I have just looked at a Storm Shield SS Equator which looks slim and wearable, is a fairly good price compared to suunto and casio at just £100.
Anyone got any bad reports about this one?
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I've got a Stormshield something-or-another, which is a Blacks-rebranded watch from Origo/Silva. If I try to recalibrate it on the hill, it will sometimes throw a wobbly and jump off-altitude by 200 or 300m. Very irritating.
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 I bought a second hand casio pro trek triple sensor that I have now used for about eight years. I have found it to be accurate, reliable and robust. The height readings can be thrown off by sudden drops in pressure, but these can be quickly corrected with a referance to the map and an on the spot adjustment. I regularly check the compass and it is always spot on. I also find height alarms are useful. I know you were looking for a review of the Stormshield and it looks like a good buy, especially the metallic ones. However here is a casio for £100 http://www.amazon.co.uk/Casio-SPF-40-1VUR-Pathfinder-Triple-Sensor/dp/B00009K3Q9
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 The Casio watches provide up to the minute readings, not every 20 mins. I'm after one now, after everyone else in the group I was with today had one, I felt rather left out, and the altimeter proved its worth doing some micronav. Very handy devices.
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I use a Techtrail Altitech 2, it has a carabiner to clip to my pack. Good piece of kit, they make it as a watch too. Check out theoutdoorshop.com they have Suunto's at £80 for a basic one, and the Techtrail's as waches
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 I'd rather use the altimeter on a GPS. I use the wrist Garmin Foretrex 201 , got it on ebay for $100 but someone forgot to tick 'gift'  , it's about 130 quid in the UK. It saves all the calibration trouble and you have a GPS aswell! Quite bulky.
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 This UK site has the Casio PRG-60-1AV Solar which has altimeter, thermometer, compass and analogue time for £90 including postage (description also tells you how often the sensor updates). It doesn't say so but presumably it has either solar power or solar assistance for the battery. The titanium model is particularly nice for an extra £50, and has the added benefit of something else to brag about when everyone else has run out of things to say about the functions on their watches. I've been wondering whether to get one for my gadget-mad son for his birthday - he's hoping for a car!!!
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Suunto Advizor. Use it all the time, wear it every day. Good HRM, good barometer and altimeter, good compass. You may see a few grumbles about Suuntos but make sure you understand how the altimeter works and read the instructions. All the problems stem from people not reading the instructions. Simple, intuitive, light and versatile. Way better than the Casio PRG I had before (IMHO).
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I have ordered a Casio PRG 80 T or something liek that, soudns good. Will get it later this week and see hwo it is. Got it for about £100
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 Primitive, Susan? For direction I carry a lodestone suspended on a fine piece of deer sinew. For altitude, I sit down for a couple of minutes and see how long I can hold my breath. For route finding I leave crumbs and then follow the trail of bird droppings back home. Maps? I have ones of the Kingdoms of Wessex, Mercia and Pictland, but North Wales is marked 'here be dragons' so I steer clear of Snowdonia. Why don't you get the said person a voucher for a navigation course and stick to what you already know works?
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 I actually bought him some hexes and a warm hat in the end!
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