Watch this before buying the new Garmin dive computer

Summary

DIVE TALK dives into a review of the Garmin x50i dive computer, exploring its features, pros, and cons. The Garmin x50i is priced higher than its competitors but is packed with advanced features like underwater communication and high-quality build. However, it faces criticism for its battery life and some impractical functionalities such as complicated button functions and ineffective messaging system, which might be a turn-off for prospective buyers. The review is both engaging and critical, giving potential buyers all they need to make an informed decision.

Highlights

• The Garmin x50i is a high-end, feature-packed dive computer designed for modern divers.🏊‍♂️
• Its battery life was found lacking during daily dive sessions, requiring frequent charging.🔋
• The innovative messaging system underwater is limited to preset messages, reducing its practical appeal.📱
• For instructors, the Garmin allows monitoring of up to 8 divers' air pressure but requires close proximity.🧑‍🏫
• Users also found the user interface complex compared to other popular dive computers.🖥️

Key Takeaways

• Garmin's new dive computer, the x50i, is feature-rich but comes with a hefty price tag.💰
• The x50i offers innovative communication features, but practical use underwater remains debatable.🗨️
• Battery life is a major downside, potentially hindering daily diving activities.🔋
• Pricing and connectivity make it less favorable compared to the Shearwater models.🔄
• Despite its cons, the x50i has a solid build and versatile functionality above water.🏋️

Overview

In this review from DIVE TALK, hosts Gus and Woody delve into the pros and cons of the new flagship Garmin dive computer, the x50i. With a promising introduction and impressive features, they weigh its capabilities against its competitors like the Shearwater Petro 3. The excitement of new tech meets reality as they explore how it functions underwater.

The Garmin x50i dives into tech-savvy waters with its robust build, GPS logging, and ability to track multiple divers' air pressures. However, its hefty price point is matched by a hefty need for frequent charging, casting a shadow on its attractiveness, especially in prolonged diving situations or when basic functionalities become cumbersome due to battery constraints.

Critically, the computer's innovative features, like diver-to-diver messaging, fall short in practicality. The messaging is limited to preset phrases, and some complicated display information leaves even seasoned divers scratching their heads. Despite this, DIVE TALK appreciates the x50i's solid construction and extra features, while recommending potential enhancements that could elevate its standing in the dive computer market.

