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| Timex GPS watch? (Read 294 times) |
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posted: 3/5/2008 at 1:59 AM |
| Does anyone use this thing? I bought one but havent used it yet... |
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posted: 3/5/2008 at 5:45 PM |
The older versions were basically useless (2-3 years ago) - not sure if they made significant improvement.
It is hard to justify the Timex watch when the GPS unit requires batteries and literaly all Garmin products have a rechargable battery. That is a huge cost/time savings. Plus the Garmin units are smaller with more features.
My $.02 - get a Garmin - you will love it.
Kevin
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posted: 3/5/2008 at 5:57 PM |
| Another big knock against the Timex's that I've read is the computer software end of it. Fairly lousy. |
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posted: 3/5/2008 at 7:51 PM |
I had one a few years back (3-4 years now probably) and it was completely useless to me. It kept shutting off and losing the signal. I never got one accurate run out of it and just got frustrated during my runs instead.
I hear that Garmins are nice though. I personally use the Nike+ pod with my Ipod nano and find it accurate enough for my needs. |
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posted: 3/5/2008 at 9:33 PM |
I have one and have used it a few times already. It's not as fancy as the garmins but it does the job. I have one of the older models (last years I believe). Like any GPS system it's gonna have quirks.. I haven't lost a signal, even in tree covered areas and it displays some nifty info. The only problem I have with mine is that When I run I pretty much do an out and back where my turn is in the street so it doesn't count the distance from the turn, but I would expect any Garmin to do the same. I don't have the bodylink module to do the downloads and stuff so I can't comment on that.
I will be using this weekend in it's first race so It'll be nice to see how it works in the real deal situation.
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Beaufort Road Race 5K 07.19.08 -- 25:40
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posted: 3/5/2008 at 10:31 PM |
| I looked at the germins but wasnt about to pay that much for it....thanks for the imput. My mom has been using it and seems to like it... |
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