Garmin Descent Mk3i Dive Computer Review FULL DIVE WITH DECO!
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- Опубликовано: 10 июл 2024
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Full Dive Computer Review with Garmin Decent MK2i, Garmin Decent MK3i, Garmin Decent MK3i 43mm, and the Decent.
Dive into the ultimate Gamin dive computer face-off! Into and out of Deco!!!
This is a Head-to-head comparison of the 4 current Garmin Decent Dive Computers...
Join Technical Dive Instructor Benjamin Hadfield as he puts the Garmin dive computers through their paces in cold water, analyzing their performance entering and exiting decompression. .
Discover how the Garmin Mk3i, Garmin Mk3i 43 mm, Garmin Mk2i, and Garmin G1 purpose-built diving computers handle the challenges of deco.
Whether you're a seasoned diver or a tech enthusiast, this video offers invaluable insights into the functionality and reliability of these dive computers in real-world conditions. Dive in and see which device emerges as the ultimate companion for your underwater adventures!
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Chapters:
00:00 Benjamin Hadfield - Teach Me to Dive
00:25 The Dive Details
00:46 Dive Screens
01:16 Transmitters
01:52 Depth Rating and Case
02:30 Battery Life
02:58 Sleep Score / Diver Readiness Score
03:11 Conservatism / Bulmann
03:39 Altitude Compensation
03:57 SAC/RMV/ATR
04:15 Heart Rate
04:22 Buttons
04:49 Diver-to-Diver Messaging
04:52 HELP
05:25 First NDL Warning
05:38 Big Numbers
05:55 Tough Glass
06:34 Double Tap
07:13 Second NDL Warning
07:23 Alerts
07:45 Silent Diving
08:16 Surface Gradient Factor
08:31 Deco Started
08:54 Depth Graph for Deco
09:23 CNS Clock
09:36 TTS
10:02 PO2
10:39 Ascent Rate
10:58 Preet Messages & Compatability
11:32 Transmitter Power
12:01 Data from Other Divers
12:34 Deco Cleared
12:53 Compass
14:29 Safety Stop
15:33 Gas Consumption
17:22 Dive Log Screens on Your Phone
18:20 Benjamin Hadfield - Teach Me to Dive
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Featuring SubWave™ sonar-based communication and diver monitoring, this advanced, air-integrated1 dive computer and smartwatch comes with Garmin innovations to help prepare you to make the most of your diving experience - plus multisport training and smart features for your active life out of the water.
AIR INTEGRATION
Pair with our Descent™ T2 transceivers (sold separately) for integrated pressure monitoring on up to 8 tanks via the SubWave sonar data network.
SUBWAVE SONAR NETWORKING
Exchange preset diver-to-diver messages up to 30 meters as well as monitor tank pressures and depth for up to 8 divers within a range of 10 meters1.
DIVE MODES
Get multiple dive modes for single and multiple gas dives (including nitrox and trimix), gauge, apnea, apnea hunt and closed-circuit rebreather.
DIVE READINESS TOOL
This Garmin first technology shows how lifestyle factors such as sleep, exercise, stress and jet lag can affect your body - to help gauge when you are best prepared to dive.
DIVEVIEW MAPS
Color maps on your wrist offer bathymetric depth contours and more than 4,000 dive sites to help you discover new places to dive and get oriented.
DIVE-FOCUSED DESIGN
With its bright 1.4” AMOLED color display, sapphire lens, 200-meter dive-rated case and leakproof metal inductive buttons, this watch is built to go deep.
DIVE FEATURES
BUILT-IN LED FLASHLIGHT
See and be seen with variable light intensities and strobe modes, in or out of the water.
DIVE LOG
Store and review data, track gear, take notes - and share via the Garmin Dive™ smartphone app.
LONG BATTERY LIFE
Stay in the water longer with up to 66 hours in dive mode plus up to 25 days in smartwatch mode.
CUSTOMIZABLE DIVE MODES
Add additional screens for each dive mode that features the fields you want to see.
SURFACE GPS
Track your entry and exit points on the surface with advanced satellite connectivity.
GARMIN DIVE APP
Pair the app with your Descent dive computer to automatically sync and upload your dive logs.
LUME MODE
To aid readability and help maintain night vision, an ambient light sensor gives a green luminescence to your watch face in low-light conditions.
DIVE COMPASS
Built-in ABC sensors, including an underwater compass, help navigate every part of your dive.
REFERENCE POINT
Use this GPS tool for surface navigation to a dive site, so you can drop right onto your target every time.
VARIOMETER
This tool helps you monitor your freedive descent and ascent rates through tone and vibration feedback.
BIG NUMBERS MODE
Get a simplified dive screen on your wrist, with larger text to see critical diving data.
TIDE DATA
Stay up to date on ocean conditions by pairing your Descent device with your compatible smartphone.
