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Well, i have finally replaced my favorite watch with an altimax. I am brand new to barometers and altimeters and have a few questions finding the manual kind of vague.
1) The altimeter uses air pressure to determine altitude... Is that pressure at sea level, or the pressure that it shows in the barometer main window.
2) Does the altimeter need to be reset constantly or does it go back to the correct altitude (IE it changes through 30 or so feet while i am laying in bed, do I need to reset it in the morning???
3)What is the first thing that i should set, sealevel, or altitude, and does setting one affect the other?
I like the watch so far, but am weary that it may be too much work, or that I could be out in the woods and not know quite how to use my watch. Right now I can't trust it because I went down about 50 feet at work in a one story building, and thirty feet in my bed. I read in anohter thread that that is normal due to changes in air pressure, but does that happen out on the mountains or laying in the tent where access to references is practically nonexistant? Is there a good book with more detail than the (rather puny) manual that comes with this watch.
Thanks for any help or reassurance.
PS, could it be the battery causing the watch to constantly (seemingly) lose the correct reading?  |