Highgear Summit Computer Watch with Altimeter Barometer Compass and Thermometer Shadow
November 15, 2009 by Running Watch Reviews
Filed under Highgear, Running & Sports Watch Reviews
| Highgear Summit Computer Watch with Altimeter, Barometer, Compass, and Thermometer (Shadow) |
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| Retail Price: $159.99 |
| Amazon Price: View Sale Price |
For more advanced training, people need to be able to go past the usual splits, chronographs and other time based details to learn more about their training. The Highgear Summit Computer Watch tries to provide the necessary tools for people to be able to do just that.
The Highgear Summit Computer Watch with Altimeter Barometer Compass and Thermometer Shadow packs the capability to gather information regarding altitude, temperature, barometric pressure and of course timekeeping functions such as dual time zone; Dual daily alarm .
If you have the Highgear Summit Computer Watch, all these data are available to you with a simple glance at your wrist, legibly displayed in a big watch face and illuminated by the EL backlight system.
Of course, people looking for a watch that are expected to undergo strenuous training. That’s why the Highgear Summit Computer Watch is made to be durable. It is made with a tough stainless steel bezel, and is even water resistant up to 100 ft.
Details:
- Altimeter: Digital altimeter with working range of -2,305 ft. to 30,045 ft.; Stores 15 altimeter data readings with altitude, time and date
- Barometer: 1 mbar resolution… working range: 300bbar to 1100 mbar
- Compass: 1 degree resolution with 16 cardinal points
- Thermometer: User option for fahrenheit or celsius; working range from 15 degrees F to 140 degree F
User Ratings and Reviews
1 Star nothing more than a simple watch
The watch was awesome until a month into ownership and the temp/alt/baro function stopped working and the girlfriend threw away the reciept. although i just ordered a casio pathfinder. the weather icon is nice but knowing how to read a barometer is a lot more simpler. Cheap price, cheap watch
2 Stars An awful watch for the money.
I bought this watch on the recommendation of a friend. It has just about all the readings that one would need as a novice hiker, mountain biker, camper, etc. Very impressive, and even your grandparents can read the face from across the room. It takes some time to learn all the buttons, as they are different from the Iron Mans I’ve worn over the last decade. The problem that I’ve had with it so far, is that most of the readings began failing within four days of receipt, so I had to go to the highgear website to figure out how to get it to them for repair (on a brand new watch!!!) or replacement. Their emails were immediate with the information to send it in, but finding the status of the watch was difficult. I finally received the watch after about 3 weeks, and it appears to work correctly. UPDATE: after a year, the watch was easily damaged in the OFFICE environment, rarely held its altimeter readings (barometric based), the bezzol-ring moves freely (which won’t help you if you really need to land navigate) and now the battery has died, almost nobody will change it since I did not buy it at a local store, and those who will change the battery, can’t get the cover off to do it. I’d either dave your money and buy something much cheaper, or splurge for something that has a lot more quality associated with it.
1 Star Scary choice for serious backcountry use…
I’m on my second Terra Summit; the first was replaced by the vendor (not Amazon) after its crystal got heavily scratched and fogged and the bearing markers for compass wore off on a single 4 day backpacking trip. This time I took it in the woods, got turned around, and soon was seriously lost because… the compass doesn’t work! No matter where I pointed it, it was “SSW”. This isn’t a mistake I can afford to make and next trip this watch is staying home.
3 Stars Highgears Summit watch
For the first three months it was pretty nice. The watch band eneded up breaking away from the base unit. It was too late to return it for a refund. Amazon only has a poor 30 day policy for refunds. I tried to have the watch band fixed at a local watch specialist shop. No one in my area could do it. The actual connections to the watch housing broke. I tried several shops and 4 months later it still sat on my dresser. Actually it’s been a year now the watch is still running well, but telling time/temp/alt/bara from a drawer now instead of my wrist. I am sending it soon back to Highgear to either fix the watch band or replace it. Their rep has informed me that there is a 2 year warantee on the Summit. I wish Amazon would have told me that when I purchase it.
1 Star “Watch” out – low quality makes it disposable
I enjoyed using this product — until it came time to change the battery. Then I discovered how low quality the materials are in the construction of the watch. It is essentially impossible to change the battery: the soft plastic holding the battery deforms, so it is extremely difficult to open the compartment. The watch repair store wouldn’t even try. In desperation, I carved out the plastic well enough to get two-screwdriver leverage to open the battery case, to replace the CR2032 battery. But even worse, then the poor construction prevented the closing of the battery case. So beware: you need to treat this watch as disposable, once the battery wears out!
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your write-up for Highgear Summit talks of training – does this watch include interval timers for fitness training in preparation for mountains? If not, do you sell something that has:
HRM; interval timers; Barometer ??