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The Tactix 7 is now Available

Skyewalkr
over 3 years ago

now that the fenix 7x is released, it's time to turn our attention to what i (we?) REALLY want, the tactix delta successor. according to my research, fenix 6 was launched in august, tactix delta the following january. if this timeframe holds, echo should launch in june. CANNOT wait. all i really want is the case material/look/feel of the delta and delta software enhancements with the fenix 7 updates and it should easily retain the title of the best watch garmin makes...

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  • 0 over 3 years ago in reply to Skyewalkr

    Yeah, this DLC is honestly very weak. I've abused countless anodized aluminum rifle sights that don't rub away or scratch the way this watch does. In fact, I LIGHTLY brushed my watch against the aluminum body of my rifle sight a couple weeks back and it left quite the scratch, rubbed the DLC right off.

  • 0 over 2 years ago in reply to Andrew M.

    I have the same issue. I just lightly hit the edge when putting laundry in my washing machine. The DLC coating pealed off...

    I mean for 1200 bucks? Titanium DLC? ..

  • 0 over 2 years ago in reply to Andrew M.
    Andrew M. said:
    Yeah, this DLC is honestly very weak. I've abused countless anodized aluminum rifle sights that don't rub away or scratch the way this watch does. In fact, I LIGHTLY brushed my watch against the aluminum body of my rifle sight a couple weeks back and it left quite the scratch, rubbed the DLC right off.

    Do you have pics?

  • 0 over 2 years ago in reply to DCNN
    DCNN said:
    I have the same issue. I just lightly hit the edge when putting laundry in my washing machine. The DLC coating pealed off...

    I mean for 1200 bucks? Titanium DLC? ..

    Pics would be appreciated so we can appreciate the extent of the problem.

    TIA

  • 0 over 2 years ago

    For everyone saying the DLC is poor, did you own the Delta? I found the DLC application on the Delta to be great. Two years of heavy  ownership and not a single scratch on the bezel. If they somehow messed up the application process on the 7 that would be pretty devastating

  • 0 over 2 years ago in reply to gaijin

    Top one is machine, small dots + rest I have no clue how that occured. This is a week in.
    imgur.com/.../q0b6Xii

  • 0 over 2 years ago in reply to DCNN
    DCNN said:
    Top one is machine, small dots + rest I have no clue how that occured. This is a week in.
    imgur.com/.../q0b6Xii

    Looks like some of the same white "stuff" has accumulated around the Torx screw immediately adjacent to the area you highlighted.  I know it sounds odd to you, but are you sure that white stuff won't simply wipe off leaving the DLC untouched underneath it?

    I know with mine I thought I had gouged up the bezel on a shopping cart, but when I got home and took a closer look, it just wiped off with a little Windex on a rag.

    HTH

  • 0 over 2 years ago in reply to gaijin

    It's pure silver.. there's nothing to wipe off. I've tried everything and the more I wipe the shinier it feels.
    The white stuff was just some dirt from some evening workout in the gym.
    But here is another angle..
    imgur.com/.../v7OlP1S

  • 0 over 2 years ago in reply to gaijin

    No I'm not going to waste my time taking pics of a small scratch. You can either believe me or not. Says a lot when several people are supporting our claim though.

    Also, I owned a Fenix 5 that did NOT scratch like this. Why? Because it was steel, which was much harder, but the DLC even wore off that to some extent after years. And yes, sometimes I could wipe off 'scratches', others were just plain scratches. I do know the difference. Anyone who doesn't think the DLC can scratch must work a desk job.

  • 0 over 2 years ago in reply to DCNN

    Mine looks very similar to yours - it does not wipe off. And for the sake of people who think we don't know the difference, I've wiped similar 'scratches' off my fenix 5 (when they weren't actually scratches, sometimes they were). This does NOT wipe off.