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Most dive computers cost less (often less than half) than an Apple Watch Ultra and don't require any subscription to maintain functionality. Also, since you ar
by shkkmo 4y ago
Most dive computers cost less (often less than half) than an Apple Watch Ultra and don't require any subscription to maintain functionality.
Also, since you are trusting your life to the waterproofing of the watch, a EDC watch that takes abuse all day that could compromise that waterproofing seems like a bit of a risk unless it is only being used as a secondary / backup dive computer.
- thinkmcfly 4y agoDo they have the same clout tho? I bet you can make some pretty sweet gram content with this. Edit: why the hate? Do you guys love Instagram or something?
- mynameisvlad 4y agoThey have the same “keep you alive” clout which is arguably much more important in diving. There are also thousands of cooler things that would bring you more views than an AWU in any typical tropical dive.
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- shkkmo 4y agoI suspect you are being down-voted because your comment is perceived as sarcastic and/or joking and comments like that tend to get down-voted because they are seen as low-value comments.
- thinkmcfly 4y agoI guess I'd be pretty upset if I bought hardware and then had to pay a subscription for planned functionality too. I suck at playing things off as funny when I feel like I'm being targeted by mockery by people I don't know very well
- Shared404 4y ago> Edit: why the hate? Because this post is pure sarcasm with nothing of value to add except for mocking people you disagree with. > Do you guys love Instagram or something? Nope. Hate it - but I don't feel the need to go spewing that hate over a tangentially related thread which has actual interesting discussion.
- Godel_unicode 4y agoDepends where you dive, I see a lot of shearwaters in US and I don’t think they make more than one that cheap. All this “trusting your life” stuff is pretty overblown for rec diving. You have a buddy who has a computer and probably a dive guide, you’re not going that deep, worst case scenario if it fails on a dive just swim a bit shallower than the guide (after signaling them) and sit out the next one. Or dive tables. You can ascend without a computer, and you can make an overkill safety stop (or just buddy up) without a computer.
- izacus 4y agoYeah, but most people don't use Shearwaters, they use cheaper Mares pucks or other such devices. Although, Apple Watch Ultra will be very competitive against devices like Garmin Descent or Suunto D5.
- Godel_unicode 4y agoYou must dive different places than I do, I never see pucks except as rentals. I was recently on a trip where people had to figure out whose tank sensor was whose because there were so many.
- izacus 4y agoI guess - I've been diving in Bali, Thailand, Mexico (Cosumel), Europe (Malta, Adriatic sea, Greece) and some other places. In general, divers there weren't a very wealthy bunch and didn't really run around with 800$+ tech gadgets (although some of us/them did have more expensive computers).
- threeseed 4y agoI use my Apple Watch Ultra for running, hiking, diving, health tracking etc. So it's far more capable than just a dive computer. And again it doesn't require an ongoing subscription you just turn on/off as you need it.