[pct-l] Good Altimeter Watch

[Lonetrail at aol.com]

Campmore is difficult on returns. I don't buy from them anymore. I have the  
Suunto and live by it on trail. I do find it necessary to always check with 
topo  map while on trail. They all go off to a degree. I notice when battery is  
getting weak it goes way off.
 
Lonetrail
 
 
 
 
 
In a message dated 7/7/2006 4:25:36 PM Pacific Standard Time,  
stewjohns at comcast.net writes:

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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