Chapters

• 00:00 - 00:30: Introduction and Overview The chapter titled 'Introduction and Overview' features a discussion led by Gus and Woody, who introduce themselves and talk about the much-anticipated review of the Garmin x50i. This new dive computer from Garmin is highlighted as their flagship product. The speakers express excitement about the device, noting it was introduced at the Dima event in 2024. Gus is particularly impressed by the form factor of the Garmin x50i.
• 00:30 - 01:30: Comparison with Apple Watch and Shearwater Computers The speaker discusses their transition from using the Apple Watch Ultra to the Garmin Descent Mark III. They mention that the Garmin has become their preferred fitness tracker for daily activities and that they have immersed themselves in the Garmin community, connecting with friends who are runners. The speaker expresses satisfaction with the Garmin Descent Mark III and its features.
• 01:30 - 02:30: Price and Technical Capabilities This chapter discusses the advantages of large screens in diving equipment, highlighting the PX 2 model. The speaker mentions the comparison with the Shearwater Petrel 3, noting that both have similarly large and appreciated screens. The focus is on how the screen size enhances the diving experience by being highly visible and functional underwater.
• 02:30 - 03:30: Display and Button Functionality This chapter discusses the display and button functionality of a particular technical computer, comparing its price to that of other models. The discussed computer is more expensive than the Sheerwater Petrol 3, which is mentioned as a top-of-the-line technical computer. It is highlighted that the Garmin model has transmitters that are more expensive, but Garmin justifies the higher cost.
• 03:30 - 05:00: Communication Features and Issues This chapter discusses the communication capabilities and issues of a device referred to as Mark III. It highlights the device's high quality and versatility, with a specific focus on its communication features. The author initially notes the public interest and 'big fuss' surrounding the device's communication abilities, which prompted a personal decision to test these capabilities firsthand. Additionally, the chapter mentions satisfaction with the display quality of the device.
• 05:00 - 07:00: Transmitter Technology and Range The chapter discusses the functionality and user experience of transmitter technology, particularly in diving equipment. The speaker emphasizes the ease of use and quickness of a device they are accustomed to, which is crucial for technical divers. Even when diving recreationally, they favor the familiar equipment, suggesting a preference for its straightforward interface and reliability. However, the speaker admits to gaps in understanding certain features, indicating a need for better user education or documentation.
• 07:00 - 08:30: Diver-to-Diver Communication Limitations The chapter discusses the limitations in communication between divers. A diver appreciates the feature of being able to see the diving parameters like gas amount and remaining time at a certain depth on the screen during a dive. They express excitement over the ability to view their pressure readings, comparing their own PSI with another diver’s. The technological capability to display such critical information underwater is highlighted as a beneficial tool for divers.
• 08:30 - 11:30: Battery Life Issues In this chapter titled 'Battery Life Issues,' the discussion focuses on the features of a device, specifically related to its battery life in underwater conditions. The speaker mentions Garmin's Descent Mark III, a product they previously reviewed, and talks about its capabilities, including the compass heading and no decompression limit at a depth of 26 feet. The speaker is interested in understanding the device's functions better, especially in regards to how it operates underwater, indicating a need for reliable information about its battery life and performance in such conditions.
• 11:30 - 15:00: User Interface and Information Confusion The chapter discusses the user interface and the confusion that can arise from information presented by expensive dive computers in the market. The specific model discussed is the S Mark I 3 51 mm, which the author reviewed after receiving it from Garmin. The review acknowledges that while the computer has benefits, it also has drawbacks. One point of critique mentioned is related to the transmitters used by Shearwater, which are of a standard type similar to those used by Oceanic and Aqualung.
• 15:00 - 18:30: Reliability and Connectivity The chapter titled 'Reliability and Connectivity' discusses the interoperability of diving equipment, focusing on how devices from different manufacturers like Aqual and Shearwater can work together using a standard technology. Garmin's approach to addressing range complaints from their transmitters by adding a chirp feature is also highlighted.
• 18:30 - 27:30: Overall Summary and Recommendations This chapter discusses the experience of using a specific diving computer, possibly manufactured by 'Garin'. The speaker expresses frustration with the frequency of alerts from the device, describing them as maddening and crazy. Despite having numerous dives using this computer, the speaker has not gotten used to it and initially suspected a malfunction. However, the issue of range was addressed by adding a 'chirp', enabling the transmitters and computers to communicate effectively.

