Ningaloo
Well-known member
I am a big fan of my B&G instruments. They have not been without issues - notably the wind sensor which was susceptible to static electricity in thunderstorms and was replaced twice under warranty.
However the sailsteer display is very useful. So good that I replaced a small Triton display with a Vulcan 7 MFD. This also gave me redundancy should my primary Zeus3 fail.
In the past B&G have published a couple of software updates for the Zeus/Vulcan range every year. These have usually included genuinely useful new features such as race start line assistance and GRIB weather integration.
But something went wrong with the 18.3 upgrade issued about 18 months ago and it took them 6 months (and two attempts) to issue a fix.
So it is now over 18 months since any new features have been added. My Zeus3 is less than 2 years old and I must say I'm a little disappointed. On a couple of occasions I have had an opportunity to talk to the development team and I have passed on many suggestions for improvements, and even offered to be an unpaid beta tester (I am a summer cruising live-aboard software consultant).
I'd love to hear from anyone at B&G/Simrad about their future plans for this product.
However the sailsteer display is very useful. So good that I replaced a small Triton display with a Vulcan 7 MFD. This also gave me redundancy should my primary Zeus3 fail.
In the past B&G have published a couple of software updates for the Zeus/Vulcan range every year. These have usually included genuinely useful new features such as race start line assistance and GRIB weather integration.
But something went wrong with the 18.3 upgrade issued about 18 months ago and it took them 6 months (and two attempts) to issue a fix.
So it is now over 18 months since any new features have been added. My Zeus3 is less than 2 years old and I must say I'm a little disappointed. On a couple of occasions I have had an opportunity to talk to the development team and I have passed on many suggestions for improvements, and even offered to be an unpaid beta tester (I am a summer cruising live-aboard software consultant).
I'd love to hear from anyone at B&G/Simrad about their future plans for this product.