1 comments about Highgear Terra Tech Digital Compass and Flashlight Tool - New Shadow Color.

1. This is the second one of these I've ordered. It is used primarily as a watch and the first one took a beating everyday at the construction site for over two years. Eventually one of the buttons began to stick, so I opted for the new grey model instead of another orange one. Dual time zones, alarms, a light, compass, and a few things I don't need seems to fit my needs just about right. If you drop it enough times the metal faceplate will pop off. Superglue and you are good to go.

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5 comments about Brunton Multi-Navigator MNS GPS with Neoprenerying Case.

1. There is some type of acquisition glitch with this unit. It occured to me today when I was doing a GPS site survey of a noted East Coast Navy Shipyard. With steel vessel components and buildings a plenty, the MNS would occasionally lose GPS fix. After moving to a "clear" area where initial acquisition was obtained the MNS would just sit there and try for many minutes to re-acquire. After shutting the unit off, then powering back up the MNS re-acquired almost immediately. This may be an artifact of using the device in a shipyard, however in some instances 3D fix was maintained while walking underneath the ships while they were on the land level facility. In this respect the MNS functioned perfectly in the shipyard with some variations between 3D and 2D acquisition, only a few lost tracks occured. Given the steel ships, cranes, and buildings the MNS really performed very well except for the re-acquisition thing. I intend to try to get the MNS to do this in a different environment. For the 2-3 times I lost fix, only once did I have to reset the GPS unit (power off-then on again). Overall I give the highest rating giving the conditions of the testing I made with it. Tonight I intend to take it with me when I visit a small island about 5mi offshore, we will see how it does in a marine environment.



2. After receiving the unit, I tried all the features it has. Wow!
   It is an amazing gps. Great. It performance exactly as it said on the specifications especially under the thick forest trees. Without this I could be lost in the jungle during one of my weekend jungle trekking trip. Unbelievable. It even track signal under tiles roof in my house.
   I have another gps of other brand (I wouldn't mention it brand name) it is of no use in that conditions eventhough it has all the other features which I think is great. These are good when I use it in lake and sea.But totally useless under thick foliage without satellites signal.
   Trekking under the compass mode is great when there isn't any satellites signals. It saves battery. You wouldn't get lost in any conditions.Great feature!
   Don't go jungles (from my part of the world a lot of jungles here are virgin jungles) trekking withou this gps. You can leave others gps at home at least it save you space and weight in your backpacks. Believe me.
   TQ
   GPS NUT



3. My aim was to get a GPS with no map capability in order to maintain good habits when navigating with visual checkpoints. The low battery consumption was also an important matter. The Brunton unit I got from Finalcall fulfills all my expectations. The very large screen, additional features such as the compass, the altimeter or the barometer in addition to a full GPS unit are perfect. I will use it mainly when making cross-country travel in a Cessna 172 as a complementary tool to classical navigation instruments. The service given by Finalcall has been perfect.



4. I have used the MNS for about a year hiking in the mountains of Colorado. I decided I needed a GPS because I started climbing mountains without well-defined trails; I climbed the wrong mountain several times. I used the Brunton MNS in parallel with the Garmin Etrex Vista for about a month.

   The MNS is more accurate than advertised when finding positions. When entering a waypoint on the "way out" of a daylong hike, the MNS usually registered "found" within 5 feet of the landmark that I recrossed and recognised on the "way back." The MNS can acquire a signal in light forests near tree line, but not in the heavy forests of Ponderosa Pine at lower altitudes. The heavy smoke generated by the fire burning West of Colorado Springs this Summer killed satellite acquisition.

   The altimeter is not accurate to within three feet, even given that the weather is clear and constant. It is of equivalent accuracy to my Sunto Vector altitude watch which is rated accurate to 10 feet; both must have the same internal mechanism. If I start climbing at 10,000 feet and climb to 14,000 feet, both devices will register about 13,900 feet. Interestingly enough, both devices always register low, which allows me to intuit the real altitude. On that closed loop between 10,000 and 14,000 feet, both mechanisms will register within 10 feet of 10,000 feet on return to the starting point.

   The MNS mechanism is capable and has kept me from getting lost several times when weather on the return trip became bad.

   The Tracklog function has little value because there is a very small limiting number of collected waypoints; a user is bound to miss that bend in the trail or special landmark that he would enter if he were setting waypoints manually.

   The MNS is somewhat more accurate than the E-Trex Vista in finding positions. The E-Trex is far more user friendly in entering data. It might take twice as long to manually enter a route using the MNS vis-a-vis the E-trex.

   I wear reading glasses. I cannot view the E-trex map or any of the displays without my glasses. I can view all the displays on the MNS without glasses. This was the ultimate reason I kept the MNS and returned the E-Trex Vista.

