Garmin Descent G1 Solar Dive Computer and Smartwatch

Garmin Descent G1 Solar Dive Computer and Smartwatch

A rugged smartwatch aimed at divers, the Descent G1 Solar is an intuitive, watch-sized dive computer, with trim and slim built.

With a manageable screen size of 45 mm and made up of more impact-resistant fiber reinforced polymer, the Descent G1 Solar is available in two versions: solar-powered and non-solar. The timepieces come in four different color schemes (Black, Hurricane Blue, Powder Gray, and Slate Gray) and provide customers with a selection of diving settings.

The Descent G1 offers a rechargeable battery with up to 25 hours in dive mode, up to 3 weeks in smartwatch mode, and up to 4 months in smartwatch mode with the solar charging models. The wearable’s touch-sensitive 176-by-176-pixel MIP dial is designed for underwater use and is rated to function up to 100m underwater, but it also has a number of features that make it a good day-to-day watch.

Descent G1 Series provides support for single and multiple gas dives (including air, nitrox, trimix, and 100 percent O2), gauge, apnea, apnea hunt, and closed-circuit rebreather for beginning recreational divers through seasoned technical divers. A 3-axis digital compass and vibration depth alarms are also included in the G1 Series. Divers can see depth, dive time, temperature, NDL/TTS, ascent/descent rates, gas mix, PO2, N2 loading, decompression/safety stop information, and time of day on their wrists, all of which are adjustable to the user’s preferences. In apnea modes, freedivers will have the option of customizing their dive and surface screens, as well as other information like ascension and descent rates to compare performance between dives.

Using multi-GNSS satellite support, the Descent G1 will automatically record surface entry and exit sites in the water and store them in the associated Garmin DiveTM app2, allowing divers to readily access a complete analysis of each dive activity, including maximum depth and bottom time. Configure settings on the Descent G1 Series with the Garmin Dive App, or plan your next trip by browsing popular places that have been rated and reviewed by other people. Users can also track their activity above water with the Garmin Descent G1.

The Descent G1 Series includes a number of health features, such as advanced sleep monitoring with sleep score and a selection of built-in indoor and GPS sports apps, including swimming, hiking, jogging, cycling, golf, yoga, and surfing. Surfers may view a visual representation of tidal information, wave height, wind, and surf quality rating right on their wrist thanks to the integrated Surfline Widget.

With Garmin’s entire array of advanced fitness features including VO2 Max, Fitness Age, Training Status, Recovery Time, HIIT Workouts, and Daily Suggested Workouts, the G1 Series will track and measure performance.

The Descent G1 has a compass, temperature, and gyroscope, among other sensors. When coupled with an iPhone or an Android phone, the wearable also allows users to make calls from their wrists, and also helps in finding your lost phone. The Garmin Pay feature in the device allows for contactless payments.

The new Garmin Descent G1 Solar is a tough dive computer with a variety of smartwatch options that lift it beyond the sea!

• Rugged dive computer smartwatch
• Available in solar and non-solar model
• A rechargeable battery with up to 25 hours in dive mode, up to 3 weeks in smartwatch mode, and up to 4 months in smartwatch mode with the solar charging models
• Features an easy-to-read, high-contrast display and 45mm watch case
• 176-by-176-pixel MIP dial is designed for underwater use
• Water rated to 10 ATM
• Available in multiple color options 
• Compatible with Garmin QuickFit® bands
• Mark surface entry and exit points via GPS
• Support for multiple dive modes, gauge, apnea, apnea hunt, and closed-circuit rebreather
• The Garmin Dive™ app allows you to save up to 200 dives, upload, share, and review them.
• More than 30 built-in sports apps and advanced training features to track your activities
• Compatible with Inreach®
• Built-in 3-axis compass
• When coupled with the Garmin ConnectTM app on your compatible smartphone, see conditions for each of the five closest surf places, including tide, wave height, wind, and surf rating
• Preloaded sports app, fitness age determiner, recovery time after each workout, training status, daily suggested workouts, sleep and respiration monitoring, body energy monitoring, hydration tracking, women’s health monitoring, wrist-based heart rate, smart notifications, safety and tracking features, Garmin pay™ contactless payments, connect IQ™ store, and a lot more features
• Customizable accessory bands

