Interesting to hear what people are liking and not liking about the carv. I won't get a chance to try mine until June but I have fairly high hopes for it, because I have some clear ideas about what needs improving in my skiing e.g. better outside ski weighting - and I struggle to know if I'm doing certain things or not without someone watching me or at least seeing a video of myself. I think the monitor modes could be useful for that.
Basically I plan to use it as a lesson supplement, something to help give me feedback when I'm practicing between lessons.
Planning to use them with the outdoor tech chips, my helmet has the earpad pockets for them so hopefully they work well
My daughter in on a local ski team and trains with coaches. I still got her a CARV recently as an way for her to get some quantifiable metrics. She does not use any headphones and the audio is turned off. CARV is just on in the background and collecting data. She can see the data on the phone while riding the chair back up and tell her coach about it or send him some screenshots at the end of the day. So far she just has a couple of days using them and her current best Ski-IQ is 137. I am curious to see if the occasional CARV feedback helps the coaches give her more informed guidance.