For the meteorologist professional or aficianado a complete backcountry weather station. This instrument offers everything the Wind and Summit models have and more. Displays current relative humidity, heat index, dew point and wet bulb. Relative air density. Air density. Density altitude. Current barometric pressure (in hPa, mb or inHg). Storm alarm. Past 24 hr pressure tendency. Predicts the coming 12-hour's weather. Altimeter shows current, max, min altitude in meters or feet. Altitude alarm. Ski run counter. Shows current temperature, past 24 hr temperature tendency. Current, max and average wind speed. Wind chill, average and min wind chill. Wind chill alarm. Real time clock, time, day and date, chronograph race timer. Manual and automatic data logging. IR data communication with PC using optional IR device.
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6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
My Permanent Hiking/Camping Partner,
By Wind speed This is a very cool feature. When I get to the top of a 14'er (a peak higher than 14,000') and the wind is really blowing it is nice to come back home and say the wind was gusting to 73.5 miles per hour. Did you know that you can stick this into running water to see how fast the water is running? One of the blades in the propeller will point to magnetic North. The wind sensor can be rotated within the unit so that it is not exposed. This helps keep it clean. Temperature It shows the current temp as well as the wind chill. It doesn't have the ability to record temperatures below -13. It just displays "Lo". Maybe it's trying to tell me I should get inside. <g> Barometer I don't use this much except to see which way the barometric pressure is trending. Altimeter The altitude provided isn't as accurate as a GPS but it provides are fairly good indication of the altitude you are at. When climbing a 14'er with lots of false peaks this come in handy to give you an idea of approximately how close you really are. It has a ski-run mode to count your runs and accumulative ascending/descending altitudes. Humidity I don't use this much, but sometimes it is nice to know what the humidity is. When I was in Costa Rica it got a bit confused since the humidity where I was was 100% most of the time. DataLog This is probably the most useful feature of all. With it, all the above data items can be tracked over time. The frequency at which it logs the data can be set for 5, 10, 30, 60, 120 seconds, 5, 10, 30, and 60 minutes. The marketing information as well as the user manual do not point this out. Before I bought mine I had to ask Brunton about this by email. According to the manual the unit can log up to 256 records and 1980 data. It isn't clear what these mean, but I set mine to log data every 10 minutes and after 6 days it is still logging without missing a beat. Data can be logged manually at any time. PC Sync Want to graph the temperature throughout a hike? Easy. With the ADC-IR you can transfer the logged data through the infrared port on the unit to your PC. The ADC-IR is purchased separately. Alarm/Time/Stopwatch These are all handy too. I use the ADC to keep track of time and leave my watch at home. Light There is a button for backlighting. It is bright enough to see the data on the screen. I recently used the ADC on a winter campout with my son's Boy Scout troop. With it I was able to track the temperature and report how long the temperature had been below zero. With that information I could tell the scouts that they had qualified for their Polar Bear award. Drawbacks On our campout it definitely went below -13. It would have been nice to know what the actual temperature had been. When automatically logging data the unit will beep when it records the data. This can be pretty annoying if you hang the unit outside your tent and you are trying to sleep. The backlighting doesn't stay on long enough. The manual doesn't go into enough depth and it could be more descriptive. The battery that came with the ADC was on its last leg when I received it. I didn't know that and thought the unit was defective. A battery level indicator would be helpful. Once I replaced the battery it was fine. If you aren't sure how good the battery is install a fresh one BEFORE you go out. The indicator and buttons respond very slowly when the temperature falls below zero. I can't complain too much on this point since I wasn't moving too quickly either! Overall this is a tough little unit that does exactly what I need it to do. The drawbacks are rather minor and wouldn't keep me from buying another one if I lost the one I already have. The Tech Support folks at Brunton have been helpful through both email and phone calls.
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