Altitude accuracy-X6HR

Has anyone experienced any consistent inaccuracies with the altitude readings on a X6-HR? I am on my second watch at this point, have emailed and spoken directly to Suunto USA and am still experiencing the same problems. I have set both the reference altitude and sea level pressures while at various small airports. When day hiking or climbing, it seems that the watch has a tendency to be off by about 100 ft. per 1000 vertical ft. ascended or descended. This discrepancy occurs even when constantly adjusting the watch to known altitude checkpoints along a route. I can't believe that this is the expected level of performance. I had an ancient Casio Pathfinder from the early 90's, granted it didn't have all the features or supposed resolution of a Suunto, but that watch was consistently accurate to within about 60 feet and seldom required adjustments

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Yep, same problem. Altimeter was consistently 10-13% out, that is anywhere from 100 to 130 m per 1000 m elevation gained or lost. Couple that with the reset problem, I'm just about to send back my second X6, and you've got one watch you can't trust for its intended purpose.

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