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Suunto Core Altimeter Watch description The Suunto Core Altimeter Watch keeps an eye on approaching storms with an innovative motion-sensing barometric altimeterand looks good doing it. The Core is Suunto's latest companion for the outdoor athlete seeking thin alpine air, with a slimmer profile than you'd expect from a wristtop computer. Along with the Storm Alarm, which switches from pressure-sensitive altimeter to barometer depending on your body movement, the Core advises you directionally with a digital compass, gives accurate temperature readings from -20 to 140 degrees, and measures underwater depth to 30 feet. The Core even provides all this information in English, French, Spanish, and German. Suunto managed to pack all of those features, plus regular timekeeping, chronograph, alarm functions and more into a variety of cases that, while technical in appearance, won't look out of place when you head downtown for the evening. |
nice, but not all good
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I've had the Light Black model for 3 months, built quality seems OK, and it's been totally waterproof for several swims in salt water. It's a comfortable, light, and stylish watch, and the first wrist watch I've worn in years.Operation is good, apart from several important functions that require opening the menu (which means holding a button for several seconds), and then navigating around:- altimeter recalibration: I found that variations in barometric pressure over a day can easily equal 100m or more in altitude difference, so regular recalibration during a day is useful- switching between barometer/altimeter: I don't find automatic switching helpful- switching between metric/imperial units: at least in Canada, different maps use different units- alarm: something I may change on a daily basisThe original battery just died (after 3 months), let's see how long the next one lasts. I've only considered the compass a back-up option, but it's been quite unpredictable for the last few weeks, maybe that 's related to the low battery, but it's not confidence inspiring.
Great function/style
Anonymous: 
All the same features, in a stylish new design. This watch offers amazing information. From dual times zones, sunrise/sunset feature and as always, compass and Altimeter.
Not ready for sale!!
Anonymous: 
Received my core light black around the first of November. Within a day the sound went out on it, after a call to Suunto USA, they confirmed it to be a bug in the firmware and stated that I needed to remove, wait, and then replace the battery each time this happened to get the sound back. A couple of days later I found that the reference altitude could not be set correctly, after another call to Suunto this was also blamed on the firmware version and I was ask to send the watch back to SuuntoUSA for replacement.That was over a month ago and Suunto now states that I will not get my warranty replacement until after they have filled all their new Holiday orders. (Next year some time...) That is a crock. Do yourself a favor, buy another watch, or if you must have the Suunto, wait until they work the bugs out.
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