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Item: Altitrack 
Manufacturer: Larsen & Brusgaard   (756 Hits)
   

Description:
Analog Display with Digital Accuracy
At first glance, the ALTITRACK™ looks like many of the more common analog altimeters used throughout the world... but look a little closer. ALTITRACK™ is the only sport altimeter with an analog face but utilizes the most high tech and durable digital components for accuracy that surpasses every other mechanical sport altimeter currently available.

L&B has also gone beyond the average by incorporating all of the popular features of our PRO-TRACK™ audible and added several new and useful features to the ALTITRACK™.

Imagine a visual altimeter that records your jump information from exit to landing,
has the ability to download jump information to a computer, has an ergonomic fit, is both shock and water resistant, has upgradeable software... and most of all... is extremely easy to use... among its long list of features. You just found the answer you’ve been looking for... ALTITRACK™.

Added: 2006-05-10 | Item ID: 560


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Rated by: cefey (more about me) on 2008-08-08 08:21:55 (user reviews) Review ID:2039

Pros: Very accurasy, realy easy to read, logbook with lot of stuff, greate background light for night jumping
Cons: You have to buy expansive software for it:/

Really great thing! Yes, it maybe a bit more expansive then other altimeters, but you get lot more then you pay for. For the first its very great accuracy, since its digital. But since it have a analog display, so it very easy to read. It have a clear and great display. Also I like very nice background light. Very great for night jumping! Also its have a logbook with lot of data. Exit alti, deploy alti, max/min/avg speed, ff time and much more! Only thing I dont like is that I have to buy very expensive software to get my logs over to PC. Otherwise Im super happy with it and highly recomend it for everyone! Cannot enter negative DZ offset

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Altitrack great, JumpTrack software, not so good.
Rated by: JonnyMac (more about me) on 2008-07-16 21:07:52 (user reviews) Review ID:2023

Pros: The instrument works as advertised.
Cons: UI is not intuitive. Jump track software is expensive and not very good.

I loved my Altitrack, but I think the JumpTrack software leaves a lot to be desired, and that takes away considerably from the package. First, Altitrack works great, as advertised. It is beautiful aesthetically and ergonomically, resting nicely on the side of the hand. The analog movement is natural and easy to read. One comment: it does not show any more granularity than the typical analog altimeter at low altitudes, while technically it could. JumpTrack is not so hot. First mistake: the product is Windows-only and uses Microsoft Access for its database. My software freezes or hangs or fails to import data at least once every time I open it. As far as I can tell, the software will not import GPS. I ran into a competitive product recently that looks superior: Paralog (www.paralog.net), which runs on Linux, Mac, or Windows, imports from GPS (jumps viewable in 3D on google earth), and supports digital logbook signatures (not sure if those are accepted by USPA, though I think not). Paralog, however, does not import Altitrack data, only ProTrack, Neptune, and a few others. The Paralog software looks so good to me (and supports publishing to web!), that if I had it to do over, I would go with a lesser instrument than Altitrack so that I could use superior software.

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Altitrack is a great altimeter
Rated by: dfairleigh11 (more about me) on 2007-12-19 12:43:00 (user reviews) Review ID:1912

Pros: Tons of data, accurate, and easy to read
Cons: A little on the heavy side

Absolutely LOVE my L&B Altitrack. Lots of people think it's just a normal analog alti - it's SO far from that. I prefer the analog style, but I wanted more info about my jumps without having to have a 2nd alti to record that info - this fills all my needs. In a previous review, I read that you can't do a neg. offset - first day out of the box I checked that and had no issues setting it. Tells you more about your jump then you'd ever need to know - max/min/avg speed, freefall time, exit & deployment altitude, and then after your jump you can replay the entire thing to see all the little details about your jump, like how much alt. you lose doing a full toggle 360 or a front riser dive. If you want an alti that reads like an analog and has a full computer, get an Altitrack!

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