Well, I've had this watch for about 2 years now. I've actually only used it once. It's the biggest piece of shiit I've ever owned as far as equipment on any level. What makes me laugh is that Nike has one named after Lance Armstrong. If I were Lance I'd consider what sorts of gear he endorses. Maybe at the time no one knew how crappy these watches were. It's too bad because Nike has a rep. to uphold and with this piece of shiit in their line up, it makes them look bad. Very,very bad.....Should I start my review now.?....I'm not even gonna get into it. Lets just say every function on this watch does not work, I'm surprised that the time actually stays acurate on this piece a shiit..

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Casio,Suunto.

Strengths: compass, tough as nails face and band, looked great, cool sounding alarm Weaknesses: needs calibrating far too often, temp. function worthless, went haywire at random. Too bad, I had really high hopes that Nike had produced a great product.

Customer Service

Like I said, watch went haywire. No joy after replacing battery. Parsecent wants $160 to repair it. No thanks, toss it, time for something better.

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None, looking at Avocet, Suunto, etc.

The watch is elegant and offers several alarm modes. I have the black/iron model. The button labels in the inner ring wore off in a few months. The battery life is less than 7 months if you use the backlight twice a day. The dial glass is extremely bulb-shaped and thus many reflexes inhibit you from reading the data unless you watch it from a 90° viewpoint. The functions are quite easy to understand and worked fine for me. To return to the time mode you do not have to go through all other modes but you rather simply hold down the adjust button for a few seconds and you're back to time. Very clever. Nevertheless I am returning to my Casio Pro Trek with built-in photovoltaic cell. It's huge shell does not make it recommendable for after-hours wearing, though. Nike's model is tiny and smooth but very, very energy-consuming. Not recommendable for serious users.

I guess the best thing you can say about this is it tells the time pretty well. It's fiddly to use, the button labels wear off within weeks and it's hard to read in anything but bright clear daylight. Sure it has a backlight but I'd prefer to be able to see the digits in dimmer lighting. The altimeter may be as good as you can expect from a pure consumer product but they certainly don't make that clear when you read Nike's sales blurb. The whole "zero drift" claim is nonsense, too. I left the watch at home fo a month when I went away (which gives you an idea how useful it is!) and found that it had clocked up a couple of thousand feet of altitude variation. Most annoying for me is the fact that you have to scroll through all the functions to get back to the time. If you use the compass, for example, once the compass times out you have to blip through seven other settings to see the time again. The thermometer is next to useless unless you attach the watch to the outside of your clothes or hang it on your bag or something. I had an old Casio before this whose temperature function was almost always spot on even when I was wearing it. Puts this Nike thing to shame. All in all, I would not recommend this for anyone who is interested in anythingother than aesthetics. Oh, it does look quite nice for a sports watch.

Customer Service

Excellent- Campmor replaced the first one after the compass went haywire.

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Compass works well, but the altimeter requires frequent recalibration. My battery did not even last a year, and is expensive and time consuming(sending it end) to get replaced. The lettering above the buttons wore off after about a weeks wear. The face has resisted scratches well, mine took alot of abuse. Lastly the recess hole for the band pins broke at one location so the band would not stay on. Kinda cheap plastic.

This is a bogus deal. Watch works with frequent calibration but here's the real kicker. After a year when the battery dies you cannot and will not find an affordable battery replacement center you can take it to. When you call Parsec Enterprises they tell you that they are the ONLY battery replacement center. After close to twenty dollars and several weeks you will get a new battery installed and watch shipped back to you. Is this HIGH maintenance or what? I don't recommend this watch or any like it. Unless of course you have a personal assistant to take care of these details for you.

As an avid cyclist, I bought this watch primarily to track my altitude when I train in the mountains of Western Maryland. For my purposes, the altimeter is very accurate. I do have to recalibrate it frequently, but it is usually only off by about 30ft. That's not a big deal in the grand scheme of my training. All the other functions work well. The thermometer is sensitive to body heat, but if you put it on outside your sleeve on a cold day, you will get a pretty accurate reading. All in all if you are looking for a altimeter, compass, barometer, thermometer watch and you aren't trekking up Mt. Everest, this will work fine.

Customer Service

Haven't had to use them yet.

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I bought this watch because it was the only altimeter/barometer/compass watch out there that doesn't eclipse my wrist. It actually looks good. Oh, yeah. I have the Lance Armstrong version. That didn't hurt. I really don't have anything to compare it to, so I'm not sure how to review it. The compass seems to be accurate. The altimiter seems fairly accurate, but reqiures frequent recalibration. (Perhpas this is normal for an altimiter, though?) Also, I rarely get the same reading when I return to my home. It's usually within 50 feet, though. I have no idea if this is good or bad for an altimiter. I also have no idea about the baromoter. It, of course, changes as your altitude changes so I don't really know if you can get the info you need for accurate weather predictions, i.e. constant sea level barometric readings. The display is easy to read. Seems durable. If it's good enough for Lance, I guess it's good enough for me. By the way, if someone has the answers to some of my questions in this "review" feel free to send me an email. Thanks.

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Haven't used it.

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(Got this one cheap thanks to feverish exchange rate.) Overall, I love this watch. It´s got a lot of functions, so it may appear complicated, but hey, that´s why you buy it in the first place. For my use, which is primarily trekking in the Chilean Andes up to 18,000 ft, this one does it, and does it well. If you are not terminally ill, why would you need an altimeter eating away at your battery for constant altitude? Especially when it takes you pressing two buttons to get a current reading any time you want to. What really impressed me was the accuracy. Most of the time, the altimeter is within 15 ft, often better. Sure you have to recalibrate it regularly, but welcome to the world of physics. Btw, the accuracy beat the hell out of my Magellan MAP410 GPS!!! To sum it up, think what you need first, then buy the appropriate product. This one does all it claims, it does it great!

Customer Service

Never needed it.

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Just got this thing.......I shoulda read the reviews b4 I accepted. Then I got even more dissappointed when I found oput the price.!