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Anyone looked at the searchgps 2 yet?

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Created by Nugdam > 9 months ago, 25 Sep 2018
Nugdam
QLD, 600 posts
25 Sep 2018 6:44AM
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Looking at a few watches and have seen ripcurl has brought out a version 2 of the searchgps.

Can't find any reviews online yet... hopefully its bettter than the first.

riverider
TAS, 1096 posts
25 Sep 2018 2:52PM
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just ordered it, had the version 1 since they came out and reckon they are a great bit of gear, did you have problems with yours ?

Nugdam
QLD, 600 posts
25 Sep 2018 4:11PM
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riverider said..
just ordered it, had the version 1 since they came out and reckon they are a great bit of gear, did you have problems with yours ?


I never personally owned one. I was looking at them for awhile but never pulled the trigger. I have an android phone so waiting for them to actually come out with the app.

I just heard a few bad reviews while looking online.. like anything I guess.

cantSUPenough
VIC, 2122 posts
25 Sep 2018 5:39PM
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Well, I have to say that I am a bit disappointed... I have used my Search GPS for a long time - I love it. But there were some features I wished it had. I even swapped lots of email with that Sean guy (quoted in the PR) and another guy at Rip Curl - I was impressed that they took an interest in my ideas. But after reading the manual for the new version, it does not seem that they implemented any of them.

https://www.ripcurl.com/ripcurl/media/mediaupload/18/09/03/SearchGPS2.pdf

As far as I can see, it is the same as the original, smaller, with a different way of displaying the tide, and info on the surf conditions. (And you can use it to track other activities without the software counting them as surfs.) The improvements they made are good, but I don't think it enhances its capability in the surf.

It is possible that there are new features that are not documented in the manual, so maybe I am judging too quickly.



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