   The Map on the Vista is so tiny as to be of little value. When I hike, I print a map of my route from my mapping software on plasticized paper; this printed map is far more convenient than the tiny map on the Vista.




5. How is it that Amazon, who claims to have lowest prices, is selling this GPS for $399.00, when Brunton, the manufacturer, has a suggested retail of $359.00?! I've seen this unit listed at $299.00 else where, and that includes shipping. Try Kooters.com

5 comments about Suunto X6HRM Heart Rate Wrist-Top Computer Watch with Altimeter, Barometer, and Compass.

1. The first X6HRM I purchased was very flaky, with the screen blanking out after a button was pushed. I was about to return it, but found out there was a recall. The new unit functions flawlessly and is great if you have regular workouts you do. With altimeter, HRM and timer saving data you can download workout profiles to your PC (average software but functional) and overlay curves to check progress during the season or year-to-year.
   The only minor complaint is that the unit sucks down batteries. They're easy to replace though, so buy a few spares.



2. I bought the suunto X6hrt after having 2 polars and getting sick of their fragility during training. The suunto site isn't that clear about the product but I bought it expecting at least the same level of functions that I got in simpler polar watches. In this model, compass, barometer, altimeter look goods, but the HR function only measures the current HR, nothing else. What about % of max HR (very easy to implement) and calories expendure?
   For a USD 1,000 watch, it really doesn't pay off if you need some HR basic functions.



3. 
   The performance and usability of this watch simply do not justify its price tag.
   
   1. The HRM function isn't reliable. My $30 unbranded HRM maintains a better wireless connection to the chest strap. Occasionally the X6HR measures false heart rate spikes up to 190. Occasional drop outs or false spikes are not a problem for a simple HRM, but a real pain when you're using the X6HR to record over time, as it screws up heart rate statistics.
   
   2. The buttons are too 'mushy'. It's hard to tell when a button has been properly pressed.
   
   3. The software the comes with the watch is clunky and ugly.
   
   Overall, if you are looking at the X6HR, look at the Polar AXN500.



4. Piss me off. damn thing didn't ship w/ a USB connector like it says it does & cant use the damn thing, after paying over $500 for it. Since I am in Iraq, I cannot send it back. GREAT. RIPOFFS!!!!



5. Description appears to be Suunto X6HRM (M is for Metal), but the item shipped is in fact Suunto X6HR. I sent it back asking for the good item (which cost me 80, more than 100$) and I had a refund.
   
   Thanks a lot it cost me a lot for ... nothing.
   
   I will surely order again.

1 comments about Suunto Regatta Wrist-Top Boating Computer Watch with Compass and Sailing Timer.

1. This is the only digital watch I like - it's also the first one I've ever used. The display is readable and practical. The compass is excellent and a very useful addition to the watch (saves packing a compass for camping trips too).

2 comments about Suunto X6 Wrist-Top Computer Watch with Altimeter, Barometer, Compass, Clinometer and PC-Interface.

1. This product work great. I would definitely purchase it again. The only concern I have with it is the glass face is very exposed to hitting anything. So far it hasn't been prone to scratching. I put the first and only scratch in the glass within the first week of ownership. I have had the watch almost 4 months now and I have not put any more scratches in it but I am more careful. Other than that the watch work perfectly. I am very pleased.



2. I'm a cyclist, and after researching watches for a couple of weeks, the X6 seemed like the perfect product to track accumulated elevation gain and degree of slope. Unfortunately, the watch has some serious flaws that hinder its usefulness.
   
   First, elevation gain: this is the watch's strongest feature and, once you learn to use it, delivers results that are easy to read, if not wholly accurate. I've found that the X6 under-reports the accumulated elevation gain by about 15% to 20%.
   
   Next, the clinometer: as implemented in the X6, this feature is useless. When on my bike, the X6 is mounted on a Polar handlebar mount, adjusted so that when the bike is upright on flat ground, the readout displays 0 degrees, as it should. However, when I start pedaling, the readout swings wildly from 0 to 35 to 20 to 50, all in just a few pedal strokes. I never have the faintest clue what the actual degree of slope is. To put it charitably, this feature is a joke -- or at least it would be if the watch weren't so expensive.
   
   Finally, watch features: in general, I find the watch easy to use, although the buttons require quite a firm push. I recently took the watch on a cycling trip through France, and made good use of the dual time display. The downside, as I discovered, is that you can't attach a wake-up alarm to the secondary display. That means if you have U.S. time set as the primary display, and European time on the secondary one, the alarm only sees the U.S. time. That's quite a design flaw, in my estimation. Another design flaw is that the watch is virtually unreadable in low light conditions. I find myself constantly squinting at it in order to read the large digits.
   
   The bottom line: after four months of fairly extensive use, I'm back to my $17 Timex. The Suunto stays in my bike bag, where it only sees the light of day on bike rides. A big disappointment.

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