Here we are looking at JUST the GPS performance of the sports watch. Not only how it reports distance but also how well it tracks your route. So it could be the worst ever sports watch in terms of user-friendliness, but if it tracks a route well then it scores highly here RESULT(/52) CHIPSET FIRMWARE…
Mobvoi Ticwatch S – GPS Test Results and some first thoughts
Newer Version exists: – latest version for current month HERE. ———————————————- This is updated monthly old version V1.87 – 22 March 2018 It’s been a quiet month on the new gadgets front (February). Although the Suunto 3 Fitness is doing the rounds in the hands of reviewers it is likely quite a long way…
Demand for wearable gadgets in the pools around the world is increasing, a recent survey– shows in this article written by OVAO Most of the respondents are active swimmers – they train two or more times a week, and their goals are similar: they wish to stay healthy and fit, improve their technique and performance. Nearly…
Polar have confirmed to me that the M430 running watch has indeed got new innards. Obviously the optical HR gave away the fact that something had changed internally 😉 Well, the GPS chip has also been updated to the same one as used by the V800 (SiRFstar IV) – generally renowned for good GPS accuracy.…
Polar and others do a good job of teasing their new products so I thought, “Hey, I’m going to tease my review”. Here’s the draft summary of what I will hopefully publish towards the end of this week. I’ve approached the review in a different way to normal. Like with the SPARTAN SPORT review, I’ve…
Garmin 935, Fenix 5, Forerunner 920XT Comparison For those of you looking to upgrade here is a Garmin 935, Fenix 5, Forerunner 920XT Comparison. So tri-fans. It’s here. You probably have either a Fenix 3, a 735XT or a 920XT and you want to know if it’s worth the upgrade to a shiny new Forerunner…
This Polar M200 Review continues the elusive search for the best running watch at a budget level. Polar’s latest M200 running watch is priced as a budget model yet it has some advanced components on board that make it worthy of consideration for many levels of runner. In its price bracket it might be a contender…
This is my 1500m weekend swim course. I do it a LOT. The SPARTAN is in RED and clearly the track is not as good as that of the 920XT. The SPARTAN seems to have me swimming backwards in places which is clearly wrong. I may be bad but I’m not THAT bad. The 920XT’s…
TomTom’s Runner/Spark 3 is BY FAR the best value, best featured and most accurate device. There is just one catch…
If, like me, you have scoured the online prices of various cycling computers and triathlon computers then you will probably have come across Bryton. But then moved swiftly on. Bryton are the company that produced that triathlon watch that looked quite similar tot he black Garmin 910XT. The expansion of the cycling and triathlon market…
https://cdn0.vox-cdn.com/thumbor/YqwT3_iJpKnB5szF5Yb32H3Kl2I=/76×0:5029×3302/1280×854/cdn0.vox-cdn.com/uploads/chorus_image/image/50589005/R_Forerunner35Family_HR_34372.0.0.jpg An interesting development today at the entry level end of running watches. Garmin’s new Forerunner 35 comes with ELEVATE (optical HR). The feature set will not be earth shattering, I haven’t looked, but it WILL be sufficiently functional for the target market along with many of its direct competitors. The overall aesthetics and apparent screen…
TomTom have just announced a new product-variant building on the evolution of the Runner-Runner2/Spark-Runner3/Spark3 line. The ADVENTURER model boasts a good feature set in a modern-looking shell. The ADVENTURER is essentially the same product under the skin as the just-announced RUNNER3/SPARK3 but with the addition of the following: Extra sports modes – hiking, snowboarding, skiing,…
Lots of announcements today of new stuff from TomTom. Let’s start with the SPARK 3 / RUNNER 3. The previous version in the UK was the similarly-looking RUNNER 2 which itself followed the UK’s original RUNNER product. The RUNNER 2 was released in the US as the SPARK (Sept 2015). To cut a long story…
So here is the M600. Polar classify it a Sports Watch. Not a fitness watch. It’s better. Not a running watch. It’s not as specialized. As we shall see though it will probably be good for both those two uses. So this is probably not the optical-HR enabled M400 we were waiting for. That may…
Ok guys and girls. No-one has yet guessed the two watches from this post earlier in the week. Tut. Tut. Must try harder. Essential Reading: **Initial Thoughts & Specs – Polar M600** Essential Reading: Polar M600 – Opinion However Polar have not left us without SOME EXTRA interest this week with their tantalising image above as…
The Edge 820, again, was not one of the world’s best-kept secrets. Here, below, is the formal Garmin press release for those of you who have not already seen the leaked details. SUMMARY: It looks good, a bit of a boring evolution of the 520/810/1000 but I’d reluctantly buy it for the super-mini screen size. Available…
A new move for MIO. First some history and then the new product move. MIO’s excellent optical heart rate sensor was one of the first to set the bar fairly high when it comes to triathletes, cyclists and runners getting good heart rate reading from an optical wrist-based device. MIO seemed to be making good…
OK sports watch fans. The truth will out next week with the full specs for the Suunto Spartan Ultra. Do I know what they are? Nope, no idea other than the information already posted HERE and HERE. With Garmin you can normally have a pretty good guess but not this time with Suunto. I *THINK*…
Leaks abound at Garmin HQ. This time for the soon-to-be-released Garmin Edge 820 Cycling Super Computer (AND 1000 explore VARIANT). The very porous nature of these leaks leads most of us to assume that they are sort-of sanctioned. EDIT: Released – info HERE For example, we’ve known about the images below for over a month (11…