INREACH® DEVICE COMPATIBLE
Pair with inReach devices2 and the inReach dive case for satellite messaging off-grid. 
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Love the video. Love the Mk3i :)
We do too! They are pretty amazing for sure!
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Great video. Would be amazing if you also did a video with the Mk3i next to the Teric. Those two are the main competitors. I think seeing how they (Mk3i and Teric) behave during a dive side-by-side would be really helpful to many people trying to choose a computer :)
Thanks for the video, fantastic job!
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Loved this video, thanks! Just on the verge of buying one myself and it looks like it should be a good choice!
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Excellent video. My mk2i got held up well for a few years but eventually gained a nice long scratch on the glass.
Love my mk3i but wish the numbers were as large as my mk2i in dive mode.
Switch it to big numbers😀 they may be smaller but the resolution and clarity is SO much better
@TeachMeToDive Even big numbers, the numbers seem a bit smaller, and you lose displayable info. While the screen is considerably clearer, it would have been fantastic if they didn't mess with the digit size or at least gave an option to size it back up.
Great video
Thank you
I really enjoyed the video and you made me interested in two things, maybe you can make a video on those points:
1. You set up amazing screens. Would you mind make a video on how you set them up?
2. You talked about the setting of the AI with bottles and total dive time remaining with this air. I try to set it up and couldn’t do it properly, how about a video on this?
Thank you again for this excellent video.
Alex
Good idea I'll work on that
@@TeachMeToDive look forward to see those. I am also a big fan of the Garmin Mk3i. But think the user guide is, let’s say, not so detailed as it could be. Unfortunately, I don’t have the talent to find all the features by my self. So, I am sure I will benefit from it. 👌👌👌
Does the Garmin subwave sonar technology still have that annoying beep? Wondering if I would use all the functionality it is about 500EUR more than a Shearwater Terric/Perdix 2, which is what I wanted to go for. All three products seen great.
I haven't noticed the sonar tones at all with the T2, but we have only been doing cold water testing with it. This is an area that they mentioned had been improved. I do know, when we put the T1 on low power mode, this helped a lot and we stopped hearing them when in the pool. As for Garmin vs Terric. GARMIN wins, BY FAR!!!! Garmin vs Perdix 2. Pretty even when it comes to being a dive computer. I still like the Garmin here for it's surface/daily wear functions. For more complicated dives IE Technical trimix and beyond, my Garmin moves to second position and I use a Perdix 2 as my primary. It just handles the very complex more easily, but that is a close race as well.
@@TeachMeToDive thanks for the feedback. Back to the drawing board I guess. 😅.
Haven’t heard the ping for my T2 on any dive.
@@reviewguy5140 Thanks for the input. 🙏
Awesome video, thanks a lot!
I have two questions however:
1. your last deco stop seems to be set to the highest available value in the settings (20ft), is there a particular reason? vs. the usual 3m last deco stop in the tables?
2. on my mk3i, the safety stop only triggers after a non-deco dive. I get no safety stop during a deco dive. Have you experienced something similar?
My settings are:
High GF 85%
Low GF 85%
PO2 1.4
Safety stop 3min
Last deco stop 3m
Thanks in advance for your time!
Great questions.
1. I keep my deco stop at 20 with the understanding that I will always do a safety stop at 15' for 3 - 5 minutes and a slow slow ascent from there. By doing this, it allows a slower off gas and less of a stress to the tissues by not allowing you to approach m-value as quickly. Also, just clarifying, there is a difference between a deco stop with a ceiling and a safety stop:)
2. I haven't had an issue in which the Mk2i or the Mk3i haven't given me a safety stop after a required deco stop. I do have another computer that has issues with that, but not with the Garmin line at all.
3. You GF low is really really high, and doesn't really build for a comfortable of a safety margin. While in light deco, this really won't be an issue, bigger dives that will require more deco and into trimix this isn't the wisest idea. Your PO2 is fine and remember you can use a PO2 of 1.6 for accelerated deco (decompression blends). I would suggest reducing that to 50 instead. Remember, the GF low is the depth of your first stop, GF high is the length of your last stop. The computer will build a path for you between the two and assist in your ascent. I have a great video on GF 99
GF 99
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@@TeachMeToDive Thanks a lot for all this, I'll have to double check with Garmin support then, it seems like my mk3i is not doing what it's supposed to do.
On the low GF topic, it's intentional. All the recent research that I've gone through as well as CMAS training material advises to use equal GF parameters for air dives, preventing deep stops that are now considered undesirable with air. It does change with trimix however, I fully agree.
