Running Watch

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  • NorthCascades
    NorthCascades Posts: 10,968 Member
    I love my Fenix 3. It has a built in optical HRM at the wrist, but I always wear the chest strap when I run. The wrist one is just a random number generator.
  • lisawilkes20
    lisawilkes20 Posts: 138 Member
    Thankyou all for your comments
  • The_Enginerd
    The_Enginerd Posts: 3,982 Member
    edited January 2017
    Ryokat wrote: »
    I have a question for all you who have the "newer" (newer than 2003) Forerunners. Does the watch need to have a clear view of the sky, or can it be worn under sleeves? The Forerunner 201 needs to be worn on the outside of my jacket (but it is totally old school technology). I am looking to replace my old Forerunner and my Fitbit Charge HR with one device--thinking the Garmin Vivoactive HR will be a good option, but only if the GPS still works while being covered up.

    My 920XT picks up a GPS signal within 5 seconds, even inside my house before I walk out.
  • fitmom4lifemfp
    fitmom4lifemfp Posts: 1,572 Member
    edited January 2017
    I use a Polar M400. I looked at Garmin, but didn't see anything that would cover all the activities I do (cycling as well as other things). The M400 has GPS, and it syncs to a phone app if you want, or you can plug in to a PC and sync it that way (that's my preferred method - I sync about once a week). You can set up custom profiles for all sorts of activities.
  • spiriteagle99
    spiriteagle99 Posts: 3,749 Member
    Ryokat - My F15 works under sleeves in the winter. I can also acquire satellites while in the house or in the car. Some days it's slow, but most of the time it works fine.
  • misskris78
    misskris78 Posts: 136 Member
    I have a Tom Tom spark and I love it. It's great for running, cycling and swimming; and I can also track gym workouts. It finds a GPS signal quickly and I think the HR monitor is very accurate.
  • lisawilkes20
    lisawilkes20 Posts: 138 Member
    I've finally bought a watch, ended up going for Garmin Forerunner 35, which I thought was going to look too big, but its not that bad. Seems to do what I want, only had it couple of days, so dont understand the heart rate monitor/ heartbeat yet. Thanks for comments
  • malcolmjcooper
    malcolmjcooper Posts: 79 Member
    I have a 225 and love it wouldn't bother upgrading to the 235 for the extra money
  • BruinsGal_91
    BruinsGal_91 Posts: 1,400 Member
    lisawilkes20 wrote: »
    I've finally bought a watch, ended up going for Garmin Forerunner 35, which I thought was going to look too big, but its not that bad. Seems to do what I want, only had it couple of days, so dont understand the heart rate monitor/ heartbeat yet. Thanks for comments

    Nice. I dithered for ages between the 25 and 35 a few weeks ago when I was finally upgrading my 205. In the end I decided the extras on the 35 weren't worth it to me and spent the $60 difference on some gear instead.
  • pondee629
    pondee629 Posts: 2,469 Member
    I went from the Garmin Forerunner 110 ( which sometimes took forever to locate satellites, but worked well as a timer, GPS mapper and, with a chest strap, Heart monitor) to the Forerunner 225. The 225 locates satellites very quickly, seems accurate as a GPS tracker and timer. The wrist Heart Rate monitor, I'm still not completely sold on as it seems to be "jumpy". I really don't think my heart rate goes from 130 to 150 and back to 130 over the course of a minute or two. But it does seem to be accurate, or at least over the course of a run gives a similar read out as the old chest strap monitor.

    Short story, I like the Forerunners and the 225 is good.
  • scorpio516
    scorpio516 Posts: 955 Member
    lisawilkes20 wrote: »
    I've finally bought a watch, ended up going for Garmin Forerunner 35, which I thought was going to look too big, but its not that bad. Seems to do what I want, only had it couple of days, so dont understand the heart rate monitor/ heartbeat yet. Thanks for comments

    Good choice.
    You probably won't miss out on anything the 23x have (vo2max estimates, structured workouts).
  • lisawilkes20
    lisawilkes20 Posts: 138 Member
    scorpio516 wrote: »
    lisawilkes20 wrote: »
    I've finally bought a watch, ended up going for Garmin Forerunner 35, which I thought was going to look too big, but its not that bad. Seems to do what I want, only had it couple of days, so dont understand the heart rate monitor/ heartbeat yet. Thanks for comments

    Good choice.
    You probably won't miss out on anything the 23x have (vo2max estimates, structured workouts).

    I dont class myself as a serious runner, 3x a week with my club and park runs, but I have'nt ventured passed 10k yet, so still fairly new at it, so not needed vo2 etc just yet
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