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Core Wristop Watch- Black | 
| Brand: Suunto
Category: Sports
Department: Watches
List Price: $649.00
Buy New: $249.00
as of 7/31/2010 20:18 MDT details
You Save: $400.00 (62%)
New (2) from $249.00
Seller: Body Basics
Rating:  67 reviews
Sales Rank: 15703
Color: Regular Black
Autographed: No
Memorabilia: No
Fragile: No
Batteries Included: Yes
Band Material: Resin
Bezel Material: Unidirectional
Case Diameter: 50
Case Material: Stainless Steel
Clasp: Buckle
Dial Color: White
Dial Window Material Type: Mineral
Watch Movement Type: digital-quartz
Water Resistance Depth: 30
Size: One Size
Shipping Weight (lbs): 1.3
Dimensions (in): 5 x 5 x 4.9
outdoor-computer
compass
MPN: SS014809000
Model: SS014809000
UPC: 045235901104
EAN: 0045235901104
ASIN: B002CIR4CK
Availability: Pre-Order (1-2 Business Days)
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| Features:
| • | Altimeter: Difference Measurement / Start from 0, Logbook, Automatic Mode | | • | Barometer: Storm Alarm, Weather Trend Indicator, Weather Graph | | • | Compass: Rotating Bezel, Digital Bearing, Easy Calibration | | • | Depth Measurement: Max. Depth 30 ft/10 m | | • | Watch: Sunrise/Sunset Time, Dual Time, Countdown |
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Product Description
Core Wristop Watch- Black
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Showing reviews 1-5 of 67
One big watch July 12, 2010
Denis Moonan (CAMDEN, ME, US)
0 out of 1 found this review helpful
The Suunto Core is my second Suunto watch. My Observer died after about 5 years of abuse. The core is bigger in diameter but not as thick as the Observer. It is taking some getting used to but on the up side it is easy to read the large face. I live on the water most of the year and the barometric trends are very important to me. The core does a good job of keeping me in touch with this information. The compass might be useful in a pinch but it is very slow. The temperature function is fairly useless unless you want to remove the watch to get an accurate reading. In summary, for the sale price it was a good deal.
slightly complicated but with practice all the functions can be used June 12, 2010
Mark (San Francisco, CA)
1 out of 2 found this review helpful
Had this about a week now after my casio pathfinder died and they wanted $80 to fix. And it was just a battery that died after 4 years and they tell me it needed a new modual! So instead I purchased this, the light green version of the Core. I really like it as its very stylish and has a great display and barometric pressure is very accurate (I compare it to my other La Cross altimeter watch and they are always within .02 of each other).
The battery is USER replaceable! Yeah! The Pathfinder has to be shipped to the repair center.
The dot matrix display is very nice and I'm glad it doesn't have the reverse display that is all black. It's very hard to see in certain lighting.
The watch has a backlight and its not great. It's hard to see the numbers of some of the smaller units on the watch. The watch is more complicated than the pathfinder. More like a small computer and hard to remember how to show the elevation or pressure displays (graphs).
I'm pretty happy with it and it looks stylish and hope it lasts me a long time. Not a bad price either, compared to the other colors of the Core which have the same exact features.
 IMPORTANT - Serial # + Calibration June 6, 2010
Christopher Cook (Colorado, Idaho, Chicago)
7 out of 7 found this review helpful
It's not posted on this forum but many of the issues with this watch have been corrected since 2008 debacle. There was period back in 2007-2008 that this watch production had some quality controle issues. If you buy this watch, try and ensure you receive a watch that has a serial number starting with a 9 (this means that it was built in 2009). There has been very few issues with the 2009 versions. Suunto even recalled many of the defective watches.
Also, for these watches to work in peak form, you must calibrate them often, and know how to use them. This watch lets you select altitude or baro mode. If you know you are not changing in altitude and want accurate weather forecast set it to baro mode and calibrate the altitude. If changing altitude is important to you, then set it to altitude mode and again, set the altitude to an accurate value. The storm alarm on this watch is very cool, and has worked for me in the past. I was climbing in ID and it was a clear day outside and my storm alarm went off - i thought that there could be no way this watch was predicting a storm so i kept climbing. About 45min - hr later we had a big downpour. Very cool.
Many complain that the temp is off. But again the watch is close to the body and will naturally be high despite suunto's attempt to compensate for close body contact. If you are at a camp sight and are really concerned about weather forecast, take the watch off, attach it to your pack or wear it outside you jacket. In order to calculate the altitude the temperature is a factor in the equation. when i camp or hike, i usually attach the watch to my pack. When i'm in the city in Chicago, i set the altitude (as it does NOT change in the midwest so not important) and then switch to baro mode. I have been happy with it's accuracy.
After playing with the watch for a while, you will learn how it reacts and be able to adjust to it.
The "readability" : i bought my girlfriend a t1 with the inverse face colors (black background) and there is no doubt that it can be hard to read. My comment here is that if you want to ensure readability then go for a white background. Thats what i have and i still think it looks awesome.
The quality of the build: Some say it feels cheep, but i think that they mischaracterize it. The watch is light weigh which can give it a "cheap" feel but i think the point was to build a lightweight watch. It's a bigger watch but fits very well, and comfortably on my wrist.
If you get a lemon, return it suunto or the vendor for replacement and hope you get one with a serial number starting with 9.
I would recommend this watch aslong as you know how to use it.
as a last note, some say they would not go out into the backcountry relying on this watch's compas alone. my response is that you should always carry a stand alone compas if you will be really relying on it. They are light and cheep. You could fall and break your watch... run out of batteries... just bring a stand alone as backup and to just double check.
THANK - hope this helps.
Please Rate!
** Update
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find your altitude for calibration and also a sunrise/set charts to test watch accuracy.
Suunto Core Watch May 23, 2010
Tim R. Hill (Colorado)
0 out of 2 found this review helpful
Watch is great I really like it, much easier to use than the Casio. Big miss on the functions you are not able (at least I have not figured out) to use the altimeter and barometric pressure features at the same time. This is a real pain if you are trying to navigate and see how the weather is progressing.
 not so great. May 11, 2010
Ryan R. Rodgers
0 out of 2 found this review helpful
My fault for not reading the details but the altimeter only reads to about 3000' which is fine if the trailhead is at the coast but not ideal if you are jumping off from the real world. Also, the mode button is far to easy to hit. I use the reverse stop watch to count down from five minutes for sailboat racing. In that five minutes, I had to keep hitting the mode button to return to the correct display. Far too touchy.
On the bright side, the size is decent. Even with a larger dial, it is comfy and breaths well.
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