Customer Reviews

Ultrak Seiko 300 Lap Memory Stopwatch with Printer System

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What you have here is basically an incredibly overpriced and unwieldy stopwatch.

Having coached track and field and cross-country for 20 years I've had plenty
of experiences (mostly bad) with this product.

You name it and it has gone wrong (with 3 different S149's.)

Paper jams, time locks, total timer failure are the norm with this Edsel of watches.

You're better of spending $60.00 to $70.00 on a dependable handheld watch with 100
lap memory and multiple split functions.

If you're dead set on buying one of these, get one on Ebay and save yourself $100-$200. Then again you'd be better off with a sundial than with an S149.

The Pet Rock of Watches

This stopwatch printer is great and meets my needs as a race director of a few 5k races. The only problem was that it didn't come with an owner's manual, so I had do download one from the website. Can't imagine that anyone could intuitively know how to work all the features. Perhaps this was an oversight, but I'd check before you buy.

Not sure why some people don't like this watch. Had one for years and it has always worked great. Perfect for high school cross country meets.

Two draw backs - There is an uplink data port, but sieko never made the uplink cord. I'd love to hear that explanation from Seiko

Second their are two sets of batteries. The easily accessible (4xAA)ones run the printer, but the display battery is a 2430 watch battery inside the unit. The only way to replace it is to remove 10 screws and take the unit apart. Not that big a deal, but a stupid design for an otherwise great watch.

This nifty device is a must for cross country/track timers. It is easy to use and makes life a whole lot easier than pushing a pencil.

First of all, this very expensive printing stop watch comes without instructions or an owner's manual. I went online to get a PDF to tell me how to set up the paper, how to work the stopwatch, etc.

When it came time to change the paper, the printer stopped working. It no longer prints out the splits, it only prints out the message "STIT TI".

I looked online to see what this might mean and someone else posted the same problem, but there was no solution. Don't waste your money!