@@ThomasMadrange I have seen a few people doing the matched GFL/GFH and I disagree with it. But, in recreational and light deco, it really doesn't have an impact at all. I would prefer to use one GF set, with smaller adjustments for things like cold, lack of rests/hydration etc. Less confusing and less chance of being missed in the predive. In plotting it out. The GF low has a hard time kicking in and making very little change at all to the overall dive plan. It starts to affect your dive around the 6 - 7 min and beyond deco obligation and sets deeper ceilings to help build a more gradual off-gas. Overall, I would still rather do a GF low of 50 and a variation of my high between 75 and 85 (depending on how I feel and how big of a dive I am doing :)
Would you recommend the 43mm or 51mm as a 24/7 everyday smartwatch? My wrist is around 18cm.
As a daily I wear the 51 and love the size during a dive as well. My wife wears the 43 as a daily, but has a little challenge with seeing 2 tanks on the display. For one tank it is great
@@TeachMeToDivehow big is your wrist?
can they be set so they dont go dim or are they readable even when dim?
I haven't found the always on setting, but I will look into it
Hi what do you think of g1? many thanks
for a daily, hiking and sporting watch, it is darn near bullet proof. For a dive computer, it is difficult to read and use. It is very small and mono-colored LCD screen. I would never use it as a primary, or rely on it to be a secondary.
@TeachMeToDive Thank you very much. I appreciate
Can you adjust the ascent rate? IE: 30'/min, 60'/min, etc
No, the standard accepted safe ascent rate that is suggested by Dan and the WRSTC is 30 feet per minute or less.
does the 51 mk3i have more feature then the 43 mk3i? Or just a smaller screen?
The 51 mm has an LED flashlight and the 43 mm doesn't. This is the only difference that I can see, other than the color of the watch itself :) I am a little jealous of my wife's color to be honest :)
Also differences in battery life.
Can you dive again on the same day after this dive?
Of course, the Garmin series of dive computers calculates repetitive dives very well over the course of the same day and multiple days
One question sir, mk3i have No Fly Time countdown?
Yes they do. it is something that shows up on different faces. If it isn't on the face you are using, flip through to a different one :)
@@TeachMeToDive nice.. thank you sir!
Why the diving interface in my MK3i is difference with your. MK3i look similar with Mk2
the general screens are customizable and since I had already customized my Mk3, many of those settings transferred to my Mk3
@@TeachMeToDive Actually I knew what it is. I set the Dive Display wit big number then It changed the interface
My mk2i has a few scratches on the screen. I got them at the start oh a dive when doning aluminum stage and deco cylinders. My mk3i hasnt had that happen.
We can tell you this, if you try hard enough, you will certainly get scratches. lol I just got one on my Mk3i from coming in over rocks during a very heavy tide. lol :)
Is the screen of the G1 as bad as it looks in this video? I can't see anything!
Neither could we. This was one of the complaints my wife had diving it for the last year. It was incredibly difficult to read during dives. While at the surface it is okay and certainly provides information, at depth, without a lot of concentration during dives, it was tough at best. Certainly not a computer I would use on complicated dives.
@@TeachMeToDive Thank you. I happened to be looking for a replacement for my Fitbit (it died the moment it touched the water when I tried to use its swim tracking features), as well as my first dive computer to go along with my freediving. I guess I should keep looking and perhaps get two separate devices instead; I don't even like the aesthetics of the Descent series in the first place.
Oh dear, I think I hear my wallet squirming harder than usual. 💸
The G1 in 41mm is a very nice looking device for sure and can handle anything you throw at it. I have many miles swimming with my Garmin and it is amazing, keeps my pace, stroke speed, distance, heart rate and a ton more while I swim. Plus is is an amazing all sport computer and dive computer:)
@@TeachMeToDive Thanks for the reassurance, but the lake I train in is at least as murky as the waters you show here. A readable screen would be nice.
@@suntzuthesecond agreed. The G1 isn't a good option, but the mk3 is great for sure. I've used my mk2 in vis less than 1 foot and it was still fine😀
Hi sorry me again, i work in quarry very has conditions. it will Mk3 be ok for? Many thanks. I want to were it all day every day.
Yes it will. I have dove the Garmins from 29F > 98F :)
@@TeachMeToDive thank you very much
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With that price and it can't make phone calls? Why not just get the Apple Watch Ultra 2 that can make calls and dive. It's also cheaper.
There is a great deal of difference in these watches for sure. The Garmin is a hands down leader when it comes to biometric data as well as durability. The amount of true dive data as well is quite remarkable. It also is able to air integrate with 8 pods and has the ability for you to monitor your buddies gas(es). Plus send messages as well during a diver to other divers. Finally, my favorite. It doesn't require a subscription to be able to use the dive function and won't stop working if you don't have the morning update from Apple. :) Just a few thoughts :)
If that's your priority, then yep. Good decision.
I don't care about making phone calls on my watch at all. Makes me look foolish talking on my watch. Apple is the only company that's allowed to do phone call/messaging integration with iPhones. As a result, no watch but an Apple watch will do phone calls with iPhones.
Comparing apples and a real watch. Kinda weird.
Apple Watch is a glorified depth gauge