Suunto watches for skydiving

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What think of the watches Suunto altimeter for parachuting? And which model preferably, apart from the price?
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[Merkur 1]

I use the Suunto X6 hrm. As far as I know, this is the only model from Suunto, having a button lock. So it can't accidently switch back to the time or any other display.
It is quite accurate - I set it to zero in the morning and during the day I stay +- 50 feet around 0.
Some friends use the Vector and they like it. So I think it's just about your personal design preference or if you want to see your heartrate in freefall - which you can do with the X6hrm.

Just keep in mind that Suunto says in all of their manuals, that they do not reccomend their watches for skydiving!!!
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[IanHarrop 42]

Discussed recently in Gear and Rigging. Check this out, there are lots of thoughts here.

http://www.dropzone.com/cgi-bin/forum/gforum.cgi?post=1388977#1388977

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[ChasingBlueSky 0]

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I use the Suunto X6 hrm. As far as I know, this is the only model from Suunto, having a button lock. So it can't accidently switch back to the time or any other display..

This is the problem I have when I use my Suunto Vector while doing RW - there have been a few times when I looked and notice that it was 2pm (which begs the question - what time will my Cypress fire at)

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[AndyMan 7]

I use one you haven't listed - the Vector. It works well.

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