I was just wondering. These digital watches that have an altimeter option. Are they reliable enough for skydiving? Watches like Casio Protrek Triple Sensor.
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Just my opinion but there is only one reason to buy a watch and use it as altimeter. That would be the cool factor. If you want a watch buy a watch, if you want an altimeter buy an altimeter.
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Hi,
I was just wondering. These digital watches that have an altimeter option. Are they reliable enough for skydiving? Watches like Casio Protrek Triple Sensor.
Thanks, Mircea
I use to have a Suunto Vector and I had to re-zero it every time I got to the ground. Sometimes it would be off zero by as much as 200 feet or more. The accuracy may be "close enough" but nothing close to an actual digital skydiving altimeter.
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Just to add to that, your altimeter gets carefully stored away in your gear bag. Except for the minor scrape or bang against a door it's pretty protected for most of its life. A watch on the other hand is beat around all day when you wear it. My opinion the chance of failure is much greater. However if any altimeter shows you have altitude to spare but you can see the specator's pupils you'd better pull!
And I never seen analog one on 0 when you hit the ground.
If you "hit" the ground you are not doing it right.
Can you come up with one good reason to wear a watch instead of an altimeter build for the job?
Sparky
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They are obvious some reason against and some for. I'm just saying that its an option that cannot be excluded.
Tying 2500' of fishing line with a window weight on one end and a slip knot around your scrotum at the other ~&~ pullin' when it quits hurtin', is also an option.
...But like Sparky mentioned, there are better ones.
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And I never seen analog one on 0 when you hit the ground.
If you "hit" the ground you are not doing it right.
Can you come up with one good reason to wear a watch instead of an altimeter build for the job?
Sparky
You made me
They are obvious some reason against and some for. I'm just saying that its an option that cannot be excluded.
Tying 2500' of fishing line with a window weight on one end and a slip knot around your scrotum at the other ~&~ pullin' when it quits hurtin', is also an option.
...But like Sparky mentioned, there are better ones.
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How close to your face does the watch have to be for you to read the altitude display?
I once had someone warn me during a dirt dive not to put my hand over his watch when I docked, because he'd had it happen before and couldn't see his alti. Sure enough, I did exactly that. I did not do it intentionally - it's just not something I'm normally thinking about in freefall, the watch is in exactly the spot where I normally take a grip, and since I'm not normally looking directly at someone's wrist when taking a grip, I didn't even see it. I didn't even know I'd done it until he complained after the jump.