 

SPECIFICATIONS:

General:

Lens Material: Power Sapphire

Bezel Material: Fiber-reinforced Polymer

Case Material: Fiber-reinforced Polymer

QuickFit™ Watch Band Compatible: Yes (22 mm)

Strap Material: Silicone

Physical Size: 45.5 x 45.5 x 15.2 mm; Silicone Band: 128-224 mm; Extra Long Silicone Band: 128-373 mm

Display Size: Custom, two-window design: 0.9” x 0.9” (23 x 23 mm)

Display Resolution: 176 x 176 pixels

Display Type: Monochrome, Sunlight-visible, Transflective Memory-in-Pixel (MIP)

Weight: 66 g

Battery life: Dive Mode: Up to 25 hours

                   Smartwatch: Up to 21 days/4 months with solar *

                   Battery Saver Watch Mode: Up to 48 days/Unlimited with solar*

                   GPS: Up to 26 hours/39 hours with solar **

                   Max Battery GPS Mode: Up to 56 hours/205 hours with solar**

                   Expedition GPS Activity: Up to 27 days/Unlimited with solar*

*Solar charging, assuming all-day wear with 3 hours per day outside in 50,000 lux conditions

**Solar charging, assuming use in 50,000 lux conditions

Water Rating: Dive (100 meters)

Memory/History: 32 MB

Clock Features:

Time/date: Yes

GPS Time Sync: Yes

Automatic Daylight Saving Time: Yes

Alarm Clock: Yes

Timer: Yes

Stopwatch: Yes

Sunrise/sunset Times: Yes

Health Monitoring:

Wrist-based Heart Rate (Constant, Every Second): Yes

Daily Resting Heart Rate: Yes

Abnormal Heart Rate Alerts: Yes (high and low)

Respiration rate (24×7): Yes

Pulse Ox Blood Oxygen Saturation: Yes (spot-check, during sleep, all day)

Fitness Age: Yes

Body Battery™ Energy Monitor: Yes

All-day Stress Tracking: Yes

Relaxation Breathing Timer: Yes

Sleep: Yes

Sleep Score and Insights: Yes

Hydration: Yes (in Garmin Connect™)

Menstrual Cycle: Yes (in Garmin Connect™)

Health Snapshot: Yes

Sensors:

GPS: Yes

GLONASS: Yes

Galileo: Yes

Garmin Elevate™ Wrist Heart Rate Monitor: Yes

Barometric Altimeter: Yes

Compass: Yes

Gyroscope: Yes

Accelerometer: Yes

Thermometer: Yes

Depth Sensor: Yes

Pulse Ox Blood Oxygen Saturation Monitor: Yes (with Acclimation)

Daily Smart Features:

Connectivity: Bluetooth®, ANT+®

Connect IQ™ (Downloadable Watch Faces, Data Fields, Widgets and Apps): Yes

Smart Notifications: Yes

Text Response/Reject Phone Call with Text (Android™ only): Yes

Calendar: Yes

Weather: Yes

Battery Saver- Customizable Low Power Watch: Yes

Controls Smartphone Music: Yes

Music Storage: Yes

Find My Phone: Yes

Find My Watch: Yes

VIRB® Remote: Yes

Smartphone Compatibility: iPhone®, Android™

Pairs with Garmin Golf app: Yes

Pairs with Garmin Connect™ Mobile: Yes

Garmin Pay™: Yes

Safety & Tracking Features:

LiveTrack: Yes

Incident Detection during Select Activities: Yes

Assistance: Yes

Tactical Features:

Dual Grid Coordinates: Yes

Diving Features:

Dive Activity Maximum Operating Depth: 100 m

Single-gas Mode: Yes

Gauge Mode: Yes

APNEA Mode: Yes

APNEA Hunt Mode: Yes

Decompression Model: Bühlmann ZHL-16c with Gradient Factors

Nitrox Support: Yes

Trimix Support: Yes

Closed Circuit Rebreather (CCR): Yes

Gas Mixes: Air, Nitrox, and Trimix, up to 100% O2; 1 bottom gas and up to 11 deco and/or backup gasses

