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Highgear Aerial Watch Highgear: Aerial Watch

Go big in a timely manner on the slopes. Altimeter counts accumulated descent.
Meticulously crafted for skiing and snowboarding HighGear's Aerial WristWare uses a combination of altimeter and ski chronograph to help you measure your speed and real-time descent totals. The ski chronograph records automatically until you hit the base altitude then starts over again from the top keeping a running tally of the number of runs made throughout the day. Keep in mind that the speed measured is an approximation of your speed of descent--not a means of potentially measuring how fast you blew past the resort hospitality staff in the slow zone. A practical altimeter with resolution down to three feet (one meter) helps you keep track of your altitude gain on the hiking trails in the summer. The HighGear Aerial also includes a practical altitude log book memory function that helps you remember the high points of your adventures throughout the year.

Great alternative to Suunto Image: 5 Stars
by Anonymous
I really like this watch. I bought it because I have a small wrist and the Suunto looked ridiculous on me. This one is a winner. Large but doesn't look like I am wearing a sun dial. Very easy to operate and large scrolling letters/numbers make it easy to read on the move. Stays in place and the backlight is great at night.

Good watch but the autolock feature was a problem Image: 2 Stars
by Gar
The second altimeter watch I owned and I liked it until I decided to return it... The altimeter works well but the programming creates problems. The auto-lock is designed to recognize when you have not changed your altitude for greater than 30 minutes and then lock in that altitude so that slow changes in barometric pressure do not alter your altitude reading. The watch is supposed to then recognize when a change in pressure occurs rapidly (signalling that you are changing altitude again) and automatically turn off the lock feature. Alternatively you can manually turn off the lock feature by pressing any button. I found that the autolock NEVER turned off automatically. I could change my altitude by even 1500 ft in a matter of 10 minutes (driving or on a ski lift) and the watch did not unlock. In fact sometimes I would manually unlock the watch and it would autolock while I was out skiing the resort! This also means that the run-counter (a cool feature idea) did not work. So I returned the watch and am looking for one that does not include an automatic altitude lock. I'm also looking for more reviews of this watch to see if other people ran into a similar problem.

Fun Toy Image: 4 Stars
by Bryce
This watch was fun to have on my ski trip to Colorado. The thermometer is ineffective unles you take the watch off your wrist (it reads your skin temperature). The altimiter is very good if you calibrate it periodically (it works off the barometer). When I got into Denver I of course saw the elevation 5280 ft sign and checked my watch. It read 5280 exactly! I didn't use the ski chair feature because it was too cold to keep exposing my wrist. This will be must for my expedition into the Waddington Range in BC Canada.