Apple Watch Ultra 2

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I'll settle for exposing your dishonesty.

It doesn't make an Apple Dive Computer less of a joke.

 

[kimh]

For most divers, an AWU could be highly functional, and a better DC than Petrel, Perdix, or Peregrine. That’s because most divers are recreational only, and never get close to 130’ anyway- much less below it. They’ll never plan a decompression dive. They won’t be negotiating GFs with their dive buddy. And if they do somehow exceed NDL, it won’t be by much & AWU handles that. They won’t fiddle around with AI. The AWU interface will be bright & natural for them, and they’ll have very little to learn- or to forget.

You have to remember that people who hang out online in diving forums are self-selected away from typical, recreational diving attitudes. An average rec diver would just shrug at SB debates, & go back to Facebook.

Typical forum logic:
“It's not for ME, so it sucks, and it's not for ANYONE!"

 

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[JMarc]

The AWU isn't a dive computer. It's a smart watch with some DC capabilities. If you've a AWU, it makes sense to use it as your DC if you are comfortable with its limitations. If you are looking for a smart watch, its DC capabilities may be what makes you choose the AWU over another one.

If you are looking for a DC and not for a smart watch, considering the AWU makes little sense in my opinion, even less so if you aren't already an Apple user (I wonder how usable the AW are in general and as a DC without also an iPhone?)

 

[berndo]

That’s because most divers are recreational only, and will never get close to 130’ anyway- much less beyond it.

Do you go diving regularly? Almost all of the people in my dive club are rec divers and I doubt anyone would rather use a 1000 dollar smart watch instead of a dive computer that doesn't stop working on a deep dive and doesn't need you to pay a fee to use it.
A lot of your arguments sound like you don't really dive but are an apple fan who is on a crusade to defend a subpar product by the brand you love.

 

[rongoodman]

I've had just about every Apple Watch since the first one and the Utlra 2 is my favorite so far. I might even buy an ocean band just to see how it works underwater on my next trip. There's no way I'd pay for the Oceanic app though, it just isn't in the same league as the Shearwaters. Maybe at some future point when Apple opens up the API to other vendors it might be worth reconsidering as an actual dive computer.

 

[kimh]

I doubt anyone would rather use a 1000 dollar smart watch instead a dive computer that doesn't stop working on a deep dive and doesn't need you to pay a fee to use it.

 

[stuartv]

I think we might need to ask Pete to start an Apple Friends subforum here on ScubaBoard...

 

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[stuartv]

Maybe it's a hardware issue and the sensor can't take more or would give wonky readings below 130.

If the sensor can't give accurate readings past 145, it is absolutely not suitable for use in a dive computer of any kind. But, I doubt that is the issue.

For most divers, an AWU would be highly functional, and a better DC than Petrel, Perdix, or Peregrine. That’s because most divers are recreational only, and never get close to 130’ anyway- much less below it. They’ll never plan a decompression dive. They won’t be negotiating GFs with their dive buddy. And if they do somehow exceed NDL, it won’t be by much & AWU handles that. They won’t fiddle around with AI. The AWU interface will be bright & natural for them, and they’ll have very little to learn- or to forget.

The AWU isn't a dive computer. It's a smart watch with some DC capabilities. If you've a AWU, it makes sense to use it as your DC if you are comfortable with its limitations.

It kinda sounds like the target market for the AWU as a dive computer are exactly the people who probably wouldn't even be aware of the limitations the AWU imposes on them. Thus, the most likely of divers to get screwed by said limitations.

Those types of divers seem like they would be far better served and safer with a Shearwater Tern TX and a transmitter, so their computer will never just decide to not work or to stop working in the middle of a dive (all on purpose, by design, irrespective of any bugs that may give the same result), and it will also warn them if they aren't paying attention to their SPG and start getting low on air.