Suunto X10 Wrist-Top GPS Computer Watch with Altimeter, Barometer, Compass, and GPS
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Product Description
Professionals such as mountain guides, explorers, outdoor professionals, members of the military, and law enforcement officers make critical decisions based on the X10's information. Avid trekkers, adventure racers, bikers, hunters, and fishermen will find a lot to love in the X10's GPS, altimeter, barometer, and compass capabilities. Standard features include: Faster GPS performance than any other Suunto Watch; Top notch GPS tracking in difficult conditions, such as when you're in a storm or thick jungle; Long battery life and universal USB chargeability; Plan routes on your PC and upload them to your watch; Calculate speed, distance, direction, and time to your next waypoint; Includes altimeter, barometer, and compass; 100 meters (330 feet) water resistant; Complete watch functions: calendar, alarm, dual time, and stop watch. Comes with additional strap and Suunto Trek Manager CD to review your journey and visualize its altitude profiles and upload it to Google Earth⢠where you can plot and show your progress and share it with family and fellow outdoor enthusiasts.
Details
- Wrist-top computer watch with altimeter, barometer, compass, and GPS navigator
- Offer improved, faster GPS fixes for navigating to a spot or hiking a specific path
- Altimeter displays current elevation and vertical ascent and descent rate
- Barometer helps you predict changing conditions; built-in digital compass
- Water-resistant to 330 feet; 3 daily alarms; 2-year warranty
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I have recently ordered this watch after great reviews from friends. The watch does have a few flaws, such as the front cover plate falling off after a few months use, but if you go to the Suunto forums, there is a fix for this, I used it and have had no problems.
I have been using the GPS in MGRS mode and have had better than expected results. The track log is very accurate and downloads easily to Google Maps, which is great for archiving your movements. For the size of the GPS it is extremely accurate. I would never use this to call for fire, but definitely a great backup for hiking, emergency’s or just verifying distance.
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I bought the X10 to replace my X9i which I was disappointed with since I’d bought it. The interface is identical as the X9i which is to say that it’s quite good. The main improvement is that the GPS receiver is so much better than the X9. I turned it on and had a fix for the very first time in just over a minute. On subsequent activations, it takes even less time. I’ve had no problems tracking satellites from inside armored vehicles while traveling in Iraq (when my eTrex wouldn’t even pull a signal!). The battery seems much improved as well as I’ve only charge it twice in the first two months. Overall this is a good GPS that you can carry with you all the time!
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This watch was a great purchase for the first few weeks that I had it; as far as functionality it has performed superbly. A few weeks after I purchased this watch (the X10 Military) I deployed to Iraq and planned on using this watch with my work in the Army here.
The watch has continued to serve fairly well, until I had about 2 months in country. The bezel/upper-case (a flexible rubber ring) is only attached by two rubber flanges that fit into the hard plastic body of the watch. First (at about 60 days) one of the flanges failed, then in another 30 days, the second flange failed. I have been able to superglue the bezel back onto the case (and probably voided the warranty, but I can’t wait months to get this back and forth) but I am very dissapointed that a watch that cost me $500.00 USD and is listed as a “military” model, cannot handle exposure to the elements on my wrist for less than 3 months.
I think the concept and design of this watch is great, but I hope that Suunto is able to better incorporate some “painful” product testing before you market something to the military who will depend on it.
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Don’t have much to say as I bought this for my nephew going to Iraq and figured it was the best all around mobile navigation tool I could get him. We’ll see . . .
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rather fashionable tough gear for outdoor activities, walking, hiking, skiing, cross county, anything outdoor. Although it has lots of functions, this is very light, easy to wear.
PC application is useful to use with this watch, to upload track, and download route. Unlike X9, PC connection cable works as USB charging cable. That works fine from any USB power connection. You can charge X10M from any USB power supply.
I like ‘M’ model, because of its black design with reverse LCD. Reverse LCD is fashionable and easy to read in any condition, especially in dark night.
At last, I really like this, although bulky, and thick.
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I used this watch for 2 weeks in the outback. It was charged in the U.S. before the trip. Battery lasted for all two weeks on full charge, even though I kept playing with it and trying out most of the settings in Australia. Got signal even under trees, of course, no dense jungles in the outback. Temperature ranged from 35C (120F) daytime to 8C (44F) nighttime.
At home, in the temperate U.S. zone, did I not get any signal in my office building (30 ft from nearest windows, two stories below top of building. At my apt, did not get all the satellites since I faced only northeast direction. Close to the window, however, the watch received about 6 or so.
Had fun using the watch for those two weeks, but it’s so obviously built for men (non-flexible portion of watch measures 2.5″) that I’ll probably never use it again unless in the wilderness.
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I bought this watch for my husband who is a total weather buff. He LOVES being able to monitor the barometric pressure as storms roll in.
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Overall, this watch is great. I’ve used it snow shoe camping, mountaineering, hiking, running, biking and bragging!
Cons:
The GPS can take upwards of 5+ minutes to “Lock On” to the satellites. I usually put it on the “1 second fix” setting before turning on the GPS, then once it’s locked on change it back to “1 minute fix” or “manual” depending on my activity. Once it’s obtained an initial lock, subsequent locks seem to be faster.
Battery life on the 1 second fix setting is low, 6 hrs, just as advertised. But for most of my activities, the 1 minute or manual fix options provide plenty of battery life.
The watch offers a lot of features and as such there’s a learning curve. Expect to spend a few hours playing with it.
The user manual could use some work…
The watch is not compatible with the mac version of TOPO!
You can’t pull your track log directly from TOPO! (pc version). You have to pull the log using Trek Manager, export to a txt file, then import into TOPO!. This probably isn’t the watches fault but instead TOPO!s.
Pros:
Once the GPS is locked on, it will track you anywhere. It works great in deep forest. It works great on the top of or in the shadows of mountains. It works in a car. It works in the city. I’ve never not had it work, except indoors, but then why would you use a GPS inside?
The navigation function for following pre-set routes and finding waypoints is great. Even better is the track back feature. It also provides quite a few in-flight statistics that are often helpful in estimating arrival time, duration, course error, etc.
I really like the sun rise, sun set feature. I wish this feature had an alarm, but since the watch has 3 alarm settings it’s not too hard to manually set sun rise/set alarms. I wish it had tide and moon rise/set info as well.
The altimeter/barometer/temp work well, though i’m not a heavy user of these features but they serve my purposes fine.
Summary:
I really like this watch. But keep in mind it’s a watch and cannot be expected to outperform handheld units. For me, using this in conjunction with a map & compass has worked out great as it helps provide that sanity check on position. I feel confident enough with this watch that I could navigate in a blizzard and make it back again. In fact, I did just that last week.