Watch this before buying the new Garmin dive computer Transcription

• 00:00 - 00:30 hello everyone my name is Gus hi I'm woody today we have the requested this has been requested a lot the review of the new Garmin x50i which is the new dive computer from Garmin is their Flagship computer it's pretty awesome they sent us one they kind of introduced it at Dima last year 2024 and as soon as I saw it I was like man that that's that's really cool why because I love this form factor for
• 00:30 - 01:00 diving I love this form factor for like day-to-day activities this has become like my new like day-to-day um Fitness tracker let's just say because before that I was I was using this thing which is the Apple watch Ultra which is the same one you have wearing it and then I decided to give the Garmin descent Mark III a shot and I really like it it's really really good and I got in the whole like uh Garmin community and connected to all my friends Runners and stuff and we're all
• 01:00 - 01:30 keeping each other like keep going keep working out but anyway I love that for that but for diving there's nothing better than a large screen that I can see anywhere it's awesome and if you compare with let's say a sheer water petrol 3 which a lot of people are familiar with this size the sheer water petrol 3 it also is about the same size of the PX 2 people really love the size of the screen
• 01:30 - 02:00 right so I was excited to try it this computer by the way let's get it out of the way $1,500 pretty pricey the petrol 3 for example is ,300 I think $200 less and that is the top-of-the-line technical computer from sheer water petrol three right so it's less expensive the transmitters are also less expensive from sheer water compared to the ones from Garmin however Garmin does say that well it's more expens expensive because
• 02:00 - 02:30 it's higher quality it does more and we learn because you were diving at theen Mark III that it can do a lot more like for example communication a lot of people were making a big fuz about this and I wanted to test it so I I was I was curious how this was going to go well um a couple of things yeah it is first of all the display is great um right now if I had a choice
• 02:30 - 03:00 mhm in terms of quickness of buk button functionality and information that I want as a technical diver after diving this only recreationally right even diving the sheer water recreationally I still like the sheer water yeah because I think it's because I'm used to it but right man it's just super easy to use and quick the second thing though that I Noti here I have no I'm don't know what pie back means and I don't know how to use
• 03:00 - 03:30 it no let me I went to chat gbt here okay because if you're going to display something on the screen which you're doing right now yeah and you're diving and you could see it's great ATR that's how much gas you have time you have left at this depth based on your PSI I love that you can see my pressure Isn't that cool look I had 2346 you had 2570 PSI left in your tank there's your
• 03:30 - 04:00 compass heading no decompression limit you're at 26 ft all greato let's talk about these features because I think it's important but let and then you can get to the pack part I'm going to read it I definition it ask chat gbt and I want to see if you underwater could tell me why I want I need to know that so so one of the functions that Garmin and I I talked about this on on my review of The Descent Mark III that we posted a couple months ago uh which is the most
• 04:00 - 04:30 expensive di computer in the market the the S Mark I 3 51 mm which I have I have right here Garmin sent me this one as well for me to check it out and I reviewed it and we released the video for it great computer but again you know it has pros and cons what I wanted to mention is that one of the things that people criticized from sheer water is the fact that they transmitters which they use kind of a standard like Oceanic uses the same one and um I think aqua aqual long
• 04:30 - 05:00 uses the same standard so like you can have an aqual along transmitter work with a sheer water computer that's what I mean by standard so that technology whatever it is Radio I don't know what technology they use in the transmitters it's kind of a standard technology Garmin looked at the complaints from people with those transmitters which are mainly about range and they decided look we're going to fix this okay and the way they fix that I talked about this in that review if you want to watch it please go ahead and check it out is by adding a chirp right this beep beep
• 05:00 - 05:30 thing going on every 5 seconds or so and it's maddening it's crazy I still have not gotten used to it I have I don't know how many Dives now with a Garin computer it's so annoying just you just so you know I thought something was wrong you thought I'm like what is somebody's computer is whacked at the beginning I did not know what was going on so okay they fixed the issue of range by adding a chirp so basically the transmitters and the computers talk to
• 05:30 - 06:00 each other like hey yo hey what's your name huh like they are just talking to each other and that's how they fix it so now this is pretty cool you can monitor each other's pressure and depth up to 10 m which is which with the Garmin sorry with the sheer water is like it's it's less it's like sometimes I'll lose even my own pressure wearing my sheer water when I lose connectivity so I will say
• 06:00 - 06:30 that I never ever lost connectivity on this dive we were together both your pressure and mine right I never lost that there was better connectivity I think but to what cost which is the chirp now in addition to be able to track the air pressure up to eight divers by the way that was just the two of us but you can have eight people in here so if you're a scuba instructor track you're an instructor yeah keeping track of everybody is pretty cool you have to all be within 10 meters of each other though so that's 30 ft or 33 ft or
