My thoughts on the Tasman V1000. Three years ago I was new to soaring and updating an original condition Cirrus. I purchased the Tasman because it was modern and in my price range. I like the vario and the sounds it makes. I like the battery voltage feature. I like the averager. What I don't like is the rate of climb depiction via LCD segments. I find the needle on my mechanical Winter is easier to see at a glance. I can honestly say I have not used the Tasman "instantaneous rate" depiction since I installed it. It goes back to the analog versus digital argument among car manufacturers.. The digital dashboard didn't last very long.

For this reason and a few others I am awaiting my new LXNav V7.

The Borgelt B40's in two of our club gliders seem to be excellent varios despite their age.

I do like varios that have a dead band in the center. Those long final glides sure are nice in a quite cockpit.

Lane