Perfect training tool

By Gabriele Ranked #321 - Running Watches September 16, 2009

It's an outstanding tool.

I have to say that there IS a way to actually MAP the runs. You've got to HACK the gps and BUILD a usb port onto it so that the PC can communicate with it.

Then, using a compiler you can download and elaborate the data and send it straight away to more than just google earth / maps and have the full mapping.

Honestly I am disappointed with having to do this and I am not entirely sure i actually will but I read the reviews of others who tried and made it work like a charm.

I think Suunto didn't want this function because they partly have it on the X9/X10 series, still.. these watches are for sailing, definitely not for running.

All in all the mapping is a cool feature but pretty useless unless you want to show your route to someone. What matters is the data you can get from the HR1 belt + the GPS pod.

... then if you really want the mapping, go to the suunto forums and check the mapping thread. You'll see the blog where instructions to hack the pod are, with full explanation on software and steps to take to mod the gps pod.

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