diving),
Timer and Countdown, maybe a bit spepcounting but thats it
but I wear mine everyday 
I‘m exited
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@tinten.addi said in Why you bought Suunto ocean?:
Is it because you wanted a activity watch you can dive with?
YES…i personally use it mainly for running…and wear it everyday
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its marketed as the both points you mentioned
i upgraded from d5 for the activity tracking and being better at everyday wear… but sadly its becoming disappointing having premium product with no updates compared to other products from suunto -
@tinten.addi I found the Ocean the most attractive in terms of design, and I didn’t want a dial like the Race. Besides that, strangely enough, the Ocean is more comfortable to wear than the Vertical or Race. The Vertical always leaves marks on my wrist. Unfortunately, the update frequency is neglected, which is disappointing. I know I’m pretty alone with my opinion. I probably won’t buy another Suunto, even though I really like the Ocean’s appearance. I personally find the updates too few compared to the Ocean’s life cycle, especially considering the price. The late updates can’t be justified by the fact that the dive tests are so complex. Coros, Amazfit, aren’t sleeping… I’m curious.
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Got it and a tank sensor for a great price on eBay, and I think it looks fantastic. Ever since I started diving, I wanted a watch with a tank sensor, so it was a happy overlap!
It’s in my rotation: given the firmware updates of the Vertical and Race, I don’t use it very often, but if I dived/free-dived more, I’d use it more.
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Thought it would be interessting to see what the Community expects
Sure we all expected a great watch. But clearly decisions to buy the ocean are very different. -
Hey @tinten.addi
I had the same motivations as you did.
I needed a new dive computer and was looking at the Garmin Descent Mk3 (quite expensive and too big for my wrist for an everyday watch) and the Suunto D5, because i wanted a computer I could wear like my previous Garmin Fenix 5 everyday.
I was just about to order the D5, when the Ocean was announced. I bought it the next day and received it in no time
Some features were disappointing at the beginning (e.g. not having a compass while diving, although the watch had a compass builtin), but the major issues have been fixed with the latest firmware. Nevertheless there are more feature reqeusts pending and I assume, you read the discussions about Suunto not updating the Ocean for over half a year now (I would for example love to customize was is shown in the dive screen, esp. in the switch window or to have tank pressure and heading direction available simualtanousely)…
Over all, in my opinion, it’s a decent dive computer, an pretty device with potential for software making it great.
Frank
