Comments on: Apple Watch Ultra is a poor dive computer https://wadetregaskis.com/apple-watch-ultra-is-a-poor-dive-computer/ Sat, 27 Apr 2024 16:28:44 +0000 hourly 1 By: zidane https://wadetregaskis.com/apple-watch-ultra-is-a-poor-dive-computer/#comment-3290 Wed, 21 Jun 2023 05:45:25 +0000 https://blog.wadetregaskis.com/?p=5191#comment-3290 thank you for the article

]]> By: Wade Tregaskis https://wadetregaskis.com/apple-watch-ultra-is-a-poor-dive-computer/#comment-3289 Wed, 31 May 2023 12:47:13 +0000 https://blog.wadetregaskis.com/?p=5191#comment-3289 In reply to Valerie Jones.

That sucks – I’m sorry you had so much trouble with yours. Very odd that a mere shower would be enough to break its depth sensor… hopefully that was a random manufacturing flaw and your fixed / replaced watch isn’t susceptible to it.

I guess it’s good that I usually charge mine while I’m in the shower. Maybe that’s saved me from a trip to the Apple Store? 🤔

]]> By: Valerie Jones https://wadetregaskis.com/apple-watch-ultra-is-a-poor-dive-computer/#comment-3288 Wed, 31 May 2023 12:19:17 +0000 https://blog.wadetregaskis.com/?p=5191#comment-3288 Agree with your Apple Watch Ultra review. I’ve dived with it for 3 weeks total. 1 week in December and recently (May) 2 weeks in the Cayman Islands. In December it worked. It failed as a life support system on this last trip when the depth sensor was not functioning. Kinda important in a dive computer. Depth seemed to be a random number generator. It decided I was diving in the shower in my room, gave me an ascent warning, then started a safety stop, and then locked me out for 48 hours for violating ascent parameters and not completing my safety stop. All while in the shower in my room! Luckily it was not my primary computer and the dive op didn’t wait for the lock out to clear before I could dive again.

And the cherry on top of this is that in spite of it still being under warranty, if I didn’t have Apple Care on it, it would have cost $499 to repair. More than half the purchase price of the Watch. The Apple folks did not seem a bit concerned that for a diver, this is type of failure could cause serious injury.

In my opinion, using this as a primary dive computer is dangerous. If you are looking for a backup, there are many reputable manufacturers who stand by their products and produce less expensive dive computers. In over 30 years of diving, I’ve never experienced such a basic failure in a dive computer.

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