Freedive suggestions
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Hi Guys!
I’m Freediving Instructor, now testing Ocean. Used D4i, D5 and Garmin Descent MK2.So the watch is beautiful and sure underwater looks much pretty! AMOLED
What I need is customization of freediving mode . As for now I can customize run mode but not freediving. I want to add some data , change screen add and etc. Even D5 had it.
I cant find data speed of descent and ascent , only while diving
Suunto app doesn’t let you watch certain dive and its certain profile , just list it.
if I’m mistaken please correct me.
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I sold my OCEAN, because it seemed to me that, at least the freediving section, was very poorly implemented.
As a smartwatch/sportswatch is great, but as a diving computer, not.
No data screen customizations, the freediving screens missing data and/or basic data are hidden under various screens, etc.
No surface time alarms also.It just wasn’t for me.
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@Johnkokk May be it’ll come in updates
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Garmin has a switcher from Fresh to Sault Water. Here we don’t have it. So the measurements can be little wrong . What others think ?
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@Maximfreediver said in Freedive suggestions:
Garmin has a switcher from Fresh to Sault Water. Here we don’t have it. So the measurements can be little wrong . What others think ?
the difference is around 3% if I am right.
So instead of 30m you are at 31m of depth. I think this is pretty insignificant…
Plus: different oceans have different salt content. So it differs from baltic sea to red sea to dead sea… -
@Egika sure
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@Egika
Even more important is the fact that decompression is more dependent on pressure than on depth… so having a ‘depth representing current pressure’ makes a lot of sense. -
I have a few suggestions also specifically related to freediving. Some are only nice to have but most are essential for safe, efficient and fun training.
- App: Single dives in addition to data for complete dive session (multiple dive)
a. Shareable photo of single dive (with V curve and metrics for that single dive)
b. All metrics for single dive where data is available - Watch: Navigation
a. Show direction to own location when it is outside visible map area
b. Easier way to go back to own location (re-center)
c. Disable touchscreen (water moves the map around) - App: Session data
a. Total dive depth per session
b. Cumulated dive depth selectable in lap view
c. Ascent/descent speed selectable in graphs
d. Max ascent and/or descent speeds per dive selectable in lap view
e. Average ascent and/or descent speed per dive selectable in lap view - Watch: Surface interval alarm/notification e.g. according to AIDA recommendations
a. Using time: double the dive time
b. Using depth: depth in metres divided by 5
c. Dives beyound 55 metres: Only one per 24h
d. Whichever of these is the longest, will be shown in the watch surface view
- App: Single dives in addition to data for complete dive session (multiple dive)
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I’ve been using Ocean since the first week when it was released.
For me personally, freediving means spearfishing. There are three most important metrics:- depth
- time
- surface interval
All of it was on one screen in my D4F. Now, in Ocean, I have to switch screens after every dive to get the info.
It may make sense to make a separate mode for spearfishers with a simpler UI.
In Greece, for example, 99% of users are spearfishers. -
Addition to point 2:
d. Option to lock map orientation (north up)For dive time alarms, we need to specify an alarm that is less than 1 minute. Currently I don’t seem to be able to create an alarm for 30 seconds.
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Also related to freediving, I would be very happy to see to sub sport modes (in addition to depth):
- Freediving - Dynamic (combination of pool swimming and freediving features, without GPS)
- Freediving - Static (mostly timekeeping features)
These are also competition disciplines within freediving. I would be happy to help with specification.