Thought I'd seen everything........

[BobOwen]

Thought I\'d seen everything........

How about all the following functions..........

Time: Calendar, 3 alarms, dual time, stop watch, GPS time synchronization

Weather: Absolute barometric pressure with 7 day memory, last 6 hour weather trend graph, temperature, 48-hour memory, weather alarm

Compass: Tilt compensated, Bearing, bearing tracking, bearing to waypoint (when navigation is active)

Sail: Speed, heading, distance, GPS navigation data, MOB function

Navigation: 50 routes, 500 waypoints, guidance to waypoint

Racing: Sailing timer, start line bias, distance to start line, lift / header calculation, distance to layline

Rechargeable battery

PC interface software + cable

MOB function


In a WATCH! /forums/images/graemlins/shocked.gif.................see here

 

[A1Sailor]

Re: Thought I\'d seen everything........

Water resistant to 100m only, so not much use then...

 

[Flogging_Molly]

Re: Thought I\'d seen everything........

Yes, saw that just before Xmas - strong hints to SWMBO were completely ignored though /forums/images/graemlins/frown.gif Loadsa functions, but you have to strap a laptop to the other wrist to be able to get at them, no?

It's about $600 here in the US, what are they asking in the UK? - let me guess, 600 quid?

F_M

 

[Anthony]

Re: Thought I\'d seen everything........

100m for $690 US? same as my casio seafinder thingy watch, except at £25 I dont cry when I scratch it.

I love gadgets, and sure if it was £50 I would buy it for the fun of it, but I already have instruments to tell me all that info, with nice big clear displays that everyone can see, and with buttons that are big enough to operate with gloves on.

maybe I am missing somthing, or more likely just getting old and practical, oh well at least my bank manager will be proud of me :-(

Anthony

 

[Shakey]

Re: Thought I\'d seen everything........

I thought you could get a watch with an EPIRB in it? Breitling?

 

[charon]

Re: Thought I\'d seen everything........

I've got a watch that not only tells me the time but also the day and the date. (most important). It also has an alarm and stopwatch facility.It cost £5 at Argos and is water resistant to 50 metres. As I cannot breath below the surface of any liquid without artificial help I think that that is enough for me /forums/images/graemlins/grin.gif

 

[celandine]

Re: Thought I\'d seen everything........

It's so high-tec I couldn't even load their web site - I wasn't a sufficiently flash player or something.

Mick

 

[ubuysa]

Re: Thought I\'d seen everything........

I bought one of these last year and sold it (at only a small loss) on eBay within a couple of months. It's way too fiddly to use, the recharging unit made unreliable connections and the build quality isn't that great. I finally formed the impression that it was more of a toy than a tool. I wouldn't recommend you buy one /forums/images/graemlins/frown.gif

Tony C.

 

[Guest]

Garmin ...

Garmin do a wrist mounted job .... ok probably with not so many items to do .... but then again on a wrist ??? The garmin one at least has a bit bigger working area !!