Location features include the ability to record up to 10 waypoints, on-the-move compass directional heading, and a Track Back function to navigate you back to a selected waypoint. Speed and Distance features include tracking of your workout distance (with target distance alerts), continuous odometer for total distance for a workout or group of workouts, and a predictive finish time mode that uses total event distance and pace data. The heart rate monitor features include:

• Target Zones: Preset your desired heart rate exercise zone. Alarm notification when you are not in zone.
• Average Heart Rate: Displays your average heart rate over a period of time.
• Time In Zone: Amount of time spent within your selected heart rate target zone.
• Recovery Heart Rate Timer: Measure your heart rate after a timed recovery.
• Max Heart Rate Zone Calculation: Automatically sets your five training zones; one manual zone.
• Digital Transmission: Timex's system protects your data from other heart rate monitors and most exercise equipment.

• 3-line customizable display
• Summary Mode: review navigational, speed, distance and heart rate performance data at end of workout
• 100-hour chronograph with either lap/split in large digits,
• 100-lap memory with recall of Bodylink system data
• 2 linked interval timers
• 100-hour, 3-mode countdown timer
• 5 alarms for daily, weekday, weekend or weekly with 5-minute backup
• Up to 2 year battery life
• Included bike mount

The Indiglo night-light uniformly lights the surface of the watch dial using patented blue electroluminescent lighting technology. It uses less battery power than most other watch illumination systems, enabling your watch battery to last longer. The Night Mode feature allows you to illuminate the Indiglo night-light for 3 seconds with any button press, regardless of the mode or function. The watch is water resistant to 50 meters (165 feet)--suitable for swimming but not for diving--and the GPS sensor is splash resistant. All Timex heart rate monitor sensors have batteries that can be replaced by consumers without requiring them to be returned to the manufacturer.

• 100-hour chronograph with either lap/split in large digits,
• 100-lap memory with recall of Bodylink system data
• 2 time zones
• 100-hour, 3-mode countdown timer
• Separate daily, weekday, weekend alarms
• Up to 2.5 year battery life

The Indiglo night-light uniformly lights the surface of the watch dial using patented blue electroluminescent lighting technology. It uses less battery power than most other watch illumination systems, enabling your watch battery to last longer. The Night Mode feature allows you to illuminate the Indiglo night-light for 3 seconds with any button press, regardless of the mode or function. The watch is water resistant to 100 meters (330 feet)--suitable for swimming and light diving--and the GPS sensor is splash resistant. All Timex heart rate monitor sensors have batteries that can be replaced by consumers without requiring them to be returned to the manufacturer.

The barometric mode of the Vector displays the current barometric pressure and temperature as well as recent barometric trends. The trend display can be used for rough weather forecasts if you won't be changing altitude. After making the initial setting, the Vector was able to provide us with rather accurate barometric readings compared to the readouts to Internet weather reports for our region.

We did run into a problem with the temperature display of the barometer mode, as it can be impacted by body heat. Suunto recommends removing the watch from your wrist for 15 minutes for a more reliable temperature reading--not exactly the handiest of options.

The altimeter, which uses barometric readings to measure altitude, isn't exact either. And depending on the weather, we needed to reset the altimeter at least once a day. But it proved useful on local hikes, noting altitude to an accuracy of 10 feet after being reset, and also letting us note how quickly we increased or decreased in altitude in the Vector's logbook (which holds up to 3,800 sets of data).

One of the most useful tools on the Vector is its digital compass--after an initial calibration (we found out that using a watch this powerful requires a lot of tweaks), it kept us headed in the right direction with readouts in both direction and degree. We just had to remember to keep the watch level--holding it at the normal angle for chronometer reading skewed the compass results.

And, oh yeah, the Vector keeps time as well. Its time mode displays day and date with 12- or 24-hour time. It also features three daily alarms, a stopwatch, and a countdown timer. Even while using the other modes, the Vector displays the current time at the bottom of the display.

The Vector has a nice, bright backlit display and is also waterproof to 100 feet--as long as you don't press any buttons. We didn't take it down that far, but it surfaced without a problem from the bottom of our 12-foot deep pool.

You'll definitely know this large watch is on your wrist, but if you're an avid adventurer who loves techno-gadgets hardy enough for the outdoors, the Vector's your watch. It's the timepiece Grizzly Adams would have worn. --J. Curtis

Pros:

• Ruggedly designed--great for the outdoor adventurer
• Compass and altimeter are handy on hikes
• Easy to switch between modes

Cons:

• Large size can be unwieldy on wrist
• Takes a lot of resets

Developed in cooperation with some of the World's top sailors, Suunto Regatta will prove to be particularly useful to those interested in competitive sailing. The countdown timer will alert you with a warning signal, allowing you to be in the optimal position at the critical moment of the race start.

