This brings aviation weather in the form of metars and ‘smart notifications’ from your phone, so that you can easily see that slot delay for your flight to Cannes, etc. So what about the pilot-type things that you might want to do with the watch? While you can use it perfectly well on its own (it has a worldwide airport database, a built-in GPS, a barometric altimeter and an electronic compass) it works better when it’s part of a little Garmin community, the first part of which is the Garmin Connect app that you can run on your iOS or Android phone.
Of course, Garmin is not just an aviation company, and the watch is capable of being used for other activities like walking, cycling, running, skiing, swimming (it’s waterproof to 100 metres) and even golf. Not being an AME, I’m not entirely sure if there’s a genuine pilot need for a heart rate monitor, but it’s fun to look back after a flight and see what your heart thought of your landing. If you aren’t interested in the metal band, the watch comes supplied with a black, silicon strap and a couple of special screwdrivers to make changing it pretty easy.Īpart from the look, size and price, to spot the biggest difference you need to look at the back of the watch where you’ll find three green lights which form the watch’s heart rate monitor. If you want to use the D2 Bravo to tell the time, there are several watch face styles to choose from The pseudo HSI screen is just one of the many face options available. It sports a sapphire lens, a redesigned gunmetal bevel and something that Garmin is calling a ‘hybrid titanium carbon coloured wristband’, which I take to mean that it’s not made from pure titanium (expensive) – but it looks (and sounds) pretty good. The watch is both slimmer and lighter than its predecessor. Like the older, bigger watch, you get used to the size pretty quickly, but should you have occasion to wear an older, smaller watch there is a feeling that you may have wandered into a doll’s house outfitters by mistake. While similar, the design and form factor have been refined where the D2 was a pretty huge watch, the D2 Bravo Titanium is just big. SafelogWeb is compatible with most worldwide logbook formats and aviation regulatory bodies, including FAA (part 91, 121, 135, 117, etc), EASA (EU-OPS/FCL), Transport Canada, and CASA Australia, just to name a few, and is used by student pilots through senior airline captains worldwide.The D2 Bravo Titanium is the third pilot watch to be produced by Garmin.
SafelogWeb can be used either by itself as a purely web-based logbook, or in conjunction with our SafelogWeb is the world's most trusted online pilot logbook, offering a full range of flight logging, currency analysis, and career reporting features.
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