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Review on 🌊 Garmin Descent Mk2i: Advanced Dive Computer & Multisport Smartwatch Titanium Edition by Josh Sharp

Revainrating 4 out of 5

All-in-one dive/sports watch with a subpar heart rate monitor that puts the $99 Fitbit to shame.

Only spoken for about a week. A fantastic, feature-rich dive and sports watch with a sub-par heart rate monitor that puts the $99 Fitbit to shame. If you get this and aren't interested in heart rate monitoring/PulseOx, you're going to love this a lot. Used it on 3 dives and also 2 rounds of golf (because the Garmin Golf is built in). Copes fantastically with both of these activities. However, if you want an all-in-one device that can also track your heart rate accurately, this isn't the device. When sitting and walking normally, the MK2I averaged 10 beats slower than the Fitbit Charge 3 and 4 and my Polar H10 chest strap. With hard workouts/jogging the difference becomes significant, usually the MK2I has trouble detecting heart rate once I start sweating a little, around 138, the heart rate on the watch drops to around 116 while all my other devices are tracking are just as accurate as a chest strap. than the Fitbit Charge 3 and 4 and my Polar H10 chest strap. With hard workouts/jogging the difference becomes significant, usually the MK2I has trouble detecting heart rate once I start sweating a little, around 138, the heart rate on the watch drops to around 116 while all my other devices are tracking just as accurately as a chest strap. than the Fitbit Charge 3 and 4 and my Polar H10 chest strap. With hard workouts/jogging the difference becomes significant, usually the MK2I has trouble detecting heart rate once I start sweating a little, around 138, the heart rate on the watch drops to around 116 while all my other devices are tracking are just as accurate as a chest strap.

Pros
  • Improved wrist heart rate and oxygen saturation measurement (non-medical device) to support advanced sleep monitoring and altitude adjustment at high altitudes
Cons
  • There are other interesting options.