I love the product / idea, but have run into quite a few problems as Iāve used it at the DZ. Iād like to preface the notes below by saying that all jumps have been with a wingsuit. Iām happy to provide any additional detail / data related to the bullets below that is useful in issue resolution - just let me know.
Logs not syncing (believe this is a known bug)
Logs deleted/missing from device before upload (device was unresponsive/lagging after landing, noticed upon gear up for next jump, power cycled device to restore normal behavior and the previous jump went missing)
Poor reporting/performance while wingsuiting (inaccurate deployment altitutes, have to go back and mark jumps as wingsuit)
GPS lock is sporadic (I donāt have similar issues with the FlySight for example)
Device will not charge while powered off
Device will not reconnect to WiFi at the DZ post jump
Device will not upload logs on āpoor connectionā
Device buttons do not work (ex: review jump after landing)
Back button does not take me to the screen I was at previously
Wrist strap is of poor quality (splitting at the edges, usb inaccessible while in strap, power difficult to use while in strap)
Screen constantly in random places due to contact with gear / airplane / whatever - a lock is needed badly to prevent accidental action
Final thoughts:
I want the product to succeed, but am overall disappointed with the initial release, lack of polish, and slow updates given the price tag. Another year of testing / R&D would have made a world of difference. At this point in time Iām unable to recommend the alti to anyone else at the DZ.
We have to remember, itās a explorer version.
Let me guess, itās a kind of crowdfundingā¦
Think the developer will do there best to bring this idea to a great product.
I tried the alter altimeterā¦ good idea but very poor service.
Dekunu offer us this community.
What I donāt understand, there are some bugs they have to be seen at the beta testing period.
I do recommend it on my dropzone regarding to the possibilities and roadmap. Think this idea has the power to change the altimeters in our sport like the iPhone changes the mobile phones. But it will take time.
Let us give this time to dekunu. Hope to be NOT disappointedā¦
Hi @psch sorry to hear you are feeling a bit disappointed - Iāve sent you an email to start a conversation with you about it and address some of the points you bring up. Thanks so much for providing your thoughts and feedback, we are really appreciating all the input from the great community of users.
@psch The new firmware which has just been released has fixes for all of your concerns with the exception of the last two. Hopefully this demonstrates the Dekunu teamsā commitment to the progression of this device and plays a part in changing your mind about recommending to your friends.
Apologies for the delay in releasing the fw, testing of each new fw update can be quite time consuming and a lot of the time weather dependant.
To cover the last two points you made - re-designing of the wrist mounts is underway, posts like yours and feedback/suggestions from other users on this forum have been invaluable to the development of the device and accessories, any and all comments are taken on board and kept in mind when designing hardware or implementing new features. I will add the ālock screenā feature to the future development list, you can check out the suggestions from other āExplorersā here
You will be happy to know we are in the final stages of designing the wingsuit mount too
Thanks for your honest feedback, it is much appreciated (and keeps us on our toes!)
I do not believe the log upload was corrected. At least I am not seeing. āPoor connectionā is not an issue as I have been on a 10Gb unfiltered Internet connection with no success. I think if that was not resolved in the latest update is a huge setback. For me uploading logs is primary.
Try resetting and leave it connected to wifi for a half hour or so, if that doesnāt work try āswitching userā to re-log in to the device. Let me know how you go
Thanks, I will check it out. Could you send me the jump logs folder from your device? Zip the folder and email to support@dekunu.tech. I will figure it out tomorrow. Thanks again! @stirre
I appreciate the firmware update. I will provide feedback re: fixes as soon as possible. Iāve got quite a few jumps planned in the coming weeks. Looking forward to seeing what the team comes up with on the wingsuit mount. Iām happy to help test it out if youāre in need of wingsuit testers.
Thanks for your kind offer @psch and I look forward to your feedback, we have heaps of new features lined up for the Cloud platform in the coming weeks too
Yeah not much change on the log portion from this update. I did everything. Twiceā¦three times to get to resolve. It is not fixed or more so consistently fixed. I still have 11 queued from last weekend. Wonder what this update really did that was substantial? The list of fixes does not seem accurate.
So now I have reached a point of complete disappointment and lack of trust. We are not going forward but backwards. This update has cause such abnormal behavior and not much I can do about it other than reset 20 effing times. Now wireless is completely non-functioning and without that pretty much not shit you can do! It wonāt scan wireless as it says either inactive or disabled. It connected briefly for about 30 seconds and is now back to disabled. My device was working more reliably before this update. Now I have invested about 3 hours since this update trying to get something to work. From the list above, 80% of that list is still broken. The only thing I have not done is login as me again and canāt cause you need wireless to do that. I am about ready to box this up for now as it gets me so agitated I canāt see straight.
We can back rev canāt we? I have all the builds and want to go back to 3.5.2 at this point. Can I just reload the file in USB mode and reload an older FW. How does that play out on this device?
