Evolution Inversion Altimeter

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The Evolution Inversion is a wrist mount altimeter. It measures 2 ½ inches at the bottom and tapers in to 2 inches at the top and weighs 4.3 oz. This altimeter comes standard with a 1 1/2 inch wide double overlapping wristband. It also has Free Fly friendly warning zones, and a counterbalanced movement.
After hearing concerns about the accuracy of a mechanical altimeter when it is inverted, we put together a series of tests to compare readings of our Evolution altimeters in various orientations.


The altimeters we used in the tests did not show any noticeable difference, and were consistent, regardless of orientation (when they were in a positive pressure environment, not in a burble).


However, if you apply theoretical gravitational influences to the design of the movement, you could conclude that the reading could be influenced, however minutely, by orientation. Since relative workers use the majority of altimeters, this has not been a concern because the goal is to stay in a horizontal position.
As a result of testing and research, we have come up with a solution for the issue. The Inversion altimeter, the first mechanical altimeter designed for free flying, features a counter balanced movement. The counter balancing of movement components eliminates any theoretical gravitational influence that may affect the reading consistency when inverted.

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Pzilly

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  • 5
light, compact and very accurate
none that I have found

I recieved my Inversion on jump 7 of my AFF, and now have about 20 jumps on it and it has worked great! I like the fact it is more compact than the others as this is less of a chance for it to snag something. Dave from freefall acc worked with me to give it a unique look adding a smily face at 11 and a frown at 1 (or you could call it an " O sh!t face if things aren't going your way") He also added my nick name and custom color numbers and all this was done for cheap in my opinion.

I could not say enough for the customer service and quick replies, they were top notch, and when they ran behind due to being at a few boogies Dave quick shipped it on his dime to make the date he promised me without me even having to ask him to do that.

As I said I see no draw backs to this item, only one I could possibly see is if your eye sight is not the best at close range, but that would be about it if at all as I have no issues seeing it even with the custom color of the numbers. I love the smaller size actually, but have noticed some guys like a much bigger alti.

This piece has been a great conversation starter, being a newbie I usually do most of the listening, but when someone sees it in the plane or on the ground the subtle custom additions make a nice ice breaker.

I would like to thank Dave yet again for a great product and outstand customer service!! Top notch in my book!

UPDATE 1-23-09
Well now that I have about 50 jumps on my Inversion it took not one but 2 whacks one on an over crowed over head bin on a commercial flight to Zhills and the other I just found out was it got knock off the table at Zhills and went 20 feet across the patio. I sent it back to Dave at Free fall acc and Dave recieved it Monday 1-19-09 with my email telling him it was now working well until it got to about 1000' AGL, at the time I did not know about the table mishap, I just heard about that from a jump mate when I told him about the great service I got from Dave, my jump mate thought I already knew someone knocked it off the table. Anyway today is Friday 1-23-09 and I have my Altimeter back in my hands (wish it was on my hand-lol) it has been repaired, recalibrated, and although there was only 2 minor scratches on it the lens was replaced and shipped back to me all for the great price of ZIP, NADA, ZERO, that's right Dave did not charge me a dime for any of it, so in my way of repaying Dave I am writing this, and no he did not ask me too. These guys are truly top notch and stand behind their product, which is uber rare these days. Kudos Dave and thank you Sir!

Blue Skies!

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KristenStevens

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  • 5
It looks better than anything
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It is the coolest looking altimeter out there! Also, it does a good job at not letting me hit the ground.

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mgw

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  • 5
Very well made, excellent customer service
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I got one of these altimeters back at the start of last season and it has worked very well with no problems. The smaller case that it is in is very nice for aff and tandems with less of a chunk on your hand to get caught on stuff. I will be sending mine in for a cleaning and also looking at getting the water resistant one for pond swooping. They have excellent customer service. Thanks for the good calibration guys. Safety is key.

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