• 06:30 - 07:00 whatever you have to be within which you should you should have control of your class any instructor um but Communications what's the second thing they added they said look one of the things that you can do with these transmitters is be able to message each other underw water like so I really used it with you I hope you appreciated it so I was afraid of telling you this because I knew you were going to abuse it not use it abuse it I wanted to make sure you were okay every couple seconds and we decided to test it you're my bu um so
• 07:00 - 07:30 the messaging communication can go up to 100 m so you can be 100 meters from each other in communicating and if I hadn't talked to you within 3 to four seconds I need to be sure now you're fine the problem with this communication it's called subwave underwater communication by the way is diverto diver communication but it's limited you can't just text whatever you want it's preset with these sentences B within a certain distance which basically is a distance that I can see you right follow me turn
• 07:30 - 08:00 the dive signal location I don't even know what that is help me wait safely end the dive as opposed to freak out and end the dive uh proceed watch for my signal what why would I message you watch for my signal when I can just be like and that is my point I want to chime in so like let's say one of the things that I'm asking you on this is are you okay yeah and I need to basically be able to do it pretty much within visual distance of you otherwise
• 08:00 - 08:30 it's not going to communicate but so so so why so what what isn't that the same do I need to find click down three buttons click to the right and find the message so many buttons I was like hold on let me which once I figured it out now I was asking you a million questions but then there's a delay too you can see on the video there's a delay like I would ask you are you okay like it would just be a while until
• 08:30 - 09:00 you're like oh you would turn around and you didn't give me the okay sign you gave me a different sign which I won't I won't put that on video but anyway uh or I gave you an answer that made no sense whatsoever which by the way a diver may do right they're clicking a million buttons no but like some of these don't make like okay so here's another one we're harsh but I mean I ne weight where like where are like okay I let's say I'm swimming I'm swimming I beep NE weight well maybe right away well right away yeah right away with a dive class I
• 09:00 - 09:30 could see that where they tell the instructor need weight and he sends the Dive Master back up but my point is even further you as divers get to go underwater in a beautiful Serene quiet world do you want to talk frankly do you even wantan to did you want to hear from me every eight seconds I can't stop it but no I don't absolutely no right because and then the second thing is
• 09:30 - 10:00 isn't it really easy to learn five or six hand signals and fast if I go like this man and I mean immediate right are you okay I don't have to wait for you to die in panic before getting the transmission these are my favorite I mean can I tell you my favorite messages so we didn't send to each other I could find them they're too far too condition me there's conditions like the current and visibility conditions so like I'm messaging you gra is or batb like leave me alone I know I Ed
• 10:00 - 10:30 my eyes so why are you telling me the other one water temperature water's cold no of course it's C I'm in the water with you you know what I'm saying like some of these messages don't make any sense it just seems like they were added for no reason now look I think where this where the value of communication really shines is if you could talk to the boat that's that would be a game changer I think that would be awesome for example in Long deco stops you could
• 10:30 - 11:00 message the boat and say we're okay we're on The Deco stop we are what we need a tank send an O2 tank those types of messages will be awesome and if Garmin if you're watching please add that something where the bo could be a distance issue though I don't know well the boat can lower you know how we we we review one of those one of those Communicator things they have like a transmitter you can lower in the water and sink it like I get it if you're drifting or if you're swimming away like it's to be 100 met from the boat 300 ft
• 11:00 - 11:30 from the boat it's true but if you're doing Deco especially on a downline where you know the line is there's a boy and there's a boat connected to the buy man be able to talk to the boat 30 minutes more Deco 20 minutes more Deco or the boat to recall everybody get back to the boat bleep I just got a message I don't have to hear the banging or whatever boat to divers communication to me is way more valuable and important than diver to diver H awesome and I agree that's a no-brainer so to me that
• 11:30 - 12:00 was a huge Miss uh by Garmin to add that information I thought it was completely complete waste of capabilities and time I mean you could tell it's a really high quality computer yeah I will tell all of our our viewers it has all the technical features um almost all the technical features that I could find that a sheer water has there's some other Advanced features I saw in sheer water that I don't know I think has Factor 9 or
• 12:00 - 12:30 Surface they're firmware Rel like they can push an update and get it so I I think that's okay but personally but here's my biggest my biggest drawback with this computer all right so here we go if because I'm G to ask you a qu I'm holding on to my question if you ask me if you should buy this computer or not I would say no what would you say they should buy instead the main reason why I think this computer doesn't work and nobody should buy it I mean I don't want to say nobody but you're definitely never getting a new one again but as my
