Thursday, January 8, 2009

Suunto t6c

Ugh! I paid $350 for a Suunto t6c wrist computer in June. It isn't working. The time went all crazy on me, so I thought it was the battery. I changed it after scraping salty crud off the inside rim. Now the watch won't even turn on, so I am going to have to try to call customer service in Finland to find out where to send the watch to get it fixed. Oh, joy.

The t6c does everything except sing and dance for you. It has heart rate, average heart rate, time in two zones, altitude, temperature, EPOC, and training effect. If I wanted to buy several over priced pods, I could get the speed, cadence, and elevation change on my bike or on a run. I stiill haven't figured out how to use half of the features, or how to download my workouts. I'm thinking I may not be able to figure them out unless I get a degree in electronics engineering. It's always an adventure reading instruction manuals written by non-native English speakers.

Hopefully, getting this thing won't be overly complicated, and I will have a heart rate monitor again soon. I have a knack for destroying them. I have killed a Polar s150, a Timex Ironman HRM, a Sigma Onyx Fit, and possibly this Suunto t6c. Darn it. Technically, I didn't kill the Ironman. The jeweler who didn't know how to change the battery did it.

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