I'm in the military and purchased this watch mainly for Land Navigation. When switched to MGRS this watch performed above my expectations. While in the desert the watch performed outstanding and outfited my squad with a ten digit grid. I love this watch mainly for military use the only downfall to me is the battery life.
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Price : $498.95
Offer Price : $498.95
Overviews
The Suunto X9i GPS Watch tracks waypoints along your route, interfaces with digital mapping software, and even tracks speed, distance, altitude, and weather as you hike, climb, or ski. Pre-plan your routes by uploading data from digital maps or Google Earth, so you never lose your trail. Suunto made the GPS with an incredibly accurate 3-foot resolution and gave it the ability to show your current speed, distance traveled, distance to you next waypoint. It also has enough memory to store a ridiculous amount of information for future reference. Find your way through a whiteout, battle through brush to a remote peak, and know exactly how many vertical feet you ski in a season with this amazing GPS watch.
Product Features
- Material: [Housing] plastic; [Strap] rubber
- Altimeter: Yes
- Barometer: Yes
- Heart Rate Monitor: No
- Chronograph: Yes
- Thermometer: Yes
- Digital Compass: Yes
- Adjustable Declination: Yes
- Routes:
- Waypoints:
- Mapping: Yes
- Computer Compatible: Yes
- Low Battery Indicator: Yes
- Waterproof: Water-resistant
- Backlight: Yes
- Alarms: Time and altitude
- Battery Type:
- Battery Life: Not specified
- Size: Large
- Weight: 2.6oz (74g)
- Recommended Use: Skiing, mountaineering, backpacking, hiking, biking, and more
- Manufacturer Warranty: 2 Years
- Country of Origin: Finland
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Customer Review
Over Rated, Over Priced, Over Sold, Under Performs - Chris K - Washington, D.C.
Unlike every other Suunto product I have owned, this one is a PIG! Its a poor watch. It's a poor GPS. It's an OK barometer. It's a poor compass. However, it IS all these things in a single device! I believe they simply tried to put too much into a single package, and thus sub-optimzed everything. Of the many features the device offers, the GPS is the least reliable and worst performing. Too bad, since that is the feature most desired by the purchaser. The issues are as follows:
Very slow to get a lock on GPS. As much as 45 minutes when first turned on in a new reagion.
Very slow to re-acquire GPS position, even after having had a solid lock within the previous hour. 15 to 20 minutes in open terrain and on open water with unobstructed horizon.
Frequent tracking 'drop out'
When it loses signal and drops the tracking, it stayes 'dropped'. It doesn't then re-acquire the signal
Battery performance is OK, so long as you don't use the GPS. It's dead in four hours when engage in constant GPS tracking...which by the way, it won't accomplish becasue it keeps dropping the signal.
Suunto reports that the small antenna configuration makes this so...I guess they didn't tell the folks at Garmin, because they seem to make small antennas work just fine.
Now, let's talk about case failures, rubber gasket failures, and button failures. All within the first 12 months. The front case top de-laminated...twice. The third case is still intact, mostly because I don't use the watch because it just doesn't perform. The rubber gasket that covers the actuating buttons failed due to fatigue, since you use the buttons a lot to keep the instrument tracking. And on and on it goes.
This product has probably created more bad will for Suunto than its worth. It really should be withdrawn. Save your money, or buy a nice Garmin AND a watch/barometer/compass combination. you will be ahead of the game and for a lot less money.
Worthless.. - Eddie Lee - Denver, CO
Uniqueness of this watch was the GPS feature. However, I have yet to acquire a sufficient satellite signals to use any of the functions of this watch that require GPS feature. I paid a lot of money for these features and am now only using it as a time piece. Even as an ordinary watch, I have to recharge every couple of weeks to use it. I have written to Suunto and asked to trade it in for X10 but they refused. My argument to them was that if the watch does not work as advertised, they should not market them as such. Some of us rely on these technologies with our lives..literally. Their response was that their upgraded model X10 should work better in acquiring the signals. No reasonable remedy. Maybe they produce other products that are good but based on their company policies, I will never purchase another Suunto product again but will be a living negative advertisement of their products. I would give "negative" stars if I could. Way to go Suunto...
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