Highgear Summit

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The Summit is an altimeter made by Highgear. It has an average rating of 2 stars (out of 5), based on 3 user reviews.

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From Campmor:
"Face diameter: 2"" Digital Altimeter Measures in 1 ft. (1m) increments with a working range from -2,296 feet (-700 m) to 29,500 feet. (9,000 m). Stores 20 altimeter readings with altitude, time, and date. User option for feet or meters. Accumulated and maximum altitude readings. Digital Barometer Resolution 1 mbar with working range from 300 mbar to 1,100 mbar. Sea level barometer readings. Barometer pressure graph shows relative changes for the last 24 hours. Weather forecast option. Barometer pressure updated every minute. Digital Compass Resolution 1 degree with 16 direction pointers. Adjustable declination. Displays bearing in degrees and cardinal points. User options for single or continuous readings. Temperature Gauge 0.1 degree resolution. Working range from -4deg. F (-20deg. C) to 158deg. F (70deg. C). User options for Celsius or Fahrenheit. Time, Alarm, and Chronograph Time with hour, minute, second, weekday, and day. User option for 12/24 hour format. Two time modes. Auto calendar from 2000 to 2049. Two daily alarms and hourly chime signal. 20 second alarm sound at alarm time. 1/100-second-resolution chronograph with 24 hour working range. Chronograph with lap/split time measurement. 100-lap memory capacity in a maximum of 30 runs. Each run stores the run number, month, day, lap number, lap split, time, and average lap time. 3 second EL backlit display. Water resistant to 30 meters. Requires one CR2032 battery."

From Backcountry.com:
"Mad style, mad data, but no mad squinting trying to read tiny little numbers. The Highgear Summit Watch is a precision altimeter/compass watch with a large readable face and enough style to masquerade as a dress watch. The altimeter can store up to 20 altitude points with time and date data and tracks accumulated altitude. The barometer tracks trends for the last 24 hours, and provides a forecast based on that data in case millibars just make you scratch your head. Both altimeter and barometer are tied to the digital thermometer to keep them honest when things warm up or cool down. The compass is declination adjustable and works with the same rotating bezel that lends the watch its unique style."

From RockCreek:
"The Summit Shadow is a new spin on the premier wrist-top altimeter from High Gear. It features an altimeter, barometer, thermometer and digital compass, as well as standard watch functions. The Summit Shadow's large, easy to read display provides all the pertinenet information you need at a glance to give you a relevant weather synopsis."

From EMS:
"With its large readable face, the Highgear Summit Watch makes navigation easier. With a digital altimeter, barometer, and compass, you'll be able to track your elevation, forecast weather, and navigate your way through the outdoors in style. Digital altimeter ranges to 30k ft., reporting in 3-foot increments. Altimeter reports current, accumulated, and maximum height. Stores 20 altimeter data readings with time and date. Digital barometer records trends in weather for last 24 hours; 1 mbar with 300- to 1,100-mbar resolution. Digital compass with bearings in degrees and cardinal points; adjustable declination. Digital thermometer died to altimeter and barometer. Chronograph with 50 lap maximum; lap/split times. Water-resistant to 100 ft. (30m)."

User Reviews

Summit
Reviewed by Ryan, Nov 19, 2007

My wife purchased the High Gear Summit for me as a gift. After calibrating the altimeter I have worn it everyday for the last six months. The altimeter, barometer, compass, and temperature functions have not failed me yet.

The forecast function has shown rain when there was not a cloud in the sky and within the next couple of hours, it was raining!

I do not leave home without this extraordinary piece of gear.

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Summit
Reviewed by Tom Chymbor, Oct 18, 2007

"I bought a Highgear Summit watch in July of 2005 and was excited with the triple sensor features. In the fall, we hiked through the Grand Canyon and I was anxious to review the elevation changes throughout the hike. Five days later on the trail up the South Rim the altimeter ceased to function."

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Summit
Reviewed by Scott Baker, Oct 15, 2007

"I bought this watch just for the trail. First day out the altimeter didn't work right, the compass gave wrong direction, the temp useless. I read the manual and changed the battery. Still no go. I've seen other reviews and think these watches are not reliable. The wilderness is not the place for this one."

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