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Diving activities in Fenix 7

Psylocibine
over 4 years ago

Hello everybody

Wouldn't you like the Fenix ​​7 to have some possibility of diving activities?

I know that the Garmin Descent MK2 exists and I think it is a wonderful device, but I am not going to dive more than once or twice a year, and that if I am lucky.
So I can't justify the money to buy one.

So I think it would be a good opportunity to include the most basic functions of the Descent MK2's dive computer and put them in the Fenix ​​7 (we are talking about single gas dive and basic apnea).

I know this is possible, in fact, I used a Garmin IQ downloadable app for my Fenix ​​5s and it worked like a charm, just like my dedicated dive computer.

This would be a great reason to buy a Fenix ​​7.

  • 0 over 4 years ago
    Psylocibine said:
    This would be a great reason to buy a Fenix ​​7.

    If you tell an IQ app works like a charm with your Fenix 5s, why would you need anything else with Fenix 7?

  • 0 over 4 years ago

    ... BTW, you are not suposed to scuba dive with the Fenix. Its 10 ATM water rating in no way means it is guaranteed to withstand scuba dives to 100 meters. Although the definition of the 10 ATM rating tells "Withstands pressures equivalent to a depth of 100 meters", that's just the testing pressure, and the explanatory note tells "splashes, rain or snow, showering, swimming, diving into water, snorkeling, high-speed water sports" (see the details at https://www.garmin.com/en-US/legal/waterrating-definitions/) 

    So, of course, you may be lucky that the watch withstands well occasional shallow scuba dives, but there is no way Garmin would offer a full warranty for scuba diving on the Fenix series, without using the same rugged and sealed hausing as at MK's. If you are scuba diving with it on your own risk, using the IQ app, it is all right as long as there is no damage to the device. However, if it fails once, you will likely not get any replacement.

  • 0 over 4 years ago

    I think for the next Fenix generation, it is also valid:

    "For the Fenix 6 series, Garmin has limited the maximum pressure that can be read from the barometer to en equivalent of 21 feet. Although our apps support the Fenix 6 series, they won't be able read depths greater than 21 feet."

  • 0 over 4 years ago

    Trux is correct, scuba diving with any Fenix device is going to void the warranty. In addition there is a safety issue as well. The Descent uses a secondary pressure sensor that is specifically designed for diving. If you dive with a Fenix it is going to use the Barometric sensor which may not give as accurate pressure reading which is kind of important as all of you know.

    In short, please do not dive with a Fenix watch as it is not designed to withstand the pressures, will void your warranty, and it could be a safety issue. 

  • 0 over 2 years ago

    could you please let me know what was the name of the mentioned app? I would like to test it when snorkeling around 5m-10m depth with my Fenix 6. Thanks.

  • 0 over 2 years ago in reply to trux

    Yeah. You're right, the question is that you never go to 100 meter on recreational diving... You only go to 35 and the Garmin and a fenix could withstand the pressure. About the warranty... For me it's not an issue, I live in Colombia and I had to buy my Garmins in United State so... I don't have any place to use the warranty of my watch. The good thing it's that Garmin never fail.o

    So, I'm still think that the new fenix could bring some basic diving features (single gas and apnea). The Descent it's just too expensive. My wife gift me one for my 40 birthday, but it's just a Fenix with diving feautures that I never use. Because loke most of the people on the planet, I can go diving every weekend, I'm lucky if I can go to rhe sea twice in the year.

  • 0 over 2 years ago in reply to ZemljakS

    ZemljakS my friend... The app stop working years ago... Garmin block the barometric sensor to 21 feet.

  • 0 over 2 years ago in reply to Garmin-Nate

    Nate Im always dive with a Fenix with no issues, as TRUX say teh fenix could go to 100 meters (10 atm) with no problem, but you never go this deep in recreational diving. This kind of deeps are in commercial diving operations and in this cases you can't even use a Descent.

    Now I had a Descent MK2s but I never use all of the features, only single gas and apnea... Twice in a year. 

    For me it's better option a Fenix with this two options.

  • 0 over 2 years ago

    Fenix 7 will not have problem the withstand the pressure of most dives... The problem is that you don't ask only for 2 apps but also the Buhllman zhl16c algorithm that is running 24/7 on the background.

    If you need a cheaper Descent it's already out there, is called the G1.  Don't expect Garmin to offer these 2 basic apps even of the fenix 7 was capable to support them.  When they will decide to do, they will name it Mk3 series!

  • 0 over 2 years ago in reply to 9058036

    Yeah, that's my point, it's just an algorithm... The app that we are discussing in the previous post do the same: the app use this algorithm with the barometric info... 

    And with my experience using the app it's exactly the same to the data from my dive computer. I know that you can had the Descent G1, but... It's not a Fenix. 

    Abd Garmin say rhat the Fenix it's the most completely wearable of the brand... That's a lie, you don't have the apps to dive in a Garmin.

    Damn... You have a flying-squirrel-suit app and a sky diving one that need more precise barometric metrics, but no app for diving? Please...

    Don't get me wrong, I'm not saying that the Garmin Decent MK2 s it's a bad Garmin... My wife gift me one for my 40 birthday, it's just that I don't need all of this features because I only dive two times in a year... Three if I am lucky.

    My point it's that I don't need a Descent. A fenix with single gas and apnea will work fine for most of the recreational divers that doesn't live near the sea and had to work in a office.

    PS sorry for my bad English, the autocorrect it's in Spanish and it's a nightmare to write in another language.