Description This easy-to-use watch has it all--including the finest materials, reliable performance and Suunto's renowned precision ltimeter function ranges up to 9,000 m in 5 m increments, featuring vertical asc...
Summary: i bought a Vector a year ago and was the worst purchase I ever made. The altimiter and baromiter quit working and would adjust extremely. The bezel broke off during shooting and the face scratches very easily. Also, don't get sun block on it, it will remove the bezel numbers!!! I just bought an X-lander. From the reviews I am sure I will be pleased. I will post again with onfo. on the watch.
Customer Service: Buy from an Authorized retailer or someone with the warranty card for registration. If you don't you will be stuck with the repairs.
Similar Products Used: Casio G-Shock and Suunto Vector.
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Anyone ANYONE who complains about a non-GPS altimeter varying with barometer would not be a climbing partner of mine. An altimiter/barometer IS ONLY USEFUL when used with a good topo map and a compass - there's redundancy there.
That said, they are invaluable. Just being able to see barometer change overnight (or the drift that occurs during the day when recalibrating)can help one predict the weather the next day. For short periods, they give you a good idea of your rate of ascent.
In closing, barometer altimiters are one insturment of many, the most important being the human brain to see the data and make a good call. This watch is only a tool - it won't save you in trouble on its own - it just provides raw data. But it's data you'll be happy to have when you need it!!
Rip it for aesthetics, lack of second hand, or whatever, but PLEASE stop ripping the concept of the barometer altimiter. It's sad to see!
Thankyou, and I hope the moderator will allow this post of mine!
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Reviewed by: Michael Smith(Unregistered User)
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Car Camper
Price Paid:
$263.00
Summary: I bought the X-Lander with the negative face. Its a fine watch but the readout is so dim that you must have the watch directly in front of your face about 16 inches away in a well lit area to see the numbers. If you want to find out the time at night forget about it.
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Summary: Why are you reading this review? Because you're a gear freak. And this watch is the ultimate peice of gear to get any gear freak salivating. All those buttons, all those functions.And its big, shiny and silver.
Its crap, but does that matter? Im with stinks, a few posts below. This watch is for poseurs and gear freaks only.
It tells the time, but doesnt have a second hand. Its a personal thing, but at work I have to time things so I can work out what to do. Other people might not care.The alarms effectively dont work, which has to be a strike against it.
The temperature gauge is against the skin, so it doesnt record ambient temperature, only skin temperature, which as stinks says will let you know if you're alive, but you probably already know that.
Like all these things the altimeter is linked to barometer and they will vary together. The watch cant tell if the barometers dropping or if you're climbing, so if you're climbing up mountains and down valleys whilst the air pressure is changing, the watch gets completely lost. That means you cant predict dangerous weather, or know how high you are. If you know the altitude you're at (ie a waystation or map point) then you can reset it, but then why have the watch? In the Indian himalaya the road engineers put up frequent and accurate altitude markers, and I was often out by dozens of metres.
And it is unreliable. My buttons also got stuck, and when I took it to a SUUNTO dealer they wouldnt repair it because I was in the UK but had bought it in Australia. So what?
Buy a decent watch, and get a great GPS system. These things have all the gtreat features and more.
Customer Service: Poor, basically absent
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Summary: This watch is great. Some things you should know about altimeters without GPS is that they all tell altitude by a barometer. There is simply no other way to do it. The altimeter is even within 60 feet or so after leaving Detroit and arriving a sea level in Florida - pressurization and everything. That said, in combination with a topo and map readign skills, you should never get lost.
The temperature reading is actually useful if you calibrate it by knowing how many more degrees it adds (about 14 degrees for me). Yes, the alarm is too quiet, but I've never had a watch be able to wake me up consistently. The light is very good and after 10 months, I have had none of the bezel rub off. The compass is very usable and accurate. I have even used it to help me stargaze ahile on a plane. I have also used it in Glacier National Park on a weeklong trek and performed flawlessly.
If you don't like big watches, this isn't for you. Even had one friend tell me that's the biggest f**** watch I've ever seen - but everyone agrees that is way cool.
Better display than the X6, in my opinion.
Customer Service: None needed.
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