• 12:30 - 13:00 last review of a garment computer um no I would say that the main issue with this computer is battery life the battery life in this computer is completely atrocious it's hor not good horrible um I think that and maybe I was doing it well how what do you mean like what was going on with you so like I would start the dive with 100% like I would charge the computer the now the advantage is the the small ones are fine the watch on it's rechargeable so that you know compare with a sheer water that
• 13:00 - 13:30 uses a doublea battery the fact that this one is rechargeable is cool you can start every di full although you could argue that you can always replace the battery on this guy the thing with the with the sheer water is that you replace the battery on this thing like once a year or whatever it is like it goes Forever on those double a lithium batteries that we put on these um but this one it's cool because it's rechargeable so you could charge it every day but why should I have to charge it every day that is such a pain so I would start with like 100% and we're diving open circuit air this
• 13:30 - 14:00 is not like a rebreather dive like complex multi-co gas like no it's just we're going down for an hour we're coming back up and it would end at like 42% like why am I using like half my battery in one di was it a screen brightness issue maybe you were didn't realize you had it on super bright when when was the last time you messed with the screen brightness on the shear water never I don't even know if you can like I I've never it's one of those where it's like balls through the wall full blast brightness and I never have to worry about it so
• 14:00 - 14:30 why do I have to compromise and I know that some people will be like well you should turn off the transmitter capabilities you should turn off the GPS thing but then why would you buy pay more for a computer that can like I really love the fact that in the dive log it put a pin in yambu in Saudi Arabia where we were when we tested these and it would say you were in the Iona wreck like that's where your dive was automatically so it has amazing features it's awesome features but to the cost of your battery but if they
• 14:30 - 15:00 fixed a few of these things that you're mentioning would you then retract that statement and say I love this computer more than your Shear Waters would you go that far I don't know if I would go that far but the reason for that is sheer water comes with this baby right here this cable that connects to my dive tuo absolutely and I can't do that with a Garin because they're all Wireless right so 99% of the diving that we we do is rebreathers we rarely do open circuit
• 15:00 - 15:30 anymore and because of that we are relying on Garin and because of that water I want to chime in one other point if I'm sort of by default forced to wear my petrol because it has a four pin that connects to my rebreather yeah I don't want to have a different program as my backup computer true so on my right arm I have a perx which is the same screen button configuration right because if you have an emergency youve switched to
• 15:30 - 16:00 your backup computer and during an emergency is not the time for your brain to try to figure out wait now this computer has different buttons and screens yeah I want the same but it is interesting I wonder if Garin is working on that to become a rebreather dive computer that can read the loop volume that would be cool the other thing that I don't understand is and we spend time before the diving uh setting these computers up identical meaning same
• 16:00 - 16:30 decompression algorithm buman uh same gradient factors 5070 same like water you know whether it's freshwater salt water brackish whatever like we set them up identical but for some reason Garmin always gives you way more conservative conservative times like I run into Deco on the first dive that we did in the Iona wreck like we did some swim throughs and it would be like five minutes of Deco there whatever like we cleared by far on the way up that had to
• 16:30 - 17:00 be a setting issue because if they were doing my she water would have never then you must be I'm going to give that one to Garin and say that was Gus error somehow because I just there's no way it's a woman I'll accept that I think that has to be I'm not criticizing you it's just there's no way but let's say something it's something I did okay now if I who have used I don't know how many computers at this point and I was already a Garmin dive computer user cannot figure this out and you see
• 17:00 - 17:30 things on the and you're a doctor which is and a well a lot of people think but and you think you see the screen of the computer like in this case for example we're seeing numbers like pack and it's stumping us well I ask you what's P and you're like PC it's like well hold on let let me ask you let me ask you a question yeah are you you're a dive instructor right right so you absolutely
• 17:30 - 18:00 would research and read information about your dive computer like you tell your students to do and you would know the why and what to do with information on your dive computer I know you you're a doctor I mean you don't do that kind of stuff so tell me because you're a DI really really top Dodge dive instructor can you explain I'm your student awesome Gus I have a pack at 26 feet of 133 I'm your student is that how
• 18:00 - 18:30 am I doing is that tell me what do I do with it and I'm going to read you from everything I've researched what it means let me but I want to go further I want to help you instructor this is going to make it easy for you I don't want you to miss in front of the audience yeah so let me tell you what it means and then you teach me read me what pack is on a Garmin dive computer instructor this one yeah instructor Dr Gus yeah pack stands for pressure in square inches absolute okay I already lost me but all
