Garmin enters the large format dive computer market X50i

[TMurrr]

Hopefully you can answer this question as no other reviews / videos / forums have been able to so far... does it have a genuine sidemount mode? i.e not just displaying the pressure on two tanks, but instead being able to calculate combined SAC / GTR, ideally with cylinder switch alarms (yes I know we shouldn't rely on alarms, but it's a nice-to-have).

Great question, no idea… I don’t dive sidemount

I do have access to multiple T2 transmitters and I believe I can set multiple transmitters to be “my tank”
I’m not sure of the combining one way or another but if you outline what tests I can run with two T2s and the X50i I’m happy to hook both up to two tanks and breathe off them in my garage and record the results.

 

[KerrenL]

Great question, no idea… I don’t dive sidemount

I do have access to multiple T2 transmitters and I believe I can set multiple transmitters to be “my tank”
I’m not sure of the combining one way or another but if you outline what tests I can run with two T2s and the X50i I’m happy to hook both up to two tanks and breathe off them in my garage and record the results.

That's very kind thank you. However the challenge is that monitoring two tanks is pretty straightforward, it's the true sidemount modes that are more complicated. The Perdix (and other Shearwater) computer does this well. Generally there should be a specific Sidemount mode within the Air Integration or Dive Mode settings but there isn't any mention to this in the Garmin Manual.

Just seems strange that they would release a top of the line tech computer and no-one during the development process thought about SM divers as they make up a good portion of cave and newer tech divers. Unfortunately product support from Garmin is almost non-existent as they are too big to care about individual consumers (unlike the smaller dive only brands)

 

[TMurrr]

That's very kind thank you. However the challenge is that monitoring two tanks is pretty straightforward, it's the true sidemount modes that are more complicated. The Pernix (and other Shearwater) computer does this well. Generally there should be a specific Sidemount mode within the Air Integration or Dive Mode settings but there isn't any mention to this in the Garmin Manual.

Makes sense, so the computer needs to do a good job of 'combining' the two gasses with monitoring

I'm guessing you've read this thread already?

Thread 'Garmin watch setup with two transmitters'

Mar 30, 2024

How do you set up a multi gas dive for sidemount with two transmitters on your bottom gas? The app and watch only let me select a single bottom gas and I can't find anything for sidemount configurations.

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