[pct-l] Good Altimeter Watch

stewjohns at comcast.net stewjohns at comcast.net
Fri Jul 7 18:25:07 CDT 2006


Ok, I bought this Altimeter watch from Campmore.  Its the Silva OC1 Outdoor Computer watch.  Well, it's junk.  I mean, the Altitude function for which I bought it for, is way off.  I set it for my home-town Altitude of 615 ft, and it says 547 ft.  Oh I can compensate for it, but what's the point?  I want something more accurate.  I know that the altitude is dependent on the barometric pressure at the time, and I can accept that, but jeez, you should at least be able to set the correct reference altitude for your location. Even the time function loses 1 min over 24 hours, and I find this unacceptable.  This watch costs $150.00, and I think you should get better accuracy than this for that kind of money.

So here is my question.  What is a good, and I mean really accurate Altimeter watch to get, and how much is it going to cost me to get the accuracy I need.

Thanks in advance 

Doc Holiday


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