• 18:30 - 19:00 right this indic okay instructor but just wait this indicates the absolute pressure being measured which includes both the ambient atmospheric pressure and the gauge pressure of the gas in the tank so you should be able to teach me here in a second right so in the context of scuba diving instructor Dr Gus P Act is often used to monitor the total pressure within the scuba tank taking into account of course the atmospheric pressure at the surface and this is
• 19:00 - 19:30 particularly useful Dr Gus for divers to understand the total pressure they are working with especially when planning Dives and measuring air consumption now I'm I'm not the brightest student and I admit that so you are better than me and you're an instructor please tell me what what what what did what do I do with my 13.6 you know you can read that 20 times and I still have no idea what you said none of that do I divide a
• 19:30 - 20:00 number what so I have 13.6 pack what am I doing good am I am I so I am I is my breathing slow am I breathing fast is it related to psi g gauge and atmospheric pressure is it my Surface air consumption rate minus something I get the ATR 60 that's easy I have 60 of air left based on the depth
• 20:00 - 20:30 I'm at good good info at mything rate great but you have no idea what the 13.6 was and I know people watching this will be like you know you can change that and put whatever number you want in there I get it we get that but the point is what what am I doing with this information like okay you get a pack of 13.6 I don't know if that's good I don't know if that's bad I don't even know what pack is I told you what it was we are trained
• 20:30 - 21:00 professionals How would how would a brand new Open Water diver know what to do with this stuff like I I don't get it I there a formula I could if if you want me to lose every single viewer we have right now no no no because I have a I have an algebraic formula to convert that into maybe possibly understanding what it does which if you can do Algebra underwater while diving with me then you can figure
• 21:00 - 21:30 then you could maybe send me a message but what I'm saying is is a good do it's a good example of people sitting around and seemingly going to Google and searching for like give me dive terms dive scuba diving terms and we'll put it in the computer they just wanted to put stuff in it but we're going to get criticized I don't think so I'm going to say Garmin is going to say listen guys it's your fault Dr us for not knowing
• 21:30 - 22:00 immediately as an instructor what to tell your student to do with pack I know oh so this is like when when when Apple came off with those iPhones that people were having like phone calls dropped or whatever because they put the antenna in the wrong place and they told people you're holding your phone wrong that's what that's garmin's play on this one was your fault that you don't know this obscure term that makes no sense I know a lot of people are going to say of course that's easy
• 22:00 - 22:30 you're using Oh They'll copy and paste from from Wikipedia I get it they will they know how to copy and paste that doesn't mean they understand it I don't think because I think a dive computer should quickly and easily at a glance give you really relevant information to apply during a dive I think that's what a dive computer should do and for me the sheer water and I'm biased everybody's going to say you're never going to like anything better than sheer water yeah maybe but I just by the way I I enjoyed using the watch version of this
• 22:30 - 23:00 yeah there was some really good features but I particularly enjoyed the childish part of me of send Ming the messaging benefit for me was only that I could annoy you entertainment only that I could annoy you if if I if the more I annoyed you the more I'm like this is a fun dive like I remember we were right next to each other and all of a sudden my thing vibrates and I look and he says come to me and you were next to
• 23:00 - 23:30 me like you're like what stop it and you would have to wait and hear the vibration I will say if there's something good Garmin did this is just a very selfish thing if there's something good they did is they don't allow you to spam messages like you can just send the same one over and over and over or else you would have been like are you okay are you okay are you okay are you okay I tried that I tried that by the way you of course you tried I know that because I tried and it didn't work so anyway bottom line is great computer
• 23:30 - 24:00 like really awesome built like a tank the quality the craftsmanship really really great atrocious battery life terrible the worst one I've seen of any computer in the market really really bad um and that by itself I think would drive me crazy especially if you are in like a li board where you're doing like four five Dives a day or whatever I feel like maybe the first two you'll be okay and then you're going to have to start PL logging leg between Dives and hoping for the best like okay I'm a 33% I hope
• 24:00 - 24:30 it works and you should never be in that position you should never be in that position like with this guys these guys last like a week or whatever five days let's just say really good battery life on the watch version of the Garmin dive computer not it's not a t like a sheer water T will last like two months Ian it's D it will last like and is rechargeable it will last like months I know I don't know how they do it where are these guys getting their batteries because Garmin needs the same man factor and you know what's interesting a lot of
• 24:30 - 25:00 people may have said well they sent you guys all these dive comp CU because they sent me two more the big watch version the small watch version thousands of dollars worth of computers and we literally end up giving them away a lot of times at our dive talk Meetup so we're not doing reviews to get gear no obviously you just said you would choose the sheer water over this but if they made the changes that you recommend yeah then I think Garmin they will have
