I was puzzled by the reviews here, because they are great elsewhere, and LLBean has stellar customer service.
I find the comments here lacking in any substance, except one, and seem to be one time problems.
I do not like wearing wrist watches, so the clip is ideal. I suppose it could break, but it is durable, and watchbands can break too. I do suppose, though, the clip would be tougher to replace. The clip is very easy to open and close and making it easy to get on and off.
The watch was bigger than I thought, measuring about 2 full inches in diameter. Much bigger than almost all wrist watches. This makes it easier to see and set.
Battery life has been over a year for me, so one complaint on this site was likely due to buying one on the shelf too long.
Temperature measurement is accurate, but somewhat slow to respond. Also, don't expect it to work accurately if it is resting against your body.
Mine keeps time accurately as well. Reviews I have read elsewhere indicate it does as well.
The watch is quite water resistant and rain does not impact it. However, it does recommend you not take it swimming or expose it to water longer term. So, don't plan on using it to snorkel for hours or for diving.
Cosmetically, the watch is beautiful and it gets many many complements and it is never in the way. Also helps me because my wrist is bothered when typing if I wear a wrist watch.
I have not been able to determine of the altimeter is extremely accurate. It appears stable and gives a plus or minus 3 meter reading at the same spot. That works.
Alarm is easy to set and very convenient, but most phones have that feature now. Still, this battery doesn't run out, and my phone's does.
The chronograph would be great for most that would use it. I don't, but I can see how a track coach would love it.
The compass is great to have when hiking if you don't have a GPS handy. and faster. LOL. And the miniature level is handy as a quick tool when needed, albeit small and had to see.
This is a five star product for the money in my eyes. And there is no way it deserves one star unless you got a severely defective unit.
I've emailed Altitech twice for help and No response. First for operating info; and secondly because the belt hanger broke off. With out the hanger it is hardly usable outdoors; and the darn thing is really expensive.
Bought the watch to use while fishing. The time/chonograph operation are fine. The barometer/altimeter operations are a disaster! It took 3 tries to adjust the watch-baromter ("w-b") to my manual, outside barometer and the local marine report; both were in agreement. The next day the w-b reading was (again) off. The instructions say that the barometer may have to be reset after an (undefined) weather change. I will need to carry another instrument to reset w-b (I have a hand-held Garmin GPS) and consult it often to reset w-b. The altimeter works off the barometer. So if you get it right and the barometric pressure changes the altimeter setting is lost. Last night the maual barometer was 995 (while the w-b showed 1113) and altitude was set at 38 (Florida). I reset the watch's barometer to 995 which was the third time is no many days I had to readjust it (and the altimeter) since we had a low pressure come through the last two days. This morning the manual barometer/marine weather report was 1112 while w-b showed 1119 and the altitude was now registering (negative) -145. Also, there is a maximum altitude application which the instructions tell you to reset to 0. The next day mine showed 6000 feet (persumedly becasue of the increased barometeric pressure). You could spend all day, everyday, just adjusting this instrument. But worse, you can't relay on 2 of its important features. The temperature feature is slow to react to changes. It took nearly an hour for it to change from 72 (inside) to 40 (outside). I left it sitting on a table so my own body temperature would not interfere. I have read, and re-read, the instructions and can not figure out how to get this item to operate correctly and accurately in the barometer/altimeter modes. It's a shame since I thought this would be a valuable source of information when on the water.
