| Suunto Core Altimeter Watch Alu Alu, One Size |  | Brand: Suunto
List Price: $549.00
Buy New: $531.42
as of 3/15/2010 08:53 EDT details
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Rating:  78 reviews
Color: Alu Alu
Media: Misc.
Size: One Size
Shipping Weight (lbs): 1
MPN: SS014443010
Model: SS014443010
UPC: 045235900886
EAN: 0195769516586
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Product Description
The Suunto Core Altimeter Watch keeps an eye on approaching storms with an innovative motion-sensing barometric altimeterand looks good doing it. The Core is Suunto's latest companion for the outdoor athlete seeking thin alpine air, with a slimmer profile than you'd expect from a wristtop computer. Along with the Storm Alarm, which switches from pressure-sensitive altimeter to barometer depending on your body movement, the Core advises you directionally with a digital compass, gives accurate temperature readings from -20 to 140 degrees, and measures underwater depth to 30 feet. The Core even provides all this information in English, French, Spanish, and German. Suunto managed to pack all of those features, plus regular timekeeping, chronograph, alarm functions and more into a variety of cases that, while technical in appearance, won't look out of place when you head downtown for the evening.
Product Features- Material: [Housing] polished stainless steel; [Strap] elastomer
- Altimeter: Yes, accurate to 30000ft
- Barometer: Yes
- Heart Rate Monitor: No
- Chronograph: Yes (with sunrise, sunset times and day-counter)
- Thermometer: Yes
- Digital Compass: Yes
- Adjustable Declination: Yes
- Low Battery Indicator: Yes
- PC Compatible: No
- Waterproof: Water resistant to 100ft (30m)
- Backlight: Yes
- Alarms: 1 Time (with snooze)
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- Size: Medium
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- Recommended Use: Casual wear, skiing, mountaineering
- Manufacturer Warranty: 1 Year
- Country of Origin: China
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 Great, cool watch February 19, 2010
Fernando Magalhaes Gomes
Great watch, beautiful design and very well finish.
Still have something to read to understand better all the possibility.
 Falls a bit short - poor display and flimsy February 10, 2010
Bryan L. Singer (Deep South, United States)
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
I had a Suunto X-lander before this watch. I remember it being flawless, easy to read, and solid construction. This watch looked to be a good replacement, but I was immediately disappointed. The display is very difficult to read, I have to stare intently to see the North indicator on the compass and read the display in general. The backlight doesn't help as it is also very weak.
Then, there's the construction. It has a polished case and all I can think is SCRATCH! The watchband felt like it would rip.
As far as functions go, seems well featured, but the display really makes this watch unappealing to me.
 Do not buy this watch February 2, 2010
A. Graham (Washington, DC United States)
1 out of 2 found this review helpful
I read all the reviews before buying this watch and I should have listened. This watch is not worth the $300 you will pay for it. Suunto wil not honor your warranty if you buy this watch on Amazon.
The black background with numbers does not work. It looks neat, sounds stylish, but is not functional.
The compass is off by 20 degrees. This is the main reason I bought the watch. Don't waste your money.
If you intend to use the stopwatch while you exercise, the stopwatch is too small to read while you are running.
The Alarm works great. The watch is large, but very comfortable. The altimeter is neat, but not terribly useful. The thermometer obviously won't work becuase its pressed against your skin. The clock works great, but on the $60 watch I should have bought, you can see the numbers on the stopwatch.
Save your money, do not buy this watch.
 Gift for My Husband January 11, 2010
Jean Richard (Lewiston, ME USA)
0 out of 1 found this review helpful
I bought this watch as a gift for my husband for Christmas and he absolutely LOVES it! He never takes it off! He has no complaints with it.
 Comparison w/ a Casio pathfinder January 10, 2010
E (Washington, DC USA)
2 out of 3 found this review helpful
I normally don't wear digital watches, mostly automatics or mechanicals, but it's useful to have a few extra features, like dual time zones, especially when travelling.
Compared to the Casio Pathfinder--I have a Casio Men's Solar Atomic Pathfinder Multi-Band Watch #PAW1300G-1V--the Suunto is:
1. Better looking, but that's a taste thing. The Pathfinder is a more pedestrian, but some people think the Suunto looks funny. I like it.
2. Easier to use as a compass. I find that the Suunto compass is more accurate, gets its bearings more quickly, and is much easier to read.
3. Much more difficult to read in lower-light conditions. The light on the Suunto is really not very good. It's easy to read the face in the light, and in the complete dark, the Suunto light is OK. However, if you're sort of in between, the light on the Suunto is worthless. The Pathfinder light is like the high-beams on my car.
4. A lot more expensive to maintain. The battery life on the Suunto is terrible, even if you don't use the compass much (compasses are battery-eaters in any watch). The Pathfinder is solar-powered, which is free.
5. Easier to navigate. The menu on the Suunto is just that, a menu. Pretty straightforward and easy to navigate. The Pathfinder is a little trick.
6. Not self-setting. The Pathfinder has an atomic clock receiver, and sets itself if you aim it at the window. I find that the Suunto, once set, is completely accurate, though. But since I normally wear automatics, accuracy isn't the most important thing in the world to me.
7. Better for letting you know when the sun will set. Suunto has reference info on sunrise/sunset. This is really really useful information. It's a bummer if it's dark out before you're done setting up your campsite.
Anyway, I like both watches. If I wanted just one watch, I'd probably get the Pathfinder, because Casio quality and durability is pretty legendary (I still own an F91 that I bought in the mid-1990s). But I'm a watch dork and like to switch around. If you're in a situation, though, where you need to go downrange and consider your watch to be gear and not a fashion accessory or reminder to take a break from your hike and eat lunch, DEFINITELY get the Pathfinder.
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