• 25:00 - 25:30 a has a really really solid computer that could compete I just want to reiterate if you like this form factor okay this Square big computer on your arm form factor I do think the petrol or the PX 2 from sheer water are a better choice than the Garmin x50i in my opinion if you want to stick with Garmin I think that this n Mark III in watch vers version it's a better computer than the X I so I just
• 25:30 - 26:00 can't think of a of of a place where this would be the best choice if you want to stick with a Garmin dive computer I wouldn't choose this and if you want to stick with this hor factor I wouldn't choose this either that's what I meant by I cannot recommend anyone to buy it now does that mean it's a bad computer no it doesn't mean it's a bad computer it's a great computer I love diving with it like I said the battery life is atrocious but other than that the screen the brightness the fact that he's built like a rock the fact that he
• 26:00 - 26:30 has a built-in flashlight on it for emergencies that's cool sheer water doesn't have that so there are features on this on this thing that are awesome but I just wouldn't choose it over some of the competitors competitors even within garment Itself by chance did you happen to take any video of the every two to four second messages I sent you cuz I I I would love to see I wish I could see your face as I continue because sometimes you would send me a message and ask me a question I gave you
• 26:30 - 27:00 back a completely different answer from the menu that wasn't related your question I mean literally every message we sent would have been easier to just turn around and ask with hand signal like Dives over every single one what that's pretty good yeah Dives over this means safely exit this means I'm done this means let's head out are you okay everything are you okay I'm okay how much Deco like all of the things that you could ask yeah but I think I I love what you said boy if they could make that message into the boat that would be
• 27:00 - 27:30 great I love that you can monitor all of your students gas super cool feature yeah um I don't enjoy the constant noise thing but it never lost transmission it is sheer water I would I don't know what you need to do but I your signal needs to get stronger cuz I've lost it a bunch when I put my O2 tank a transmitter on my O2 tank on my rebreather many times it stops reading what the pressure is I have to extend mine on the on the side I have like a 12 in or whatever to make it
• 27:30 - 28:00 closer because yeah so sheer water is not perfect either there's there's Frozen cons for for them as well but I just wanted to end up and say that thank you Garmin for sending us computer my last computer ever to review but this also shows that number one this video is not sponsored by Garmin they didn't pay us for this review or else I would nobody does I wouldn't have said don't buy one um but the second thing is that we're not biased we're completely unbiased this is really our thoughts and every single company that sends us a
• 28:00 - 28:30 piece of equipment the scuba related for us to test we will give you 100% honesty I don't care who they are they can be a giant company like Garmin they could be a brand new company coming up with their first product doesn't matter we will always give you 100% honesty and I but I will say I will say for Garmin you have not taken off that Garmin dive watch oh it's I use it all the time so that speaks loudly doesn't it I'm still wearing my apple one and I and you sent
• 28:30 - 29:00 me the Garmin one Gus L it I don't even know if my Apple Ultra works I understand so there you may love the Garmin dive watch because of all of its other functionality that's important everybody out there you you may you may love the Garmin dive computer because of all of the other functionality and you're going to use it all the time yeah I I will say though that the the only place for this
• 29:00 - 29:30 thing to fit is if you love Garmin Garmin diving the app is great Garmin diving app all the GPS or whatever and you need the big form factor then obviously this is the only choice for you it's to buy an x50i um however it's funny because they mention like oh you can use this computer out like if you're hiking or whatever you can just put it on and have the GPS navigation I would not do that there's no way could you do it yeah but again it still feels like you're just adding stuff for no reason I
• 29:30 - 30:00 could play pickle ball with this thing and track my pickle ball playe like imagine showing up with that you're like what are you doing are you going diving but basically I do it is interesting Garmin has to be thinking in that boardroom are we going to go to the next step and try to get into the po2 monitoring on rebreathers yeah because they're not there that's sheer water I don't know there's some other ones there's some other ones but a lot of Manufacturers have their own propriety didn't have their own computers but
• 30:00 - 30:30 right now as long as I've got that four pin petrol monitoring my po2 then my backup computer has to be the same brand I cannot be switching and thinking differently absolutely so now you know before you buy a Garmin x50i now you know the drawbacks also the pluses and now you can make an informed decision and in case you want to check out our review of The Descent Mark III I'm going to leave it right here check it out the most expensive computer in the world but I am going to want to dive again with you on the Garmin cuz I I didn't do all
• 30:30 - 31:00 the messages oh man if they if they release the ability to do your own custom messages you're going to get killed I want to crush you wait till you see what I send you