Suunto X6 Wrist-Top Computer Watch with Altimeter, Barometer, Compass, Clinometer and PC-Interface

by Suunto

Product Features

• Wrist-top computer/timepiece with altimeter, barometer, and compass
• Chronometer records accurate altitude profiles with 10- or 60-second intervals for up to 200 hours
• Shows elevation up to 29,500 feet plus vertical speed; 6-hour barometric trend graph to help forcast weather changes
• Water resistant, tested to 100 meters/330 feet
• Synchronize with your PC to analyze performance

Product Description

Suunto X6 is a perfect tool for any cross sports enthusiast such as a mountaineer, hiker or a cross-country skier. It offers a combination of three functional dimensions: it gives the user essential information instantly during the performance. A level of deeper understanding comes with the PC interface.

Product Details

• Product Dimensions: 5.2 x 5.2 x 3 inches ; 11.2 ounces
• Shipping Weight: 12.8 ounces
• Shipping: This item is also available for shipping to select countries outside the U.S.
• ASIN: B0000TW3V0
• Item model number: SUUNTO X6BLK
• Average Customer Review: 3.7 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #459,676 in Sports & Outdoors (See Top 100 in Sports & Outdoors)

Customer Reviews

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3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars Great idea -- weak execution, August 7, 2007

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Working Stiff (Seattle) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Suunto X6 Wrist-Top Computer Watch with Altimeter, Barometer, Compass, Clinometer and PC-Interface (Apparel)

I'm a cyclist, and after researching watches for a couple of weeks, the X6 seemed like the perfect product to track accumulated elevation gain and degree of slope. Unfortunately, the watch has some serious flaws that hinder its usefulness.

First, elevation gain: this is the watch's strongest feature and, once you learn to use it, delivers results that are easy to read, if not wholly accurate. I've found that the X6 under-reports the accumulated elevation gain by about 15% to 20%.

Next, the clinometer: as implemented in the X6, this feature is useless. When on my bike, the X6 is mounted on a Polar handlebar mount, adjusted so that when the bike is upright on flat ground, the readout displays 0 degrees, as it should. However, when I start pedaling, the readout swings wildly from 0 to 35 to 20 to 50, all in just a few pedal strokes. I never have the faintest clue what the actual degree of slope is. To put it charitably, this feature is a joke -- or at least it would be if the watch weren't so expensive.

Finally, watch features: in general, I find the watch easy to use, although the buttons require quite a firm push. I recently took the watch on a cycling trip through France, and made good use of the dual time display. The downside, as I discovered, is that you can't attach a wake-up alarm to the secondary display. That means if you have U.S. time set as the primary display, and European time on the secondary one, the alarm only sees the U.S. time. That's quite a design flaw, in my estimation. Another design flaw is that the watch is virtually unreadable in low light conditions. I find myself constantly squinting at it in order to read the large digits.

The bottom line: after four months of fairly extensive use, I'm back to my $17 Timex. The Suunto stays in my bike bag, where it only sees the light of day on bike rides. A big disappointment.

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Suunto X6, November 3, 2006

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S. GAINES - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Suunto X6 Wrist-Top Computer Watch with Altimeter, Barometer, Compass, Clinometer and PC-Interface (Apparel)

This product work great. I would definitely purchase it again. The only concern I have with it is the glass face is very exposed to hitting anything. So far it hasn't been prone to scratching. I put the first and only scratch in the glass within the first week of ownership. I have had the watch almost 4 months now and I have not put any more scratches in it but I am more careful. Other than that the watch work perfectly. I am very pleased.

5.0 out of 5 stars Very Good one !, September 6, 2010

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Daniel Prez Senz - See all my reviews

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This review is from: Suunto X6 Wrist-Top Computer Watch with Altimeter, Barometer, Compass, Clinometer and PC-Interface (Apparel)

This is the perfect instrument for what I do.

I am a forest engineer in the Costa Rican tropic, and even when this machine has being made for Skiing, and we do not have any snow in Costa Rica, its clinometer, can measure the height of the trees, the barometer-altimeter measures the clima and the topo of the field where you are, and let you get many information about the site you are walking.