If you get one that works and have good eyesight, then 3 stars

By cclear54573 Ranked #150 - Trail Running Accessories June 5, 2009

Well assuming that that buttons that only worked occasionally were due to a defective item and not how the device normally functions, it "should" actually do a decent job. With that said... The device is small, which is what I needed for backpacking but its shape was combersom trying to follow a winding trail and I was not prepared for the ittsy bittsy text burried off to the side in the shadows for things like km, mi, and knots. In my opinion, virtually unreadable without having to take my glasses along too..even with the back light on. The actual numbers are easy to read and most functions are easy to understand and set (when the buttons work) and it does more than I expected function wise with respect to times, alarm, etc. Sadly I did have to send it back because of the button issue and have to use the analog one I also purchased due to time constraints for my trip. Its a shame I wasted 2nd day air shipping on Brunton's Quality Control. Do note that the wheel is large compared to the anlog wheel making it much harder to follow a very winding path. Also don't let the many digits fool you into thinking "accuracy". The last three digits don't appear to offer much. For example, in 1:24,000 mode, the last three digits were 222, then jump to 447, etc. But who needs trail distance to the nearest half a foot or better anyway?

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