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- Amazon Sales Rank: #13258 in Network Media Player
- Dimensions: 1.00 pounds
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13 of 13 people found the following review helpful.
This is a good ANT+ Head unit / solution for multisport athletes
By J. Parks
This review is effectively a response to many of the reviews that have come before. Since pieces are picked up from various, rather than respond, I'll just write my own.First off - the utility of this watch depends upon what you do with it. If you are a straight up runner, there are probably better watches - unless you are working on using increased cadence (more on the footpod below), heart rate, distance and time at the same time in your workout. Perhaps my eyes are better than some of the reviewers, but I have no problem reading the key aspects of the 4 portion view. And seeing lap time (for example, how fast was the LAST mile), heart rate (used to control pace and exertion for me during workouts and competitions), distance (to know where I am in the aforementioned mile), and overall time in the same glance is pretty powerful for me. Throw in Pace in another view - just a click away, and I've got what I need to train and compete.Further, the ability to completely customize any of the 6 or so screens is pretty valuable - for example, I have one of them set for Clock, so I can switch to the time of day to see whether my wife and family need me - but I don't buy the 'it's too hard to read stuff' because you can then go with a three or two window view and the font increases accordingly. In fairness, I don't think anyone could read the micro "time of day" at the very bottom of the screen unless the athlete in question was stopped (no way on a bike for example).As I recently added biking to my working out, I added an ANT+ cadence monitor to my bag of ticks. After properly installing on my bike it was maybe 5 seconds until the cadence data was streaming real-time on the watch. Same with the footpod that I just added to increase my running cadence to better approximate my cycling cadence.Do not be mistaken, this is a great running watch (I have yet to see ANY GPS unit that doesn't make errors - our larger Garmin Car unit puts us in the neighbor's yard all the time - so what?) I do believe that it's possible that the Garmin sports division watches are more accurate - but they might not be. The point is that the true TRI series from Garmin (310XT for example) is an acquired taste from a visual perspective to say the least. I'd rather wear this while running - but that's personal taste.Don't go out and buy the 610 Garmin and expect it to support power meters - as it doesn't. Plus it's twice as expensive relative to this unit - which isn't to say that you can't find something from Garmin at the same price point.I really like TrainingPeaks - and despite the annual cost find it to be a pretty solid tool. Comparing it to MapMyRun is a stretch. Training peaks is looking at the entire athlete - nutrition, peaking for events, exhaustion, etc. That said, one should consider TrainingPeaks in the cost of the watch if one is serious about the data - I too was disappointed by the 'free' offering by Timex.While I do see why some folks might be disappointed by this product and it might not work for them - it looks like there are too many DATED (important to see reviews using the latest firmware, for example, as I am - downloaded last week fresh off the press) and negative reviews of this product. They shouldn't create the impression to the multisport athlete that this watch doesn't work. It does work and I've had a great deal of enjoyment using mine. It's made me a better endurance athlete and turned me on to Training Peaks (which for me is a good thing). This watch is TONS better than the top-of-the-line Polar that it replaced (proprietary everything just to start).There are some very balanced reviews out on the net - so I'll not try to do a 'be all, end all' here. My favorite is by DC RainMaker - look it up. He's a very serious triathlete and blogger who seems to have kept his and uses it alongside Garmin products all the time (unless I'm misreading his blog).Don't give up hope if you feel that this is the product for you - it might just be. That said, do take into consideration what my fellow reviewers say. Many of the points they make are true (though the recent addition of Ant+ footpods is NO LONGER true, it was when written). I consider this to be an invaluable tool as I train for and compete in various distance events and triathlons - what more can I say?
1 of 1 people found the following review helpful.Love the watch despise Training Peaks Software
By A. Sudler
This watch is amazing. Set up was pretty easy and it hasn't given me any problems. I love the amount of output on this thing. I got info that I didnt know I needed but now that I get it I am glad I have it. But the package doesnt give a lot of directions or info. The Quick Training guide is nice but you really dont get the full scope of what this thing can do until you go online and download the manual.I love the split screen feature. You can set it to show 1-4 different matrix which is great. The multi sport option is great. I use this watch to run but because of how simple the programming is my husband uses it for biking too. We just adjust the user info and its ready to go. Unlike some of the reviews i have seen on this product I have had no gps problems. Once you give it some time to find the GPS initally it works great. The manual says its first GPS connection may take up to 5-7 minutes.The Timex software program is Training Peaks which really does have lots of information but you have to pay a monthly fee for it and its not cheap. After spending all the money on the watch you would think that the program would be free like Nike+ or Garmin. But there is a way around that. After you download the device manager from the website don't sign up for TP go online and download SportTracks. It does everything that TP does in thier premium account for free. They have a paid account also but its $35 unlimited use much more affordable.
1 of 1 people found the following review helpful.
Good watch, until it broke
By Nick_Fargo,ND
My wife won this watch from her local running group as a drawing/giveaway. Brand new out of the box, it was too big for her but I liked it so much I used it and planned to buy her a smaller timex unit that wasn't so clunky. I used it about 12 times, bikes, runs, and 2 triathlons. After my last tri (which it worked great for) I noticed it was completely dead when I got home. Given the short battery life of most GPS watches I wasn't suprised and plugged it into the USP port to charge it up. Later that day I turned on the unit and everything sounds normal (I can hear the beeps and see "life" on the display) as it did before... but the display is all black. The pixels are active, but they are all dark. Who should I call, as I do not have any proof of purchase and don't even know how old the unit is?
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