Specification
Product Details
- Size: *, One Size
- Color: Blue
- Brand: Timex
- Model: T5K639
- Released on: 2012-02-26
- Dimensions: 2.36" h x
5.00" w x
6.29" l,
1.00 pounds
Features
- GPS training device and watch lets you track workouts with surprisingly advanced features at an affordable price point
- Lets athletes of any skill level monitor speed, distance, and energy expended; utilizes advanced GPS technology powered by SiRFstarIV
- Manage splits without touching a button, and use five alarms for in-workout reminders
- 30-workout memory with 100 laps per workout; eight-hour battery life in GPS mode and rechargeable lithium-ion battery with cable
- Includes limited one-year manufacturer's warranty
Product Description
This entry level, GPS powered running product is perfect for budget minded running and outdoor enthusiasts looking for a no-frills training device with the value of the Timex brand
Customer Reviews
Most helpful customer reviews
141 of 144 people found the following review helpful.
Good value for a basic GPS watch
By Tatjana Injac
I've been running recreationally for four years, three to four times a week, usually with one long run on Sundays. I bought this watch two weeks ago because I wanted a cheap, simple, waterproof GPS watch that shows current running speed.For those of you new to GPS watches, you should know that GPS watches don't give you an instant pace, but an "average" current pace over the last minute or so. During my first run, I did a little experiment to see how fast it picks up the change in speed. At warm-up, watch was showing 6.1min/km. I sped up to the pace I know from experience was about 5 min/km. Initially nothing happened. After 20-30 seconds, pace changed to 5.8, then after another 10-15 seconds to 5.6, and it kept going down. It took around a minute to go down to 5.1min/km. If you want instantaneous pace, you need a watch with foot pod, but they have different gotchyas to GPS watches, and my preference was GPS watch.It is fairly simple to use: you press the GPS button, wait 30 seconds to pick up the signal, click "Mode" few times till you find "Run", and press "Start". Watch display is quite large, easy to see, and you can adjust the contrast of letters vs the background. Display shows time/distance/current pace. You can change that to time/distance/km/ per hour (for biking) or time/distance/calories or few other combinations.You can do automatic laps, or splits, and you can use it indoors, like a normal chronograph watch.The watch is fairly bulky, like other GPS watches on the market.Pros:-Great battery life of 8 hours of running (apparently it lasts few months as a normal watch)-Easy to re-charge off the USB port-Waterproof, you can swim with it-The cheapest GPS running watch on the market-IntuitiveCons:-No option of downloading data , although you can save the runs and review them on the watch. One of the web reviews said that Soleus cable can be used to download data, but Timex company has obviously chosen not to offer that option.-No heart rate monitor (there is a small heart symbol, and my suspicion is Timex has not provided that option, either, probably because nobody would be buying their more expensive watches if this one offered the same features for a third of the price)-Buttons are sensitive, I switched indiglo light on few times by accident.For the price of $99, this is a very good value. It's so much cheaper than other GPS watches on the market. If you need a very basic, no-fuss watch to monitor your time, distance and pace on medium to long runs, this will do the job.I would prefer to give it 4.5 stars due to sensitive buttons, but apart from that, the watch does what it promises, and price is amazing.
64 of 71 people found the following review helpful.
Works well if you're okay with its limitations
By GDB
I purchased this GPS watch to help my training for an upcoming 10K. I was looking for a watch that could tell me my current pace, because I was trying to maintain a 7.5min/mile pace for my training. The watch fit well and is a little bulky, but that is to be expected. The GPS took about 30 seconds to fix, and that was after I found a clearing where there was no tree branch overhang. I usually start my runs with a short walk followed by a slow jog for a quarter mile where I will then stop and strech for a bit before I start the bulk of my run. I did not stop the timer because I was more interested in the distance I covered and my current pace, so I didn't care that the timer was still moving (Starting a timed run is how the process works. You start the timer with the GPS active and it measures distance, pace, and time elapsed). What I noticed after I began running again at a fairly fast speed - what I thought was approximately a 7.5 min/mile pace, was that the pace it was reporting was still in the high teens and only slowly incrementing downwards as I ran. I stopped my run, reset the clock, and restarted. It then showed a much faster speed. Long story short is that the pace the watch offers is only an AVERAGE PACE, not a CURRENT PACE. I scoured the small booklet that comes with it to see if I could change a setting, but alas not. I am sending it back because although overall pace might be good for a long run where current pace is not as important, but for those who are doing speed work or interval runs who need to know how fast they are going AT THAT MOMENT, then this watch will not suit.If anyone can tell me another GPS watch that offers the feature I seek at this watch's price point I would be grateful.
8 of 8 people found the following review helpful.GPS Watch
By slycat
The Times Marathon GPS Watch was exactly what I wanted. It accurately tells me the distance of all of my runs and also the time. I can also set it to tell me my split time at different distances. I have been wanting a GPS running watch for 2 or 3 years to tell me the distance of my runs more accurately than I was getting by estimating them by time. I didn't want to pay $300 or $400 and this came along at just under $100. The display is easy to read and it does update your approximate pace every few seconds. You can also stop and restart the stopwatch if you have to stop at a stoplight. You can store the data from up to 30 runs to look back at later. You have to charge it on your computer and I was a little worried about that, since I only have a laptop, but it works fine. I'm extremely happy with purchase.
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