Suunto 7 diving + update 19.4

[Stiniva]

Hello,
i bought before 2 days Suunto 7.
i saw in all specification that this watch has Baro sensor.
I dive on breath and i dont need special features only deep, deep alarm diving time and recovery.
I cant find in sport diving activity is it possible to add?

And i am fresh in Suunto i try to download the newest firmware (today is 19.4). Does it depend on from country to country because in my Suunto status that i have the latest update but it is this from January?

Kind regards,

Sebastijan

[Dimitrios Kanellopoulos]

@stiniva you cannot dive with such a pressure sensor and the watch is not a diving watch.

Unfortunately

[Aleksander H]

@stiniva said in Suunto 7 diving + update 19.4:

And i am fresh in Suunto i try to download the newest firmware (today is 19.4). Does it depend on from country to country because in my Suunto status that i have the latest update but it is this from January?

Updates tend to go out in waves. Some will probably get it today, som tomorrow, etc. I expect we’ll all get the newest one by the end of the week.

[Edit] waves isn’t the right term. What’s the word I’m thinking of ?

[JANTIKAINEN]

@aleksander-h in stages…maybe?

[Aleksander H]

@jantikainen said in Suunto 7 diving + update 19.4:

@aleksander-h in stages…maybe?

staged, yes, thanks

[___Alejandro___]

@stiniva That barometer is not designed for underwater pressure… If I were you (and If you still can), I would change your S7 for anything on this page:

https://www.suunto.com/Product-search/dive-watches/?sports=6972

[Stiniva]

@aleksander-h My Sunnto has newst update
Well 2/3 . i really need good sport watch with HR tracking sleep analyse and Baro funcktion for diving…
I know Sunnto 9 Baro was my first option but budget tell me something another

But i am sure that i saw some review on y2b with comparation Garmin Fenix XY vs Suunto 7 and both with diving mode… And i thought well on compare list they have Baro so… maybe some update or app can give me this funktion…
Like i dont know Suunto 7 has this HR sensor but before this update not so precision analyse and intervals for good HR tracking… with new update we have that
I really need to learn how make best setup with Suunto 7.

[DMytro]

@stiniva it’s not a software issue, but a hardware one. S7 is only waterproof up to 50m, but it’s assuming you don’t move at all and water doesn’t either, which is not the case in real life. I think with s9/s7 you can do snorkeling max.

[eurohiker]

@дима-мельниченко Most Scuba divers don’t go more than 18m (open) because you need advanced to go to 40m. Freediving obviously much less.

Hardware wise. I don’t know the difference between a water and an air barometre. Personally, i thought they had the same hardware tech specs.

Site does specify it is an “absolute air pressure barometer” https://www.suunto.com/en-gb/Support/Product-support/suunto_7/suunto_7/sports-by-suunto/different-sports-and-measurements/
It would be cool if it could be updated to do water pressure though. Again, i don’t know if it’s even possible

[DMytro]

@eurohiker I wasn’t talking about the pressure sensor itself. Rather about the watch being able to withstand a high underwater pressure.

[eurohiker]

@дима-мельниченко ohh ok. I have no idea about that stuff but only put water depth into account lol. Misinformation on my part due to ignorance, my bad.

[tuxella]

The suunto Core can act as an underwater depth meter, limited to 10m though: https://www.suunto.com/en-gb/Support/Product-support/suunto_core/suunto_core/using-alti--baro-mode/using-depth-meter-profile/

The difference in static pressure between 3000m above sea level and 20m under water isn’t as extreme as you would imagine: 0.7 bars at 3000m and 2 bars at -20m :

https://www.wolframalpha.com/input/?i=pressure+3000m+above+sea+level

https://www.wolframalpha.com/input/?i=pressure+20m+below+sea

[isazi]

Pressure aside, the Suunto 7 is not a diving watch nor a diving computer, and I would not trust my life to it.