Review Of The Suunto Elementum Terra, The Stylish Wristop Computer Timepiece
Oct 24, 2010 Consumer Electronics
Suunto Elementum Terra comes in a great, serious, painted card board container, which is perfectly lined. Inside the package is a manual, a plastic-type warrantee card, plus a polishing/cleaning fabric.
My first impression was that the watch was weightier, but small compared to my Suunto Vector and Suunto Core. It does feel a bit thicker though. It’s actually a very nice, dressy watch. After putting it on, it doesn’t seem too weighty. It’s got a good weight to it.
Case and Crystal: The case is made of stainless steel, with a matte/satin finish to it. It seems to be very nicely built, and very robust. There are three buttons on the right hand side, which all move quite beautifully. Firm, but with no click. The top button is a scroll wheel, for scrolling through menus and making changes. I wish my Suunto Core had one. The scroller also moves smoothly, with confirmation clicks.The case is water resistant to 100m (~300 feet) and according to the manual, the buttons CAN be pushed underwater.The Terra face is a flat, sapphire crystal, which also has an anti-glare layer onto it.The buttons appear to stand out a little, but in practice they do not get in the way, or pushed by accident.
Strap: It can come with a number of different bands, leather, stainless, or rubber. Mine came with a pleasant black leather band. It’s got some white sewing around the edge of it, that really sets it off well. The band is very thick and durable, but is still comfortable to wear.
Display: The Terra I got has a positive display, that i prefer Additionally it is provided with a negative display, for individuals who like that better.It uses a classical segment display for numbers, similar to the Suunto Vector. Thus, it will not plot out any charts/graphs of your elevation or air pressure like the Suunto Core does. The backlight is extremely bright. A lot better than I’ve ever seen on any other Suunto watch.
Functions: Suunto has not surprisingly kept the features to a bare minimum. I’m fairly certain that’s due to the fact it is intended to be a luxury dress watch. It’s actually something to wear to the workplace or even a get together, but will still perform in the mountains, although not as well as the Core. The Terra only has two modes, Time/Altimeter and Compass. The primary display of the Terra displays a lot of information. In the top row, you have the present elevation, the middle row provides you with the time, and the bottom row gives the day. Towards the top of the screen, you have the pressure pattern arrows, and around the perimeter you receive the sea-level barometric pressure. The face of the Terra doesn’t need a rotatable bezel like the Vector or Core. As an alternative, a circular graph is present for reading the Sea-Level barometric pressure.
Steve Burgenson is a long time timepiece enthusiast and knows few things about them, in particular the outside/sports activity kinds. So his opnion on Suunto Elementum and especially his favorite Suunto Elementum Ventus may be taken into account before purchasing one. To find out more: http://suuntoelementum.com/
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