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  1. On 10/24/2022 at 3:07 PM, fahad said:

    Hi Everyone,

    I'm in lookout for audible, from what I can tell about below is audible as in beeps at desired altitude along with light flash right?

    https://www.chutingstar.com/skydive/altimeters/audible-altimeters/coloralti-2-led-audible-skydiving-altimeter

     

    I am looking for something that call altitude like 10k, 9k, 7k and so on. I came across VOG, however its going to take 4months before they ship out-Global chip shortage.

    Also I'm not sure why Basic is at $20 and Full at $400, yes there is feature difference but cant justify for that price gap.

    https://vog.ee/order

    Can someone please suggest me audible with voice calling altitude. So was my understanding of audible was voice instead of beep.

     

    Appreciate your response, thanks

    Go to a premium drop zone where you can test jump audibles for free and be sure they are tested before leaving production. 

  2. 4 hours ago, sundevil777 said:

    My old Neptune II uses a very common battery, easily had for $4.  The 2325 batteries for L&B products are easily obtained online for $4 a set.  Replacing it twice a year can add up towards significant money after 10 years, but that is a really weak marketing point.  We all know those built-in rechargeable batteries have problems also long term.

    Not so sure, whether environment friendly products with rechargeable batteries are "bad" or have "problems". Like all rechargeable products they last 500 charging cycles before the capacity going down. If you charge every 2-4 weeks these products last more than 10 years.

  3. 3 hours ago, olofscience said:

    Agreed about the rechargeable batteries - my biggest annoyance with L&B is they didn't use a commonly used battery!

    Interesting, I haven't heard about GEMINI, and I haven't found anything on the alti-2 website about it. Are you part of alti-2?

    Well, in the 21th century single use batteries should be gone as well as most of the plastic packaging. 

    A dealer would know about GEMINI... 

  4. 51 minutes ago, olofscience said:

    Good point about the size. But $60 more for just 3 more alarms, when both products are probably using the same electronics inside, seems a bit much. 

    Hopefully there are more interesting devices in the pipeline as they've mentioned these are just the first of a product family.

    If you read it correctly, the Mercury family has an easy to use Menu system, rechargeable batteries and are lightweight and small. If you ever tried to change the alarms in the plane, you know the advantage of a menu system instead of an App only model. The Crimson has 4+ Freefall alarms and canopy alarms. Also an optional app and both have the GEMINI technology where future altimeters can communicate over an encrypted bluetooth channel with each other.  

     

  5. 12 hours ago, sundevil777 said:

    The Mercury Jade is another version, $60 cheaper and without the canopy alarms.

    Very odd product strategy.  They are very small.

    If you have a G4 Helmet, which is very tight, you want to have a very small unit. Not everybody wants canopy alarms.