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3.0708.1113

Overview

3.0708.1113 appears to fix the speedsurfing issues that affected the VERTIX 2 and 2S in 3.0706.0 beta and 3.0708.0.

This will be very much welcomed by owners of the VERTIX 2 and 2S, who will no longer see their watches under-reporting their speeds!

If you wish to install 3.0708.1113 on your VERTIX 2 / 2S then written instructions are available!

Satellite Systems

APEX 2 APEX 2 Pro VERTIX 2 / 2S
3.1.0 3.1.0 3.1.0

Quick Test

3 laps of a short test circuit were driven in a relatively open-sky environment. The total distance was almost exactly 5 km.

mounting

At the end of the drive both watches were reporting very similar speeds, within a few hundredths of a knot.

Apologies but no photos were taken at the time!

Quick Review

Comparing the APEX 2 Pro against Motion 815 @ 5 Hz they can be seen to be very similar. The high and low speeds are practically identical throughout the drive. The APEX 2 Pro data lags behind the Motion by around 1.5 seconds.

APEX 2 Pro vs Motion

Comparing the VERTIX 2 against Motion 815 @ 5 Hz they can be seen to be very similar. The high and low speeds are practically identical throughout the drive. The APEX 2 Pro data lags behind the Motion by around 1.5 seconds.

VERTIX 2 vs Motion

Comparing the VERTIX 2 against the APEX 2 Pro eliminates any potential confusion caused by the delay, and shows how similar they were in behavior. There were just a couple of differences near the beginning of the test, but this isn’t entirely unexpected as the GNSS signals are being acquired.

APEX 2 Pro vs VERTIX 2

Summary

3.0708.1113 appears to fix the speedsurfing issues that affected the VERTIX 2 and 2S in 3.0706.0 beta and 3.0708.0.

This will be very much welcomed by owners of the VERTIX 2 and 2S, who will no longer see their watches under-reporting their speeds!