Awww Ya gurl, Gimme da Watchez

By Matthew Poppoff Ranked #243 - Altimeters October 15, 2010

I'll just Echo everyone elses.

I bought this watch 2 years ago (for $148????) on BC.com and I use this watch every day, no matter if I'm working, casual, or climbing Mt. Rainier. it's flawless. I bought the cheaper Highgear Aerial Altimeter Watch off SAC for 38 bucks and boy was it worthless. I had to reset it about every hour to the correct altitude. No matter where I use this watch, it's NEVER out of 200ft up or down. And when I do big climbs I reset it just to make sure.

The only thing I can honestly complain about it when you have it in log mode, if you ever hit that same button again, it will stop it, So SUUNTO suggests you switch to a different mode besides the altimeter when you are logging. Well whats the point in that? I would like to see what altitude I'm at or how fast I'm ascending when I'm touring or skiing. I usually strap it to my backpack to get an actual reading of temperature and then I can usually have it on the pack with the altimeter showing and log book running.

Buy it, Buy it now. I would not regret.

PS: The plastic face I read got scratched by some people, right after I bought mine I bought an "invisible shield" sold by ZAGG.com for it, And it's protected it flawlessly!

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