High Gear AltiTech3 Altimeter -
The Highgear AltiTech3 Altimeter has all the features of an altimeter watch with a carabiner clip to keep your hands free. The large face is easy to read in any conditions, and the clip folds back to make a stand when you are not wearing the watch.
Logo/Graphics:
- Barometer has graphical trend display
Features:
- Digital compass with 1* resolution
- Runs on a user replaceable CR2032 battery
- Watch functions include day, date, time, world time, sunrise, sunset, and three alarms
- Worldtime with Daylight Savings Time Option
- Thermometer displays in Fahrenheit or Celsius with a range of 14F to 140F
- EL Backlight
- 30m water resistance ensures worry-free wet weather performance
- Chronograph has a 100 hour timer and 1/100 of a second stopwatch precision
- Range +14ºF to 140ºF / -10ºC to 60ºC
- Aluminum carabiner allows you to clip the watch to your pack
- Directional Heading Lock
- Weather forecast feature helps notify you to impending storms
- Barometer features a range from 300mbar to 1100 mbar
- Carabiner watch style is perfect for people who don?t like to wear their watches on their wrists
- Altimeter displays in feet or meters and has a range of 1640ft to 29527ft
- Backlight allows you to view the screen in total darkness
- Rotating Bezel
- Split Measurement
- Time, Alarm, Stopwatch, Countdown timer
- Hourly Chime
- Cardinal North Indicator
- Mineral glass lens is highly impact and abrasion resistant
- Displays time in 12-hour or 24 hour Format
- Displays Sea-Level & Absolute Pressure in Millibar mbar, Hectopascal hPa), or Inches of Mercury (inHg)
- Digital compass features digital calibration, adjustable declination, and 16 cardinal point bearings
- Altimeter also tracks total ascent, total descent, minimum elevation, maximum elevation, and stores up to 50 altimeter logbooks with data recall
- Button lock prevents you from inadvertently adjusting settings
- Altimeter, Barometer, Thermometer, Compass
Campsaver.com
The HighGear AltiTech3 is small and lightweight, making this an ideal instrument for your outdoor adventures. This versatile altimeter was designed with an anodized aluminum carabiner that can attach to your belt loop, pack strap or sit upright on a flat surface. Equipped with an Altimeter, Barometer and Compass, this outdoor tool provides ascent and descent values, changing weather conditions and directional headings, while individual mode buttons allow you to quickly access this critical data.
Clip it on and go!
Backcountry.com (Fall 2013)
If you're not keen on the wrist-watch look when you're moving through the mountains, clip the Highgear Alti Tech3 Altimeter to your pack before starting up the trail. The altimeter measures elevation, tracks total ascent and descent, and can store up to 50 logbooks for future reference. The barometer allows you to forecast impending weather while the digital compass helps you maintain a direct course home. Add in the thermometer, chronograph, and a range of date and time functions, and you're ready to head to the big mountains armed with information.
Average Price History:
| Altimeter range: | -1640ft (-500m) to +29527ft (9000m) |
|---|---|
| Altimeter resolution: | 3ft (1m) |
| Barometer resolution: | 1mBar, 1hPa, or 0.01inHg |
| Compass Range: | 360º / 16 Cardinal Point Bearings |
| Material: | - |
| Range: | - 1640 ft to 29,527 ft / -500 m to 9000 m |
| Thermometer range: | +14f (-10c) to +140f (60c) |
| Thermometer resolution: | 0.1f (0.1c) |
| Upc, Ean, Isbn: | 096506205216 |
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High Gear AltiTech3 Altimeter Reviews:
Positive Reviews:
Accurate and rugged atimeter
I needed an accurate/budget priced barometer to measure local absolute barometric pressures to help me optimise tire pressure settings as I drive at different altitudes and ambient temperature conditions. Comparing several days of barometer readings from the device to the "sea level" readings from a nearby NOAA weather station give me confidence that the device is very accurate and consistant. Before using it as an altimeter it is very important to understand the difference between "absolute" and "sea level" barometric pressures and how they relate to altitude. The only improvement I would suggest is to make the back light a little brighter.
Accuracy with quality.
My main reason for buying was for the barometer/altimeter function and, after comparing it to our local airport data and known altitudes in the region over several weeks, I am very pleased with the performance. It is important to understand "absolute barometric" vs "sealevel" pressure. The other features, time/date, and compass also work very well. The backlight could be a little brighter and stay on for a few seconds longer but in very dark conditions it is adequate.
Accurate!
Over the course of several days I was able to calibrate the device using our local airport's broadcast of "altimeter" and very accurately and consistantly compare its altitude estimate to my known altitude. This confirmed to me that the device really works, and works well. I advise any prospective user to understand the difference between "absolute" and "sealevel" barometric pressure to understand how to calibrate the device.
Negative Reviews:
Needs to be accurate
Icons don't work well and the digital direction function needs consent calabration.