Skytronic vs. N3 vs. Neptune2 vs. ??

[mereanarchy 0]

I have been looking into audible alti's as potential christmas gifts, and believe I have narrowed the field down to the Skytronic GFX, the N3 or the Neptune2 (what did I miss?).

My wishlist is reliability, a log (not required to sync to computer), canopy alarms, and for it to actually be loud enough for me to hear.

I have read some in the archives, but most posts are 2-3 years old. Anyone have any updated information, or recommendations?

Thanks in advance!

[Hellis 0]

mereanarchy

and for it to actually be loud enough for me to hear.

Maybe you need a visual alarm instead?

[mereanarchy 0]

lol, i mean i have read that some are louder than others, and have read a review that say some are hard to hear, but it wasn't specific to models. I am looking for feedback from people who actually fly these different models rather than general obscure comments like the one I reference above.

[catyduck 0]

It's as a holiday present?

Ask for the N3. If you don't like it, you can sell it "like new," buy one of the others, and still have some money left over.

[Titanman2789 0]

If you specifically want an audible, go for the L&B Optima2. If you want both visual and audible, my vote is for N3. I can hear my N3 canopy alarms when it's on my wrist

[cazzercam 0]

+ 1 for the N3

its fine for me, only time it has gone "wrong" was when I had it on my wrist and it decided that at some point I was going 232mph (flat to track probably did this)
you can hear the alarms on the wrist for canopy, and when its in your helmet its fine.

[hillson 0]

are you gonna stick it in a full-face helmet? in my (limited) experience with the neptunes if you're going to stick it in a G3 it is going to be uncomfortable due to the size. Seem to work OK in a Phantom X, though. Other helmets...dunno.

If you have the ability to head to a DZ and see what different audibles people stick in their brain buckets it might help narrow. If you're going open-face or on the wrist...can't help there.

Anyhoo...just something to consider (I use L&B stuff, personally).

[mereanarchy 0]

It will be going into a Cookie Fuel helmet.

[7eleven 0]

An altimeter as audible is wasted money in my opinion.

Get an Optima or Quattro. You won´t be disapointed.

[evan85 0]

hillson

are you gonna stick it in a full-face helmet? in my (limited) experience with the neptunes if you're going to stick it in a G3 it is going to be uncomfortable due to the size. Seem to work OK in a Phantom X, though. Other helmets...dunno.

If you have the ability to head to a DZ and see what different audibles people stick in their brain buckets it might help narrow. If you're going open-face or on the wrist...can't help there.

Anyhoo...just something to consider (I use L&B stuff, personally).

I agree that the N3 is a G3 is not particularly comfortable. I bought an N3 to use as an audible when I still had an analog wrist-mount, knowing that I would eventually get another audible and use the N3 as a visual. When I got the G3 and first put the N3 in it and tried it on, I immediately bought an Optima II for my helmet and switched the N3 to my wrist.

[westcoastSD 0]

and the customer service on Neptune is appalling.

Go for optima2 simply the best with all thing considered.

Basically a lifetime warrantee with how L&b handle faults (they give you a new one).

Altimaster will try to charge you a hundred buck for a fault while it is still under warrantee.

[PatriotFront 0]

Once your audible is mounted on the Cookie Fuel, can you remove it from without tools.. so as to swap it to another helmet?

[mereanarchy 0]

I just saw the question you asked about the N3 and Fuel helmet. Yes, the alti is held inside the helmet with a rubberband-ish thing (not actually a latex rubber band, more a rubber gasket). It is SUPER tight at first, I actually got the sideplate with the hole in it so I can access the buttons without taking it out of my helmet, I only take it out to charge it. Works awesome, and I hardly feel it.

[Darth_Vader 0]

I jump the N3 and N3 Audio:

N3: normal stuff for audible that the Quattro does for less money and fits better. N3 is a great visual + log.

N3 Audio: brilliant - once you exit a nice lady voice tells you every 1,000ft: 12, 11, 10... really awesome for tracking/wingsuit jumps as you are not looking at your alti (People also liked it for RW). Then it tells you "break off, break off" and "deploy, deploy" which i find much nicer compared to normal alarms (wave files you can change). Never had problem hearing it. As bonus you can listen to music going up or while packing.

PS - dont wear the N3 in the silicon sleeve - lost mine on 2-way back-flip hug exit... :(

Hope that helps and blue skies,
Chris

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