king tut said:
So, long story short, it is kinda fun when it works, but mine did not work that often correctly and then it broke when it encountered a small amount of rain. I sent it back to campmor and they refunded my money, but i still had to pay 2x for the shipping.
Interesting. I bought a Helix a little over a year ago, and the piece has failed and been replaced no less than
three times. The first time it seemed the indiglo got stuck on and the battery burnt out. The second was similar to King Tut's in that the watch became wet due to 'whacking through wet brush and blowdown. The third time was really weird. I wore it for two days, it didn't get wet or anything, but the second night, the readout on the watch face was all of a sudden missing some of the black lines, making reading certain numbers impossible. I have no idea how this happened.
Timex replaced it each time it failed. I paid postage the first time, but didn't have to the other times. In spite of the headache of the failures and returns, I
was fairly happy w/ the service, until just about a week ago. At that time I received an unexpected bill, for the last replacement which was apparently out of warranty. I had not been told that I would be responsible for this bill. When I called to ask I about this, I was told that I
had been told to expect the bill, which was simply not true. I was pretty annoyed, so I asked if they had a complaint department. They transferred me to a manager's voice mail, so I left a message asking for a call back. He hasn't called back after a week.
So, in short, I agree w/ King Tut-the Helix is a decent piece for the price,
when it works. I know others have had a lot better luck than I have. However, after the recent development w/ Timex, I'm frankly pretty disgusted w/ the company.
As always, your mileage may vary.
Matt