Too Big and Not Good.. Enough

By Matt Hart Ranked #69 - Trail Running Accessories November 3, 2008

this watch has a lot of great things about it. it's got all the data i want. the display is nice, well because the watch is huge. that makes this watch one that you would not wear around. you put this on and train then take it off when you are done. one thing i noticed right off the bat was that the total ascent was waaaaaay off. useless in fact. that alone rules this watch out for me. the other thing is it's rechargeable battery just doesn't last long enough. seems like a 50km, or about 5-6 hours is it's max. that just isn't long enough. strike two. the software seems like an afterthought and is kind of a joke - bear in mind that is coming from an ex software test engi-nerd. and you can upload to motionbased.com and geek out on the gps data. i had heard that the gps might not work well in the woods. although i didn't have extensive testing on this it worked well enough in the lightly treed capitol forest south of seattle. i wish they nailed the altimeter and the battery and worked less on the useless on watch gps features.

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