[pct-l] altimeters and topo software

[saskia.home@wanadoo.nl (Saskia)]

Hi,
My partner is a certified gearhead who just bought the Suunto 
Observer. His words:
- The observer is not THAT big
- It has lots of nice abilities: it measures height up to 3ft exact
- It can be in altitude or barometer mode
- It has a compass and a thermometer
- It has either a plastic casing and strap, a steel casing and partly 
steel partly plastic strap, or titanium casing with partly plastic 
partly titanium strap: all of which are easily adjustable for thinner 
wrists.
The only drawback, according to him is that you would have to 
convince your significant other that this is really worth the money 
(it costs way too much... the steel version costs almost 400 USD).
CU
Saskia

>Thanks for all the responses!
>
>I checked out a bunch of the Suuntos, but had two problems with them.
>They're really large (I am not). I would have had to punch extra holes
>in the strap, and the "watch" itself was almost 3 inches across. Maybe
>they think only big burly guys like mountain toys?
>
>And I didn't like the plastic casing/strap. I borrowed a suunto from a
>friend of mine last summer and the plastic strap had gotten a nick out
>of it, which scratched up my wrist so much that I ended up just putting
>it in my pocket. And plastic is icky when you're sweating all day.
>
>I'll have to check out the battery exchange thing, hopefully they've
>made it easier or maybe REI or a regular watch shop can do it.
>
>Many thanks,
>-payslee

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Jan Heideveld & Saskia Daru
janpalm@wanadoo.nl
saskia.home@wanadoo.nl
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