When Traileader bracelet and outer casing form an inseparable unit. The bracelet is also long enough for very large wrists. If, however, once the loop in which the buckle sits, tear or crumble, you probably can decommission the whole clock. "Integral" is quite nice, however, if, in extreme cases leads to make the whole product obsolete, the idea is at least questionable. Even some form of water resistance I trust the good piece not really. Built CR2032 coin cell is back exchanged a simple plastic cover with bayonet lock. It's quite fix with a 2-cent piece. Although the Deckelchen has a small O-ring installed as a seal, however, sits the lid even when closed my humble opinion not so tight that you can run out of water resistance. In addition there are - if one takes out the battery, you can see it - behind the already vulnerable parts of the motherboard to open days. I would not wear even at a moderate rain, the trail leader open on the wrist.
The included user manual comes on the one hand only in English and French and is therefore on the other hand is not completely in the description of each function or the meaning of all possibly on the display appearing symbols. Above all, does not explain why the barometer fundamentally different values than any other barometer indicates that you might have or even the current reference value of DWD weather station, as at Frankfurt Airport. The desperate attempt to calibrate according to the "local printing" fails on incomplete manual to explain the forgetting that the "local air pressure" represents a correction calculated by the Trail Leader on the determined current level value. In general, the Barometer are namely set to "reduced air pressure at sea level":
For the German Weather Service DWD for Wednesday, April 25, station at Frankfurt Airport at 11 clock:
a) DWD: Frankfurt / M-Flh. - Altitude .: 112m, pressure in hPa: 1005.2 (reduced air pressure at sea level)
b) Trail Leader, same place, same time: 990.6 hPa
As the trail leader comes to this local value? Quite simply: It is calculated via barometric formula the amount by which the air pressure decreases = about 15.0 hPa
Subtracting the value of DWD-value, to get about on the displayed value of the Trail Leader.
Well, this important information, in particular with regard to the fact that usually the DWD-values are taken, you should have mentioned in the manual at least once. So I had to find out for yourself, I already doubted but on the function of Traileader per se. Moreover, it is not advisable the barometer values in the device to change themselves, even if this is easily possible. The sensors per se seem namely to work very well.
Conclusion for me: precision sensors also obviously mounted in a high not just intoxicating housing environment and unclean jobs. Waterproofness more than questionable, the same applies mutatis mutandis to the corrosion resistance. User only in English and French and also not entirely in terms of the functions and displays. Important points such as the unusual barometer representation are not even mentioned. Since I have the thing now times, I'll keep it and use, even if so many bothers me at the clock .... ideal course would be the sensors and algorithms of Traileader installed in the high-quality housings a Casio Pro Trek. Dreams one may surely! ;-)
