Galileo Sol - Bulk or Bite?

[The Great Kazoo]

Get the ir cable from Best Buy for $15. I have Vista, and it works great. The bungee thing I posted on the bungee thread.

 

[Splitlip]

what is this bungee thing?

A better way to mount wrist instruments.

 

[Clammy]

I saw that bungee diagram before, but it looks like I have to drill a small whole lengthwise through the pvc. I don't have a drill press to do that. Or am I seeing it wrong?

Also, I feel like it wouldn't be tight enough to keep the thing in one spot on your wrist. How has this worked out? Are you trying it in a drysuit or wet?

 

[dschonbrun]

It is very large. I find positioning it on my forearm over the muscle is better for keeping it in place than on my wrist, unless I'm wearing my 5 ml.

 

[CaboJim]

Today I left my HR monitor off, and interestingly on the dive log it still SHOWS a heart rate. Maybe it is approximating it off gas consumption? I will have to figure that out. No one else on the dive had a Galileo!

I'm also increasingly convinced that I had some pressure transmitter problems because my can light was on the same hand. Since I switched my light to my left hand, where it should have been anyway, I haven't noticed any temporary signal losses.

Did you turn off the HR monitor setting in the computer's setup?

 

[Scott L]

It is very large. I find positioning it on my forearm over the muscle is better for keeping it in place than on my wrist, unless I'm wearing my 5 ml.

. I have no idea how anyone wears on wrist and I am 6' 1", 225lbs...

 

[Matt S.]

I turned the HR monitor on and don't mess with that or any settings in between dives. I would hope that the unit would be able to tell the HR signal from, well, no signal at all, but maybe it isn't designed to work that way. It's not a big deal, but the phantom signal just seems kind of sloppy.

It's my biggest problem with the Sol, and as it's a pretty trivial problem I am really happy with the computer.

 

[Puffer Fish]

I turned the HR monitor on and don't mess with that or any settings in between dives. I would hope that the unit would be able to tell the HR signal from, well, no signal at all, but maybe it isn't designed to work that way. It's not a big deal, but the phantom signal just seems kind of sloppy.

It's my biggest problem with the Sol, and as it's a pretty trivial problem I am really happy with the computer.

Matt, I get Hr on some dives... and I have it turned off. I get work load warnings when I am not doing anything. I have one that lasted 4 minutes during a safety stop, where I used a whole 20 psi out of the tank... and it showed red for the entire time (but not for a very high breathing rate much earlier in the dive.

Love the computer, but it has a few.. ah glitches (I wear mine on my right wrist, by the way).

I notice some regulators put the transmitter in a better position for reading than others... I don't get any drop outs with my Apex. tx200, I do with my MK25 (regardless of where I install it).

Well past 100 dives with it, and overall has been the most reliable computer I have every had.

 

[scuba.dude]

since subscribers to this thread seem to be some of the more frequent/ communicative/ competent/ ?? galileo sol divers ... any recommendations to tweak usage for training students in a pool? It keeps trying to initiate RBT and I'm thinkin' I'll need to change batteries monthly ... I bagged the HRM and have considered using 'Guage Mode' since I'm not worried about NDL limits - thoughts? ideas?