 Poster: A snowHead
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Has anyone had any experience with a Slope Angel or Slope Angel Halo? Its a combined clinometer and thermometer device, the Halo version has an altimeter and avi beacon tester.
It looks useful for someone (like me) who would like to find out more about the freeride terrain they are skiing in. Is it better than the similar but more pricy Pieps clinometer?
Any thoughts welcome.
https://www.snowsafe.co.uk/product/slope-angel-halo/
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Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
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I’ve got the Pieps 30 Plus XT, and had the previous version before that. The main difference between the two being the XT allows the user to change the battery, whereas the original version had to be sent back to Pieps. I think I paid less than £50 for mine.
I’m not sure I would pick the Slope Angel over the Pieps, as the Pieps has the major advantage of always being there, as its on your ski pole, rather than having to be got out of a pocket or pack. After comparing with other devices and forecast temperatures I’m happy that the Pieps is accurate enough in terms of angle and temperatures.
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Well, the person's real but it's just a made up name, see?
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I tried the original Slope Angel, wasn't impressed as it has to be absolutely horizontal in the short axis for the angle readings to be anything like accurate, it was easier to use my phone's spirit level, or even better, the Theodolite app which enables you to find the slope angle without contact with the snow!
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Ken and PA, Yes, I think most of the functions can be done on a smartphone. Not sure about temperature or transceiver testing which the halo version does. Also it looks fairly robust and can be attached to a rucksack strap or similar.
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Anyway, snowHeads is much more fun if you do.
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I just kind of look at the slope. It's not a black and white thing, low angle slopes slide too. Just more stuff to carry around.
Maybe I could use one to measure the playfield angle on my pinball machine, but it doesn't say how precise it is so maybe not.
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@philwig, should work fine on the pinball machine so long as you installed it level 
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@geoffers, I think that may be the answer, a home made pole clinometer. It should give an approximate angle of slope for calculating avi potential. As@philwig, states there are a lot of other considerations to be bourne in mind before using a slope.
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@philwig, which pinball machine have you got? One of my old favourites from the 80s was the F14 Tomcat, I think made by Williams. I was having a look on google and they are quite pricey for anything decent.
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