Suunto Regatta's sailing timer allows you to set the time left to start and synchronize the timer with the race committee at any time with a push of a button. Large numerals and audible warning signals let you concentrate more on maneuvering your boat in the swarming of the start, while Suunto Regatta keeps you informed on up-coming critical moments.

The electronic compass shows your bearing in cardinal or half-cardinal points and a North-South arrow. You can also use the bearing tracking function, ensuring that you stay on course. A rotating bezel ring with a ratchet at every five degrees is particularly helpful determining the start line bias and for memorizing the wind direction. The bubble level indicates level positioning and ensures accuracy within two to three degrees.

The Suunto Regatta is water resistant, tested to 100 meters/330 feet according to ISO 2281 standard, which means you can use it for swimming or other water sports activities--but it should not be used for scuba diving or freediving.

What's in the Box This package includes the Suunto Regatta wrist-top computer and printed operating instructions. It is covered by a one-year warranty.

When you travel in unknown terrain, it is extremely important to be able to return home safely. The compass, "track back" and "find home" functions help you find your way back home after an exciting but tiresome adventure. And while you're in the back country, you'll find the safety features of the Suunto X9i invaluable. You can use the alarm functions to alert you at certain altitudes, or warn you about upcoming storms. And if you find yourself suddenly stuck in bad weather, you can turn to the 3D compass and altimeter to help steer your way clear.

If you're in training, the Suunto X9i will give you the vital information you need to improve your training. Not only can it record and store the data of your performance, it can also analyze that data with the help of specially designed Windows-based software. An accurate altimeter enables you to measure your vertical performance when jogging, hiking, cycling or climbing. Ideally suited for fast sports, the Suunto X9i also features advanced timing functions that enable you to record lap and split times of your runs and other similar activities.

Water resistant to 10 bars, the Suunto X9i features a menu-based user interface that is familiar to most mobile phone users. For those who take their back-country activity and training seriously, the Suunto X9i will prove to be an indispensable companion to any journey.

The Suunto GPS POD employs the Global Positioning System to track speed and distance across a wide variety of outdoor activities including hiking, cycling, cross-country skiing, inline skating and kayaking. It attaches to your upper body using the included flexible fabric band or clip, and it's powered by two AAA batteries that provide up to 10 hours of use.

More than a heart rate monitor, the Suunto T4 Wristop Computer helps you train with confidence by providing real-time information on the aerobic benefit of each workout. Are you over or under-training? Sweating hard enough to reach your goals? The Suunto T4 knows and tells with real-time Training Effect.

More powerful than traditional zone training systems, Training Effect keeps you on-target for achieving your goal, whether it's weight loss, cardiovascular health, or shaving minutes off a marathon. By working from your personal fitness profile, the Suunto T4 analyzes your heartbeats and translates the data into a simple, one-to-five Training Effect scale. As a personal training guide, Training Effect is relative to each user. While a novice runner might achieve a TE of 4.0 on a four-mile jog, a professional runner might have to complete an uphill marathon to get the same reading. Both runners will have to exercise hard to achieve a TE of 4.0.

Using the enhanced Suunto Coach feature, the Suunto T4 generates a personalized 5-day training plan. The program helps you maintain a balance between workout and rest and makes intelligent recommendations for exercise frequency, duration, and intensity. Suunto Coach now gives you even better guidance, prescribing more training volume on higher program levels. By monitoring your Training Effect, it suggests which days to work out on and which days to rest.

You can follow the recommendations or vary the training intensity or duration to suit your mood. The Suunto T4 Coach adapts your program according to your actual training. If your activity level decreases, the Suunto Coach monitors and adapts, adjusting your plan for the next five days to ensure you get the right amount of exercise in each phase of training.

In addition to Training Effect and Coach features, the Suunto T4 displays heart rate, calories burned, and zone training. It also shows speed and distance with optional Suunto PODs. The onboard logbook has a 15-workout memory. Additional functions include dual time, date, alarm, and a stopwatch with split/lap.

Features:

• Real-time Training Effect
• Current heart rate, average heart rate, and maximum heart rate
• Real-time calories burned
• Three-tier zone training system with alarms
• Two adjustable heart rate limits with alarms
• Dual time, date, and alarm
• Log memory for 15 workouts
• Stopwatch with 50 split laps
• Interval timer
• User-replaceable battery
• Heart rate belt with error-free ANT transmission technology
• Water resistant to 30 meters (100 feet)
• Interchangeable straps

About Suunto
Suunto was founded in 1936 by outdoors man 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 history.

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 subsidiary of Helsinki-based Amer Sports Corporation with the sister brands Wilson, Salomon, Atomic, Precor, and Mavic.