SUUNTO Core – Outdoor Sports Watch With Altimeter, Barometer & Weather Forecast

Description

Suunto Core All Black Military
Men’s Outdoor Sports Watch

Suunto Core Watch // Gear Review | By Jacob Ziech (11:00)

The weather was clear for days as your expedition ascended 10,000 feet, but then the barometric pressure started to change, and your Storm Alarm went off. But, thanks to the Suunto Core All Black Altimeter Watch, you set up your high-altitude camp ahead of the big storm, and you are in your sleeping bag sipping hot cocoa before it hits. Bravo.

Building on the success of the venerable Suunto military watches, such as the Suunto Vector, the Suunto Core All Black keeps you informed of conditions while you hike, bike, or camp, making it a terrific companion for outdoor enthusiasts of all stripes.

What can the Suunto Core watch do for you?

For starters, this outdoor watch can sense an approaching squall even when the sky looks clear. Its intelligent Storm Alarm is one of several intelligent features designed to keep you safe and secure. It is activated by a rapid drop in air pressure over three hours. Once the Core watch senses the change, the Storm Alarm sounds and flashes, letting you know that something unpleasant is fast approaching.

Meanwhile, the built-in altimeter displays your current elevation, shows how much you’ve climbed or descended, and records your entire session for later analysis. Accurate to 30,000 feet, the altimeter is an extremely valuable tool for mountaineering, backcountry skiing, and wilderness travel. Add in such additional features as a barometer, a digital thermometer, a weather trend indicator, and a digital compass and you have a terrific wrist-top computer for almost all your outdoor needs.

Suunto Core All-Black Features:

An altimeter tracks your vertical movement, a barometer tells the Trend in air pressure, and a compass points the way.
Suunto core tracks both the weather and the sun for you; Operating temperature: -20° C to +60° C / -5° F to +140° F.
A weather Trend graph and storm alarm along with preset sunrise/sunset times for over 400 locations help you stay safe and plan your activities.

With stylish designs in more than a handful of variations, you are sure to find just the right Suunto core for your style.
The specs that make Suunto Core military watches the best tactical watches:

• A Wrist-top computer watch with an altimeter, barometer, compass, and weather indicator.
• The altimeter displays current elevation, shows ascent or descent, and records the session.
• Intelligent storm alarm senses drop in air pressure and notify you of approaching storms.
• A barometer helps you predict changing conditions; a built-in weather trend indicator.
• A black finish.
• Accurately measures the depth to 30 feet.
• Weighs 2.26 ounces.
• 2-year warranty.

Altimeter

The altimeter contributes to your excursion in several ways. If you’re standing on or near an obvious geographic feature, such as a ridge, trail, or creek, the altimeter can alert you to your current elevation and help you find your position on a topographic map.
Similarly, if you plan on climbing a slope to a certain elevation and then traversing, the Core watch can help you stay on course.
As a bonus, the Suunto Core All Black includes a unique start-from-zero function, so you don’t have to enter a reference altitude. Instead, with a single push of a button, the altimeter will begin tracking your ascent and descent.

Barometer

The Core outdoor watch also includes a barometer, which measures and records air pressure to help you predict changing conditions from sunny skies to hair-bending electrical storms.
The barometer helps you decide whether to bring a softshell or rainshell jacket when the skies look ominous, or even when to high-tail it back to the car.
In general, low pressure brings inclement weather, while high pressure brings stability and clear skies. If you’ve arrived at camp and noticed the pressure starting to plunge, it’s probably a good idea to secure the tent and crawl in.
Likewise, if you were on a climb, it would be prudent to find shelter and retreat. Even at home, the Suunto Core All-Black barometer can look beyond office walls, skyscrapers, and nearby hills to help you plan for upcoming activities.

Weather Forecast

If you want a weather forecast that extends out a few hours, you can turn to the built-in weather trend indicator.
This indicator shows the barometric history for the last three and six hours, helping you predict the weather with amazing accuracy.
What’s more, the watch doesn’t give you a regional forecast posted earlier in the day, but rather the most current information about the weather directly overhead. And no outdoor watch is worth it’s salt without a digital compass, a great tool for keeping track of your direction while skiing, hiking, or exploring a new city. You can set and follow a bearing with a traditional rotating bezel, or simply point the top of the watch toward your intended destination and lock it in.

Waterproof

The Suunto Core military watch is one of the few altimeters watches you can take shallow diving or snorkeling. It is waterproof enough to take down to 100 feet.

Compass

With this watch, you can navigate and pinpoint locations to safely find your way through the wilderness and in whiteout conditions.

Sunrise / Sunset

Predicted times for sunrise and sunset to help you maximize your daylight hours.
So, you will never run out of daylight. The sunrise and sunset times are available for over 400 locations worldwide.

Suunto Core watch includes several traditional watch functions, including dual times, a date display, and an alarm.
An Automatic Alti/Baro mode that senses movement or lack thereof and switches between the altimeter and barometer accordingly.
A depth meter that provides accurate water depth readings to 30 feet.
Also, the ability to function in English, German, French, and Spanish.
The watch is available in such colors as all black, aluminum black, light black, black orange, aluminum brown, light green, black yellow, and steel.

