Garmin MK3i reviews

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Hello. You're probably the perfect person for me to ask about the post that I made which is I currently have a Teric and I was thinking about picking up the MK3 because of the distance with the transmitter because my daughter is getting certified in April.

Not sure if you've ever used a Teric, but if so what's your thoughts on that? My main concern is being able to monitor her at 16 years old.

I have not used a Teric (though I do have a Peregrine, so I'm familiar with Shearwater in general, just not an AI Shearwater). I don't have an opinion on the difference in range between the two -- that wasn't specifically part of my purchase decision. Both Shearwater and Garmin make excellent dive computers, but I'm a huge fan of Garmin's health/fitness tracking and battery life on land and prefer a single device that can do it all, so I never seriously considered the Teric.

My 15-year-old son will be starting certification classes soon, so I do like the ability of being able to monitor his air. As Belzelbub said, though, I will expect my son to be responsible for tracking his own air consumption and responding to my hand signals, just as I would expect from any dive buddy. But I do like the notion of being able to see his air at a glance for my own parental peace of mind.
 
I have not used a Teric (though I do have a Peregrine, so I'm familiar with Shearwater in general, just not an AI Shearwater). I don't have an opinion on the difference in range between the two -- that wasn't specifically part of my purchase decision. Both Shearwater and Garmin make excellent dive computers, but I'm a huge fan of Garmin's health/fitness tracking and battery life on land and prefer a single device that can do it all, so I never seriously considered the Teric.

My 15-year-old son will be starting certification classes soon, so I do like the ability of being able to monitor his air. As Belzelbub said, though, I will expect my son to be responsible for tracking his own air consumption and responding to my hand signals, just as I would expect from any dive buddy. But I do like the notion of being able to see his air at a glance for my own parental peace of mind.
I have been called a helicopter parent. 😂
 
anybody tried updating / adding the maps? I tried as per the video and keep getting a error message map sync failed, even though my wifi is strong and I can sync with the wifi.
It idles a long time "Requesting Map update data" then shows a red circle "map sync failed"
Anybody else has issues with adding maps?
 
anybody tried updating / adding the maps? I tried as per the video and keep getting a error message map sync failed, even though my wifi is strong and I can sync with the wifi.
I idles a long time "Requesting Map update data" then shows a red circle "map sync failed"
Anybody else has issues with adding maps?

This is a known issue that they are working on. No ETA for a fix yet.

 
I have just created a post with my initial impressions of the Mk3i after a couple of initial dives for those who are interested. See here:

 
map updates seem to work as of today, although REAL SLOW
It's a ton of data. Can take a very long time if it's over WiFi. Plug it into your computer over USB and it should be a little faster. Still may take an hour or more depending on how much it's trying to update.
 
https://www.shearwater.com/products/peregrine/

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