MK1 Warning

So I just updated one of my staff’s MK1 (Ti) and I got an interesting message that popped up.

ARE YOU SERIOUS????? A customer spends $1k+ on this watch and this Garmin watch now has this garbage warning 2+ years AFTER release. It’s abundantly obvious they have no confidence in their product. You want people to buy your MK2 knowing this?

I sell tons of Dive Computers and I’ve never ONCE seen this type of message.

WTH...

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3438906 over 4 years ago +2

From the Shearwater Perdix manual:

"This computer will fail. It is not whether it will fail but when it will fail. Do not depend on it. Always have a plan on how to handle failures. Automatic systems are…
nradov over 4 years ago in reply to Odie21 +2 suggested

I don't understand your complaint. Any dive computer can potentially fail in ways that cause it to display inaccurate data. Showing a legal disclaimer about that is a little silly but no big deal. I have…
atj777 over 4 years ago +2 suggested

I upgraded my Mk1 to 10.40 a couple of weeks ago and did not receive this message.

If I had received the message I would not have been too worried because I already knew it. Any dive computer can "fail…

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0 Volker over 4 years ago

Deleted for some reasons.

0 Odie21 over 4 years ago in reply to Volker

The manual warnings have always been there and it is taught to divers during their certification class to never dive alone.

This is a slap in the face of people that bought the watch, especially Technical Divers who REALLY need accurate information.

0 Volker over 4 years ago in reply to Odie21

I agree!

0 MarcinB over 4 years ago

Wow! This is unreal! When is this message appearing?

0 Odie21 over 4 years ago in reply to MarcinB

When I updated the watch to 10.40. I couldn’t bypass it without “agreeing”

0 3438906 over 4 years ago

From the Shearwater Perdix manual:

"This computer will fail. It is not whether it will fail but when it will fail. Do not depend on it. Always have a plan on how to handle failures. Automatic systems are no substitute for knowledge and training."

I have found the Descent to be remarkably reliable. Much more reliable than the Shearwater Teric. The Descent has turned out to be a nice little dive computer, contrary to my initial expectations.

0 Odie21 over 4 years ago in reply to 3438906

All Dive “Computers” will fail at one point, that’s just the nature of buying an “Electronic” instrument. But that’s not what I’m talking about, it’s about the Mk1 not providing “Accurate” information. That’s what’s astonishing and they actually put that in writing.

0 MarcinB over 4 years ago in reply to 3438906

A risk of failure is why we have a redundancy. But "fail to provide accurate information" is a different and rather scary situation!

0 3438906 over 4 years ago in reply to Odie21

Just a matter of each company having a different set of lawyers.

0 Odie21 over 4 years ago in reply to 3438906

No, this is different. Between being an Instructor and running a Dive Shop, this is NOT normal behavior from Dive Manufacturers, this is inexcusable.

There needs to be clarification on this from Garmin. Does this have to do with the algorithm, depth sensor, timing, etc?

If someone gets DCS because of inaccuracies of the algorithm or programming, that’s an issue and MANY more possibilities.

Garmin-Nate

Care to clarify?