The Suunto Core watch includes an altimeter, barometer, compass, and weather indicator.

Suunto Core All-Black Watch Specifications:

• Finish: All black
• Real-time vertical cumulative value: Yes
• Temperature compensation: Yes
• Total ascent/descent: Yes
• User-removable logbook files: Yes
• Automatic Alti/Baro switch: Yes
• Automatic 7-day Alti/Baro memory: Yes
• Resolution: 1 meter
• Recording intervals: 1 second, 5 seconds, 30 seconds, 60 seconds
• Altitude range: 1,600 to 29,500 feet
• Difference measurement: Yes
• Log graph: Yes
• Logbook function: Yes
• Countdown timer: Yes
• Stopwatch: Yes
• Guided calibration: Yes
• Heading in degrees: Yes
• Declination setting: Yes
• Cardinal directions: Yes
• Bearing tracking: Yes
• North-South indicator: North indicator
• Languages: English, German, French, and Spanish
• Depth meter: Yes, to 30 feet
• Rotating bezel: Yes
• Time: 12/24 hours
• Sunrise/sunset times: Yes
• Calendar clock: Yes
• Dual time: Yes
• Daily alarms: 1
• Alarm snooze: Yes
• Weather memory: 7 days
• Weather alarm: Yes
• Trend indicator and graph: Yes
• Temperature range: -5 to 140 degrees F
• Sea level pressure: Yes
• Barometer range: 300 to 1,100 bar
• Low battery warning: Yes
• Water resistance: 100 feet
• Backlight option: Yes
• Weight: 2.26 ounces
• Warranty: 2 years

➤ Suunto Core Watch User Guide (PDF)

Suunto Core Watch Expert Reviews:

♦  From GearLab– A review by Ian Nicholson review editor at OutdoorGearLab:
Suunto Core Review

“…The Suunto Core is the most fully featured altimeter watch we tested. The Core has something for everyone: waterproof buttons for snorkeling and shallow diving, more accurate altimeter and barometer functions, nicer graphs, and a slightly easier-to-use interface with a nicely labeled and easy-to-understand menu…”

Rating: 5 stars ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 

♦  From Gadget Review – An expert review by Sid Suvarna:
Suunto Core All Black Military Men’s Outdoor Sports Watch Review

“…The Suunto Core outdoor sports watch is an excellent purchase if you’re thinking of hiking, and want something reliable. It can surely help you out with the built-in compass, altimeter barometer, thermometer, and the Storm alarm system. The design is good and the watch is lightweight, but the straps may need replacing. Luckily several third party straps are available for the watch…”

Rating: 8/10

From TechRadar– An expert review by Jamie Carter, a travel and space journalist:
Suunto Core review A sports watch without GPS?

“…If you’d rather answer the question ‘how far is it?’ in meters than minutes – like the pros do – then the Suunto Core is for you, though we’re sure that most hikers, skiers and snorkellers will consider spending a little extra to get a sports watch with GPS…. However, the Suunto Core’s long battery life and dependability make it hard to resist…”

Rating: 4 stars ★ ★ ★ ★

About Suunto

Suunto was founded in 1936 by an outdoorsman and a keen orienteering enthusiast, Tuomas Vohlonen, who had long been bothered by a problem: the inaccuracy of traditional dry compasses and their lack of steady needle operation. Being an engineer with an inventive turn of mind, he discovered and patented the production method for a much steadier needle, better readings, and a new level of accuracy.

By 1950 the company was exporting compasses to over 50 countries around the world, including Canada and the United States. In 1952, Helsinki was hosting the Olympic Games, and the torches carried to light the Olympic flame were Suunto products. The next step was improving the stability and accuracy of marine compasses. The first marine compass, the Suunto K-12, was launched onto the market in 1953. In 1957, Suunto started manufacturing hypsometers, which measure the height of trees.

In the 1960s, the compass range grew further, and Suunto introduced its first diving compass, initiated by the divers themselves. A British sports diver attached a Suunto compass to his wrist and found that the device also worked underwater. Thanks to his feedback and initiatives, the new business category was found. Suunto’s exports and business grew steadily, and Suunto then focused on combining its strength in precision mechanics with new skills in electronics. Accuracy, reliability, and ruggedness have been Suunto’s key values from the very beginning of the company’s history.

Leading Sports & Outdoor Experience

Today, Suunto is a leading designer and manufacturer of sports instruments for training, diving, mountaineering, hiking, skiing, sailing, and golf. True to its roots, Suunto is today the world’s biggest compass manufacturer. Prized for their design, accuracy, and dependability, Suunto sports instruments combine the aesthetics and functionality of watches with sport-specific computers that help athletes at all levels analyze and improve performance. Headquartered in Vantaa, Finland, Suunto employs more than 500 people worldwide and distributes its products to nearly 60 countries. The company is a Helsinki-based Amer Sports Corporation subsidiary with the sister brands Wilson, Salomon, Atomic, Precor, and Mavic.