What's on *your* GPS watch?
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My watch (TomTom Cardio) only displays three fields at a time: two small, one large.
The small numbers are always the same (unless there's an option I've missed), the only one that changes on the different screens is the large one. So not too many customisation options...
As small numbers I've set
1. Average Pace
2. Distance
, the default for the large number is
3. Total time
... and after each lap (1 km) it vibrates and shoes the average lap pace for a few seconds.
My watch doesn't have fancy things like cadence, I don't really care about calories burned, but still, having another field might be nice, either for the current pace or the heart rate - now I have to press a couple of buttons to see either of them, which I usually can't be bothered to do.0 -
Garmin Forerunner 635
For training (all on one screen):
Clock
HR - 10second Pace - Cadence
Timer - Distance
Battery - GPS Signal
For Races (all on one screen)
Pace
Timer - HR % of Max
Distance
I also have a screen I can use to control the music on my phone for both races and training.0 -
I like to keep it simple. On the default screen, I like to keep total distance and elapsed time, but I also don't like to look at it very much, so I've got it set up to beep at me each mile. BUT for any kind of interval run, I like to switch it up so that I see pace.
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I have the Garmin 620.
Timer
Pace
Average pace
Miles.
I have other screens, but this is the only one I use running.0 -
I have a Garmin FR 630 and use these on the main screen, I rarely switch to other screens:
Distance
Timer
Pace
Heart Rate0 -
I have the Garmin FR 235 and use the the Single Run Field Data Screen download from Connect IQ on the first screen. It has:
Heart Rate
Pace
Cadence
Timer
Distance
On the the second I use:
Average Pace (Total run)
Lap Time
Lap Distance0 -
@nikkiwolf
You may change what is displayed on the two smaller numbers on the display with your TomTom. I typically display my overall average pace as the main number with total distance on the lower left and heart rate on the lower right.0 -
@STrooper Thanks
I guess I wasn't clear enough in what I was writing - I changed the two small numbers on my TomTom (average pace and total distance), and typically display the time as the main number. I would just love to have a fourth number (heart rate or current pace) visible at the same time, but that isn't possible. Guess I should have though about that before I bought the watch; but this is the first GPS watch I've ever used, so I didn't realise beforehand which numbers I would find useful. For a while now I've been secretly hoping my TomTom might break, so that I would have an excuse to buy a new watch which lets me display four things at once, but no such "luck" so far0 -
FR 220. Had it since end of November.
1. Distance
2. Total Time
3. Pace
I don't use the second screen. I know what button to press, though, if I want to check a lap.
And sometimes, on a new course, I'll log onto the Connect app and look at elevation, cadence, etc.
I stopped using the HR monitor after the first month. I didn't find it useful for me, personally.0