Anyone ever submerge a Vector?

[BruceS]

I love my Vector, but it doesn't get used nearly as much as the Observer due to the limited w/r. I also remember reading reviews 7 or 8 years ago about Vectors flooding easily.

What baffles me though is that there are so many soldiers wearing them now. Soldiers end up where ever they end up, be it sand, mud, or water so they gotta be getting dunked!

Anyway, I'm tired of my Vector sitting on a shelf most of the time, and with the new band I got for it, I'm loving it more. It's such a feature packed watch that I want to wear it and not worry about it. It's not like I'm in the water all the time anymore, but I just would like to be comfortable that an occassional brief dunking isn't going to kill it.
Cheers,
Bruce

[Jeff_C]

Personally, I have been swimming with mine. And my watch has been on my wrist for hundreds of showers, and worn while hiking and biking in the rain. I have never had an issue.

My buddy is a Special Forces operator. Hes been everywhere nasty. He wears an advisor (same WR I think). Hes been shallow diving, sky diving, cliff jumping, and in combat all over the world. His watch has never leaked at all. This guy is a real adventure junkie. Good enough for him, good enough for anything Im likley to encounter.

Ive always wondered, do you think Suunto may UNDERestimate their WR a little? My pal wore his diving to about 30-50 feet. No problems at all.

[BruceS]

Personally, I have been swimming with mine. And my watch has been on my wrist for hundreds of showers, and worn while hiking and biking in the rain. I have never had an issue.

My buddy is a Special Forces operator. Hes been everywhere nasty. He wears an advisor (same WR I think). Hes been shallow diving, sky diving, cliff jumping, and in combat all over the world. His watch has never leaked at all. This guy is a real adventure junkie. Good enough for him, good enough for anything Im likley to encounter.

Ive always wondered, do you think Suunto may UNDERestimate their WR a little? My pal wore his diving to about 30-50 feet. No problems at all.
Thanks Jeff! I'll stop worrying about it then. My guess is Suunto does underestimate it.
Cheers,
Bruce

[Jeff_C]

I had a cell phone that did that. Honestly, they "underinflated" their coverage "bars". So 3 bars was really more like 5 on many cell phones. Maybe Suunto is just playing it safe.

The funny thing is that even though most of my collection is comprised of auto divers, I realized Im RARELY in the water and for that matter im not much of a water person. I like to swim and stream crossings happen when hiking, but thats about it.

For years I had a Citizen Aqualung wth a depth sensor. One day i was kayaking on a local lake and decided to go for a dip. I took the sensor down between 15-20 feet. That was WAY plenty for me... it was dark, cold and my lungs hurt! LOL...

[Col.Bucky]

I'm near a large military base where most of the soldiers are wearing the vector or xlander.They say they love e'm and don't have any problems using them in water,sand,or any harsh conditions.:-)

[BruceS]

I had a cell phone that did that. Honestly, they "underinflated" their coverage "bars". So 3 bars was really more like 5 on many cell phones. Maybe Suunto is just playing it safe.

The funny thing is that even though most of my collection is comprised of auto divers, I realized Im RARELY in the water and for that matter im not much of a water person. I like to swim and stream crossings happen when hiking, but thats about it.

For years I had a Citizen Aqualung wth a depth sensor. One day i was kayaking on a local lake and decided to go for a dip. I took the sensor down between 15-20 feet. That was WAY plenty for me... it was dark, cold and my lungs hurt! LOL...

I mostly own dive watches too Jeff and it's been close to 3 years since I've even been swimming! I'm a divemaster too, lol :-d I used to practically live in the water. I guess that keeps me worrying about water resistance when, in fact, I rarely need it now.

Cheers for the added endorsement Col Bucky! :-!

[Watchstuff2]

I had the same question and actually asked Suunto while I had them on phone about another issue. They assured me that swimming was ok...and if you read their technical disclaimer they specifically say that normal swimming etc is ok, and they cite whatever standardized test they do for prolonged submersion as proof...bottom line - it makes me nervous too, but as you said - it is made to be tough so it is a shame not to use it!

[Suunto fan]

I couldnt stand it either!! I was going to use my X-Lander snorkeling and diving or it was going to implode. I didnt care. (I thought it was too nice a watch to be restricted in its use) So last year we went to the Bahamas and I did alot of snorkeling and diving to only about 30 feet. The Xlander performed flawlessly!!:-!:-!


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