Suunto Vector Strap Kit

On the Mountain: It does automatic run counts and distance during the day so it does what my old Avocet does. The max descent rate is harder to get though.
On the Laptop: The data logging is great.
The Windows App is OK and you can export to a datafile for linux use but it is a little bit hard to use. Selecting logs is unintuitive (it doesn't follow the Windows look and feel at all). But the graphs and statistics are great. You get vertical distance and time riding the lifts, sliding down the hill and waiting in queues or having lunch.
I REALLY recommend you set the altitude at the start of the date before you start the logging. The PC app doesn't let you delete bad samples so this can be a real pain.
Also if you use the PC app at the mountain away from your home network and you get an 'access denied' message - try deleting a network printer. It worked for me after much debugging in a house up the mountain in a semi drunken state.

I have had a Suunto for many years and only recently discovered this strap. The stock plastic strap always kinda bugged me - not sure why. I think it was the fact it was way too long and I could never get the fit right. Always too loose or too tight. I like this strap much better. It's lighter (for all you fanatical ounce counters) and it adjusts much easier. Therefore, making it much more comfy. As any climber knows, your wrist changes size with altitude and this strap is so much easier to adjust for that. And although I haven't needed to, if it got caught during a climb, you can simply rip it off. If you use your Suunto as much as I use mine - this is a very good investment. You won't regret it.

Looks great on my Vector. I got a yellow band to match yellow watch. I have smaller hands for a guy, so the band slips over my hand without having to pull the strap completely out of one side of watch. It is kind of hard to thread the band back through retaining clip, but I only had to do that once(when I first installed band). It is more comfortable than the rubber band as it has infinite adjustment. It washes clean in the sink with mild soap.

It is better than the rubber watchbands that come with the Suunto. Also, the fabric of the band does not itch during normal wear or during exercise when sweating. Finally, the green design band matches the green face of my Vector watch and gives it a slightly more dressy appearance. I recommend this band to anyone looking for an improvement over the Vector default watchband.

Fairly colorful (I got a yellow one) and quite functional Velcro band replacement for Suunto's rubber, bulky watch band. I loosened and sewed back the color band to make it a little longer so the color would show more on the other side of the wrist.

Dealing with Backcountry.com was excellent. Top quality folks with my little transaction.

Thanks Backcountry.com.

I always wanted to get a strap that fit better than the stock one. This one is great, good construction and sturdy. The only downfall is that its a bit stiff when new. Gonna have to wear it a while and loosen up the velcro.

This band is comfortable and light weight. It was easy to put on the watch, however the kit doesn't come with pins and we had lost ours so we used paper clips instead, and it still worked just fine... Good band over all...

Nice upgrade to the plastic band. More comfortable & infinite adjustment. The plastic band used to make me sweat a lot.

everything was fine