The Suunto Vector Heart-Rate Monitor Watch is an essential tool for any outdoors enthusiast when taking part in an exercise or expedition in the great outdoors as it measures conditions inside your body as well as in the environment to enable you to reach your peak performance.

The Suunto Monitor Watch features an altimeter, barometer, electronic compass and heart rate monitor to allow you to make responsible decisions on unpredictable terrain.

It has a heart rate zone alarm to alert you to when your heart rate is climbing too fast, an altimeter with a range up to 9000 metres (29,500 ft) and a barometer which displays barometric pressure and temperature, so you can stay one step ahead of the weather.

The Heart-Rate Monitor Watch includes the Suunto Comfort Belt that is made from soft textile fabrics for comfortable wear and with unique traction strips that keep it in place without the need for over-tightening. The thin buckles minimize the risk of friction and abrasion, enabling you to train with minimal interruption.

Heart Rate Measurement

It’s not just the external conditions that matter when you’re climbing: what’s going on inside your body can make the difference between a great adventure and a miserable ordeal. Set HR zone alarms to let you know when your heart rate is climbing faster than you are—or when your training regimen is too easy. Training for a climb with the HR monitor gives you an objective measure of exertion, whether you’re doing a long, steady hike, or short intervals of intense bursts of energy in the gym. You’ll also be able to avoid overtraining by monitoring your resting HR first thing in the morning.

Suunto Comfort Belt

Made from soft textile materials, the Suunto Comfort Belt comes equipped with unique traction strips to keep it in place, eliminating the need to over-tighten. The thin length-adjustment buckles minimize the risk of friction and abrasions, allowing you to train with minimal interruption. The Suunto Comfort Belt features a closing buckle conveniently located in the front, which also doubles as an easy-to-reach key for the battery cover.

Altimeter

The altimeter features a range up to 9000 metres (29,500 ft), putting all 14 of the world's 8000+ metre summits within your reach. It measures your vertical speed, and works with the HR monitor so you can see the physiological impact of both altitude and vertical rate of movement. You can set altitude alarms to remind you when you’re reaching another limit, while the automatic 24-hour memory stores the altitude and ascent/descent rate for every hour, and lets you record other intervals. With the logbook, you can see and compare all of your ups and downs as it records your total and cumulative vertical ascents and descents.

Barometer

The Suunto Vector HR displays real-time barometric pressure and temperature, giving you a heads-up on weather conditions. Check the weather trend graph or the past four days’ barometric data, which is recorded automatically. When the reference altitude is set correctly, the instrument also shows the present sea level pressure, making it easier for you to read and understand the barometric pressure at high altitudes. Just don’t forget that in the mountains, the detected barometric pressure also changes when you are moving in something like a vertical direction, which can make predicting the weather a bit more complicated.

Compass

The digital compass guides you with cardinal or half-cardinal points and a north-south arrow. Set the compass to track a bearing of your choosing, and your Suunto Vector HR helps you get around in unknown terrain. The declination adjustment function allows you to correct the difference between true north and magnetic north for a more accurate reading.

Time

The Suunto Vector HR displays the current time in 12-hour or 24-hour format and includes three daily alarms and a calendar. Use the chronograph to support your training sessions with the split-time stopwatch, countdown timer and interval timer.

Features

• Heart rate monitor
• Suunto Comfort Belt
• Altimeter with vertical speed measurement
• Barometer with pressure difference measurement
• Compass with levelling bubble for more accurate reading
• Multiple watch functions, dual time
• Light plastic housing in a selection of colours
• User-replaceable battery

Technical Specification

• Altimeter
• Altitude alarm:
• Altitude range -500 m to +9000 m (-1600 ft to 29,500 ft):
• Automatic 24-hr memory
• Difference measurement
• History memory
• Logbook function
• Quick access to logbook
• Recording intervals: 20 sec, 60 sec, 10 min, 60 min
• Resolution: 5 m
• Temperature compensation
• Total ascent/descent
• Vertical speed
• Chronograph
• Countdown timer
• Interval trainer
• Max number of split times in memory: 30
• Scrolling of lap times
• Stopwatch
• Compass
• Bearing tracking
• Cardinal directions
• Declination setting
• Heading in degrees
• North-South indicator
• Compass with bubble level
• Heart rate
• HR limits
• Recording intervals: 20 sec, 60 sec, 10 min, 60 min
• Heart rate belts
• Suunto Comfort Belt (analogue coded): Included
• Suunto Heart Rate Belt (analogue coded): Compatible
• Suunto Dual Comfort Belt (analogue coded and ANT coded): Compatible
• Further Features
• Backlight type: Electro-luminescent display
• Operating temperature: -20°C to +60°C (-5°F to +140°F)
• Selectable metric/imperial units
• Storage temperature: -30°C to +60°C (-22°F to +140°F)
• User-replaceable straps
• Water resistance: 30 m (100 ft)
• Weight: 55 g (1.94 oz)
• Power
• Low battery warning
• User-replaceable battery
• Special Features
• Rotating bezel
• Watch
• 12/24-hr formats
• Calendar clock
• Daily alarms: 3
• Dual time
• Weather
• Absolute barometric pressure
• Barometer range: 8.9-32.4 inHg (300-1100 mbar)
• Barometer resolution: 0.05 inHg (1 mbar)
• Difference measurement
• Sea level pressure
• Temperature
• Temperature range: -20°C to +60°C (-5°F to +140°F)
• Temperature resolution: 1°C (1°F)
• Trend indicator
• Weather memory: 4 days