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Suunto Vector Strap Kit

Suunto Vector Strap Kit description

The Suunto Watch Band with hook-and-loop closure is compatible with the following Suunto watches (wrist top computers): Vector, Advizor, Altimax, Mariner, Regatta, and D3. Hook-and-loop closure as no moving parts to break, and the band has nothing on it to cause pressure points.

Bottom Line: Add a little more sport to your Suunto.

I have had a Suunto for many years and only recently discovered this strap. The stock plastic strap always kinda bugged me - not sure why. I think it was the fact it was way too long and I could never get the fit right. Always too loose or too tight. I like this strap much better. It's lighter (for all you fanatical ounce counters) and it adjusts much easier. Therefore, making it much more comfy. As any climber knows, your wrist changes size with altitude and this strap is so much easier to adjust for that. And although I haven't needed to, if it got caught during a climb, you can simply rip it off. If you use your Suunto as much as I use mine - this is a very good investment. You won't regret it.

The Suunto replacement watch band is a definite improvement over the bulky "rubber band" that came with my wrist altimeter and computer. The hook and loop closure (felt) on the replacement band could be about an inch longer so the band would be more secure on my wrist. My wrist isn't abnormally large and it seems this band was designed for children or people with small wrists. That being said, it also took about a week to break in the band so the edges of the nylon no longer chafed the top of my wrist just below the watch.

The S6 has a different mounting mechanism so this strap doesn't quite fit very well. (I feel nervous trusting my watch to it).

It's alright. Better than the stock band which has a tendency to come loose and the strap stick out - drives me nuts. It is pretty comfortable, but not as comfy as the elastic band I have now. I like the color options you have w/ the VELCRO, but they are maybe even narrower than the stock band? Big watch looks funny with thin band. If you can't decide between VELCRO and elastic - get the elastic.

On the Mountain: It does automatic run counts and distance during the day so it does what my old Avocet does. The max descent rate is harder to get though.On the Laptop: The data logging is great.The Windows App is OK and you can export to a datafile for linux use but it is a little bit hard to use. Selecting logs is unintuitive (it doesn't follow the Windows look and feel at all). But the graphs and statistics are great. You get vertical distance and time riding the lifts, sliding down the hill and waiting in queues or having lunch.I REALLY recommend you set the altitude at the start of the date before you start the logging. The PC app doesn't let you delete bad samples so this can be a real pain.Also if you use the PC app at the mountain away from your home network and you get an 'access denied' message - try deleting a network printer. It worked for me after much debugging in a house up the mountain in a semi drunken state.