PO2: Up to 2.0 with Customizable Deco PO2 Setting

Auto start/end Dive: Yes

Custom End-dive Timeout: Yes (20s to 10 m)

Safety Stop: Yes (Customizable off/3min/5min)

Deep Stops: Yes (Using Custom Gradient Factors)

Customizable Conservatism: Yes (low/medium/high or custom using gradient factors)

Dive Ascent/Descent Rate Indicator: Yes

Automatic Altitude Adjustment: Yes

No Fly Time: Yes

Dive Planner: Yes (Basic NDL + Multi-gas Deco Planner)

Tides: Yes

Backlight: Yes (configurable time and intensity; auto-on at depth)

Automatically Saves Dive Entry and Exit Locations: Yes

Custom Dive Data Screens: Yes

Sync Dive Log to Garmin Dive™ Mobile app: Yes

Alerts & Alarms: Audible and vibration alarms for ascent rate, PO2, CNS/OTU, NDL, deco, and gas switching. Customizable (up to 40) audible and/or vibration per dive mode, based on depth or time.

3-axis Dive Compass: Yes (with an adjustable heading, a quick change to 90R, 90L and reciprocal). Indicates degrees and direction back to set heading.

Missed Deco Lockout: Yes (can be disabled prior to dive with user acknowledgment)

Residual Tissue Loading Reset: Yes (on the surface with user acknowledgment)

Surface Diver Status Widget: Yes (surface interval, N2/HE loading, CNS, OTU, and tissue compartment status.

Boating Features:

Built-in Barometer & Tide Tables: Yes

Activity Tracking Features:

Step Counter: Yes

Move Bar (Displays on Device after a Period of Inactivity; Walk for a Couple of Minutes to Reset It): Yes

Auto Goal (Learns your Activity Level and Assigns a Daily Step Goal): Yes

Calories Burned: Yes

Floors Climbed: Yes

Distance Traveled: Yes

Intensity Minutes: Yes

TRUEUP™: Yes

MOVE IQ™: Yes

Garmin Connect™ Challenges App: Yes

Gym & Fitness Equipment:

Available Gym Activity Profiles: Strength, HIIT, Cardio and Elliptical Training, Stair Stepping, Floor Climbing, Indoor Rowing, Yoga

Cardio Workouts: Yes

Strength Workouts: Yes

HIIT Workouts: Yes

Automatic REP Counting: Yes

Training, Planning & Analysis Features:

HR Zones: Yes

HR Alerts: Yes

HR Calories: Yes

% HR Max: Yes

% HRR: Yes

Recovery Time: Yes

Auto Max HR: Yes

HR Broadcast (broadcasts HR data over ANT+™ to paired devices): Yes (using ANT+)

Respiration Rate (during exercise): Yes

GPS Speed & Distance: Yes

Customizable Data Pages: Yes

Customizable Activity Profiles: Yes

AUTO PAUSE®: Yes

Interval Training: Yes

Advanced Workouts: Yes

Downloadable Training Plans: Yes

Power Modes- Customizable in-activity battery setting: Yes

AUTOLAP®: Yes

Manual Lap: Yes

Configurable Lap Alerts: Yes

Heat & Altitude Acclimation: Yes

VO2 Max (Run): Yes

VO2 Max (Trail Run): Yes

Training Status: Yes

Training Load: Yes

Training Effect: Yes

Training Effect (Anaerobic): Yes

Primary Benefit (Training Effect Labels): Yes

Improved Recovery Time: Yes

Daily Suggested Workouts: Yes

Custom Alerts: Yes

Audio Prompts: Yes

Finish Time: Yes

Race an Activity: Yes

Manual Multisport Activities: Yes

Course Guidance: Yes

Touch And/Or Button Lock: Yes

Hot Keys: Yes

Auto Scroll: Yes

Activity History on Watch: Yes

PHYSIO TRUEUP: Yes

Running Features:

Available Profiles: Running, Treadmill Running, Indoor Track Running, Trail Running

