I also have an early one, 168600038, over a year old and no problem with the band.

WazzaYotty said..

Thanks Dylan,
My S/No 168600042
Strap all good.

I hope you didn't take it out of the box and unwrap it just to read the serial number Wazza.

Sn... 3097 ok.

vando said..

mikey100 said..
Sn... 3097 ok.

Thats one of the slow ones Mike

... asked for a slow one. Gotta help you feel good about your fast numbers.

here end customer (I am using Locosys vocabulary :) attempt to do something with the broken watch:





The idea is to fit it on the mast or maybe the harness buckle.
Still work in progress...

Yes 3D printed.
Once it is finalised I will share the stl file, anyone having access to a printer could print the parts.

Now I need to draw some kind of backplate and clamp to fix it somewhere. Could be on a wrist but given the size of the frame it would probably make more sense to try to integrate it on a piece of gear. Boom mount would be the easiest but I'd like to be able to see the screen on both tacks.

Thingiverse thing 2998804.....
www.thingiverse.com/thing:2998804

Happy printing

sailquik said..
From a technical view, it is not a good idea to attach your GPS logger to the mast.

It can be subject to severe vibrations, and big slams if you fall. On the other hand, attachment to your body dampens excess movement (most of the time). Also, the mast does not always follow the same path (and therefore speed) as your body.

Sky view for good signal reception is also more likely to be compromised,

Yep thru, but for me there is no vibrations on windfoil.

I was mostly concerned about the CF mast hiding the antenna, however I could not see any glitch on the readings yesterday, I compared the speed in real time with my Suunto I was wearing on the wrist and I could not notice anything abnormal. I also heelled the board upwind (excessively) with the sail nearly horizontal, the watch underneath the mast was still giving sound speed values.

Sure it might not work as well if you are sailling 30+ kts on a fin.

Brilliant !!!

Maybe...
I took mine appart to take a look inside, I was a bit concerned about the seal after I put it back together, the red o-ring is very thin.

However, I have to highlight that the 4 x M3 bolts on the printed watch frame are adding more sealing pressure on the o-ring itself.

I had a fair amont of slamming and catapulting yesterday, riding the SB Ultra foil on a small Isonic 111, overpowered on 5.8 camber sail with the sea looking like construction site... had a serious hard time. My joints still hurt this morning but the watch is still thigh.

Honestly I'd rather having the watch gone from taking water than loosing it due to a failed attachment and dropping another lithium rubbish in mother ocean.

Just my opinion :) use your your gear with caution and adapt to whatever condition you get...




Now that I am used to see the screen while riding I will not go back to an other wrist mount that you struggle to read without loosing some level of balance ( I have my Suunto for that).

Not sure how everyone else has gone warranty wise but I thought I would give an update that have received a new replacement watch for the broken band. Took some paitence & a bit of haggling

decrepit said..
Fantastic, did it cost you anything?
Was it through your local dealer or direct with locosys?
And I presume yours was in the bad batch numbers

Hi Mike,

No it didn't cost anything.

I sent it back to the local Dealer who then sent it to the Manufacturer, so the warranty was through the manufacturer but brokered by the dealer.

It it took about 6 weeks or so to get confirmation on the replacement under warranty after my first contact. As I mentioned I had to haggle in terms of a watch band breaking after 15 odd sails/uses & it was not fit for purpose (Dealer initially claimed it must have been damaged in use initially)

Yep it was in the range of defective bands put together by Dylan (1098). This was the main argument I used to demonstrate it was unfit for purpose. (Thanks Dylan)

Strange to see that mine which failed seems to be on an earlier SN.168600475 than those highlighted above.

Good to see that finally an end customer is treated the proper way tho..

You can buy one, but you will have to accept that the strap will probably break after a year or so (planned obsolescence?) I got 1.5 years out of mine, I now have a split halfway across the strap. Serial number is 168600702 which appears to be earlier than most of the others that have failed. Looks like Locosys don't care their name is going to be tarnished by a quality control fault. If they won't stand behind their product then I for one won't buy another one. My solution for now is to 3d print a flexible safety backing strap (printed with TPU plastic) that should stop me losing the watch when the other half of the strap does break. If anyone wants to do the same let me know and I can give you a copy of the 3d printer stl file I used.

Yes. I did that while I was using an extender, but you need to attach to both straps, unless you're psychic enough to predict which side will break first.