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Skydiving Gear and Equipment: Altimeters, Audibles and AADS: Parasport Italia: Skytronic FX

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Item: Skytronic FX  Manufacturer: Parasport Italia   (804 Hits)     Description: Finally released the new Skytronic! Several months of studies and tests, together with the experience developed in the past years with the Skytronic and the Skytronic Pro, allowed us to develop this new instrument. We also gave importance to the comments we had from skydivers, to really give what you asked! - Three programmable warning altitudes PLUS a countdown timer, all in a single instrument - Loud and easily recognizable alarms - Signals go off only if necessary (only the breakoff alarm goes off if not in freefall) - Metric/English units in a single instrument - Electronic logbook stores data about the last 200 jumps - Totals freefall time and number of jumps - Statistics on altitudes - Low battery indication - Can be connected to a PC (external interface optional) Added: 2001-04-04 | Item ID: 225

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Poor Customer Service
Rated by: drdive (more about me) on 2006-09-21 00:00:00 (user reviews) Review ID:1650

Pros: Cheaper
Cons: Not user friendly, poor customer service

I had a FX for about 100 jumps. It worked fine, but was not user friendly to access functions. And, I had difficulty hearing it in freefall. It would be nice if it had adjustable volumes. I dropped mine, and sent it to Italy for service. They emailed me that they received it, but in 2 months, never emailed whether or not it was repairable, and never responded to multiple queries about it's status. I bought a ProTrack, and like it much better.

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Skytronic FX
Rated by: quiettime (more about me) on 2003-07-23 00:00:00 (user reviews) Review ID:746

Pros: Cheaper
Cons: Fewer options/accessories

Yes, the Skytronic FX is a little cheaper than the ProTrack, but you get what you pay for. First, the Skytronic's instructions are almost non-existent, although there is a much better version on the company's website. Also, you cannot preset your current number of jumps and freefall time, so the totals will not be correct unless you bought it before your very first jump ever. (You Can preset that info on the Protrack.) Also, the Protrack comes with 2 extra sets of batteries and a mounting clip, whereas the Skytronic comes with only the batteries installed. The Protrack is a better value, I think.

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Rated by: freaksister (more about me) on 2002-02-27 00:00:00 (user reviews) Review ID:475

Well, I had two ProTracks previously and lost them. I have had the Skytronic FX for about five months. I like it just fine, but to be honest it isn't quite as user-friendly as the Protrack. It has almost all of the same functions as the Protrack too, but its a lot cheaper. The user "map" - not a manual really - is lacking and I can't determine what kind of software or hardware is needed to connect to the PC. I have emailed them and will hopefully have an answer shortly. In general, the Skytronic is worth its price because it is almost as good as the Protrack and a lot less. All in all, I am happy with my purchase.

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