Brunton ADC Summit Atmospheric Data Center

by Brunton

Product Features

• Portable atmospheric data center gathers and records a variety of key weather conditions
• Displays current barometric pressure, altitude, wind chill, and temperature
• Offers 24-hour pressure and temperature trends; predicts weather over next 12 hours
• Storm, wind chill, and altitude alarms; integrated chronograph, race timer, and ski run counter
• Real-time clock with date information; IR interface for PC transmission; 2-year warranty

Product Description

Amazon.com Product Description

Whether you're riding the rapids in a whitewater kayak or reading the barometric pressure trends when the fish are rising, the Brunton ADC Summit atmospheric data center gathers and records all the key weather conditions. The ADC Summit displays such information as current barometric pressure (in hPa, mb, or Hg), altitude, wind chill, and temperature, so you'll always know the current conditions and what's around the corner. Let your partners believe you're predicting the rain with some sort of mind-bending, supernatural powers. Brunton will take care of the science.

Current temperature and pressure measurements are just a couple of the ADC Summit's skills. The unit also analyzes temperature and pressure trends and displays the data from the past 24 hours. More importantly, it absorbs all the data and predicts the weather over the next 12 hours, so you'll know whether to turn back from a hike or trudge on. Users will also dig the ADC Summit's multiple alarms, including an alarm that sounds when storms approach, an altitude alarm (for when users ascend too quickly), and a wind chill alarm.

The ADC Summit is valuable from a training perspective as well, with an integrated chronograph, race timer, and ski run counter. Additional features include a water flow meter, a real-time clock with date information, and manual and automatic data logging. The waterproof ADC Summit, which runs on a single 3-volt lithium battery, can even transmit its information to a PC via its IR interface for further analysis. As a final bonus, the unit carries a two-year warranty.

What's in the Box?
ADC Summit, user's manual.

Product Description

Atmospheric Data Center Summit -- From the kayak to the racetrack, the ADC series is showing up everywhere. Whether you're honing your shooting accuracy in Athens, Greece, or reading the barometric pressure trends when the fish are rising, the ADC lends necessary insight to your outdoor activity.

Product Details

• Item Weight: 5.6 ounces
• Shipping Weight: 5.6 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Shipping: This item is also available for shipping to select countries outside the U.S.
• ASIN: B000FKMUE4
• Item model number: F-ADC-SUMT
• Average Customer Review: 3.3 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (6 customer reviews)

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

8 of 9 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Awesome device, January 13, 2009

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Joe Hiker (Longmont, CO United States) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Brunton ADC Summit Atmospheric Data Center (Sports)

I got this for Christmas to use while hiking in the Rocky Mountains and it works great. All the features work as advertised. The functions are all discoverable by pressing the buttons so no need to bring the manual along. Unlike another commenter I found the calibration to be straight forward and easy to do. It is worth noting the the device was calibrated and ready to use out-of-the-box. My only nitpick is the time it takes to reach the current temperature. It took almost 20 minutes for the device to go from 70 degrees to 40 degrees, it would be nice if you could set the averaging time like you can with wind speed. This is only a problem when first going outside, once it reaches the new temperature it's fine. I suspect the slow rate of change is intention to prevent the temperature display from fluctuating while the handling the device.

Overall the device is awesome and I recommend it for any outdoor enthusiast that wants to keep an eye on the weather or know how cold it got last night.

4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Great product!, January 7, 2010

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"Waterman the Weatherman" (Kansas, Hays USA) - See all my reviews

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This review is from: Brunton ADC Summit Atmospheric Data Center (Sports)

I had just a plain anemometer which I still have (more than a year now) and I decided that I needed to know more than just the wind speed. Turns out the features were indeed as advertised. It took me only 25 minutes to figure out the majority of the features (i.e: temperature history graph, barometric pressure graph, and storm alarms). This device can measure winds up to 89.4 miles an hour, which isn't shown on the specifications. The 12-hour forecast comes in handy when the barometer drops, and will beep if "Stormy" weather is predicted (The storm alarm must be turned on, simply by accessing the barometer feature, pressing "mode" for 2 seconds, and then turning it either on or off with the "set" button). The data log feature is also handy to have. Not to bad-mouth other reviews I have read, but this is a great product and anyone fascinated with weather should place the order; It's actually well worth the money.

4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Cool instrument; incorrect description, December 12, 2006

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pbhughes (San Anselmo, CA USA) - See all my reviews

Be aware that the product description Amazon has printed describes the Brunton ADC PRO, not the Summit. I would suggest a trip to Brunton's website to get the skinny on each, then make your decision.