<html><body><div style="color:#000; background-color:#fff; font-family:HelveticaNeue, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, Lucida Grande, Sans-Serif;font-size:12pt"><div><span><a href="http://www.extech.com/instruments/product.asp?catid=38&prodid=185" shape="rect" rel="nofollow" target="_blank" ymailto="mailto:Cdt-l@backcountry.net">http://www.extech.com/instruments/product.asp?catid=38&prodid=185</a></span></div><div style="display: block;" class="yahoo_quoted"> <br> I like the look of this one --cheap at uk £23 - $30 and only 20g 0.7oz. It does max/min too. Maybe not as sexy as the technical watches but I think I might just risk it!</div><div class="yahoo_quoted"> </div><div class="yahoo_quoted">Brian </div><div style="font-family: HelveticaNeue, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, Lucida Grande, Sans-Serif; font-size: 12pt;"> <div style="font-family: HelveticaNeue, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, Lucida Grande, Sans-Serif;
font-size: 12pt;"> <div dir="ltr"> <font size="2" face="Arial"> </font></div><div dir="ltr"><font size="2" face="Arial"></font> </div><div dir="ltr"><font size="2" face="Arial"></font> </div><div dir="ltr"><font size="2" face="Arial">On Monday, 28 October 2013, 19:07, Karl Gottshalk <kgottshalk@gmail.com> wrote:<br> </font> </div> <div class="y_msg_container"><div id="yiv1603267936"><div><div dir="ltr">FWIW I bought a used Highgear Alitech combo thermometer, altimeter, clock, and probably more. It clips on my pack, so my body temperature doesn't affect it. No max/min but it always works when I take it. </div>
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<div id="yiv1603267936yqt42990" class="yiv1603267936yqt8669741273"><div class="yiv1603267936gmail_quote">On Oct 28, 2013 7:51 AM, "Mike Beaty" <<a href="mailto:mike_beaty@q.com" shape="rect" rel="nofollow" target="_blank" ymailto="mailto:mike_beaty@q.com">mike_beaty@q.com</a>> wrote:<br clear="none"><blockquote style="margin: 0px 0px 0px 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex; border-left-color: rgb(204, 204, 204); border-left-width: 1px; border-left-style: solid;" class="yiv1603267936gmail_quote">
"You don't need a Weatherman to tell which way the wind blows" -<br clear="none">
Subterranean Homesick Blues<br clear="none">
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For what it's worth, I previously used a Suunto multi-purpose wrist gadget<br clear="none">
and would not recommend it for use as a thermometer.<br clear="none">
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I experienced several issues: led light failure in first months (REI<br clear="none">
cheerfully replaced the watch free of charge); large face and squarish<br clear="none">
corners frequently catch straps when removing pack, straining and breaking<br clear="none">
the watch band pins (I also recall some unkind WWII era barbs about men with<br clear="none">
large watches); thermometer failure after three years, displaying only the<br clear="none">
max. reading of 123F.<br clear="none">
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I was never satisfied with its pedometer results, running or hiking...even<br clear="none">
Ley Miles are more consistent. The compass was dysfunctional and easily<br clear="none">
perturbed. The altimeter was simply silly and cludgy to calibrate, etc.<br clear="none">
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My favorite function, and most informative after the time and date, was the<br clear="none">
barometer graph...which frequently brought Ben Franklin to mind (WTF?).<br clear="none">
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I'm sorry, but for US $150+, this device should perform and last longer.<br clear="none">
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Watching my water bottle,<br clear="none">
Terrapin<br clear="none">
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