Running Dynamics: Yes (with compatible accessory)

Vertical Oscillation & Ratio: Yes (with compatible accessory)

Ground Contact Time & Balance: Yes (with compatible accessory)

Stride Length (Real Time): Yes (with compatible accessory)

Cadence (Provides Real-Time Number of Steps per Minute): Yes

Performance Condition: Yes

Lactate Threshold: Yes (with compatible accessory)

Run Workouts: Yes

Race Predictor: Yes

Foot Pod Capable: Yes

Golfing Features:

Yardage to F/M/B (distance to front, middle and back of green): Yes

Yardage to Layups/Doglegs: Yes

Measures Shot Distance (Calculates Exact Yardage for Shots from Anywhere on Course): Manual

Digital Scorecard: Yes

Stat Tracking (Strokes, Putts per Round, Greens and Fairways Hit): Yes

Auto Courseview Updates: Yes

Green View with Manual Pin Position: Yes

Hazards & Course Targets: Yes

Round Timer/ Odometer: Yes

Tournament Legal: Yes

Outdoor Recreation:

Available Outdoor Recreation Profiles: Hiking, Indoor Climbing, Bouldering, Climbing, Skiing, Snowboarding, Backcountry Skiing, XC Classic Skiing, XC Skate Skiing, Stand Up Paddleboarding, Rowing, Kayaking, Surfing, Hunting, Kiteboarding, Windsurfing, Fishing, Tactical

Point-to-Pont Navigation: Yes

Bread Crumb Trail in Real Time: Yes

Back to Start: Yes

TRACBACK®: Yes

Elevation Profile: Yes

Barometric Trend indicator with Storm Alert: Yes

Vertical Speed: Yes

Total Ascent/Descent: Yes

Future Elevation Plot: Yes

GPS Coordinates: Yes

Sight ‘N’ Go: Yes

Area Calculation: Yes

Sun & Moon Information: Yes

Expedition GPS Activity: Yes

Tides: Yes

Cycling Features:

Available Cycling Profiles: Biking, Road Biking, Mountain Biking, Gravel Biking, Cyclocross, Bike Commuting, Bike Touring, eBiking, eMountain Biking, Indoor Biking

Alerts (Triggers alarm when you reach goals including time, distance, heart rate or calories): Yes

Courses: Yes

MTB Grit & Flow: Yes

Bike Lap and Lap Maximum Power (With Power Sensor): Yes

Race an Activity: Yes

FTP: Yes

Compatible with Vector™ and Rally™ (Power Meters): Yes

Power Meter Compatible: Yes

Speed & Cadence Sensor Support: Yes

Swimming Features:

Available Swim Profiles: Pool Swimming, Open Water Swimming, Swimming/Running

Open-Water Swim Metrics (Distance, Pace, Stroke Count/Rate, Stroke Distance, Swim Efficiency (Swolf), Calories): Yes

Pool Swim Metrics (Lengths, Distance, Pace, Stroke Count, Swim Efficiency (Swolf), Calories): Yes

Stroke Type Detection (Freestyle, Backstroke, Breaststroke, Butterfly) (Pool Swim Only): Yes

Drill Logging (Pool Swim Only): Yes

Basic Rest Timer (Up From 0) (Pool Swim Only): Yes

“Repeat On” Rest Timer (Pool Swim Only): Yes

Auto Rest (Pool Swim Only): Yes

Time and Distance Alerts: Yes

Countdown Start (Pool Swim Only): Yes

Pool Swim Workouts: Yes

Underwater Wrist-Based Heart Rate: Yes

Heart Rate from External Hrm (Real-Time During Rests, Interval and Session Stats during Rests, And Automatic Heart Rate Download Post-Swim): Yes

Kid Activity Tracking Features:

TOE-TO-TOE™ Challenges APP: Yes (optional Connect IQ Toe-to-Toe™ Challenges app)

Connectivity:

Smart Trainer Control

 

WHAT’S IN THE BOX:

1 x Descent G1 Solar

1 x Extra-long Adjustment Strap

1 x Charging/data cable

1 x Documentation

Warranty: 2-Years