In this recent post, https://the5krunner.com/2016/08/05/navigation-fest-edge-820-and-others-do-9-hours-of-trail-navigation/, I managed to get about 8 hours of battery using turn-by-turn…
Category: Gadgets & Wearables
OPINION: New Fitbit's – Charge 2 and Flex 2
https://web.archive.org/web/20180710130936/https://cnet1.cbsistatic.com/img/yetp0hGViwQ4r-dmRkUUJHLmfsE=/970×0/2016/08/25/0d7d7ce8-2c30-4757-bfe3-a996aa9385da/fitbit-charge-2-19.jpg Fitbit’s Blaze and Alta have some notable software updates bringing notifications, clock faces and move…
Suunto Spartan Battery Life – proper test + random holiday test
I’ve amended this post as it was misleading. 31aug I did a loooooong bike ride.…
Garmin Fenix Chronos – Diamonds, pearls and gold bullion version
Oh dear. I did predict premium aesthetic forms for Garmin to move into quite some time…
Nathan and Suunto Spartan Compass Calibration
This was just an excuse for a couple of nice photos. I waved around the Spartan…
September 2016 – Possibly a watershed in sports gadgets?
We’ve already seen some interesting moves in running/tri and related watches over the last few weeks.…
New STRYD Gen 2 – There's a new STRYD device announced today.
A couple of days ago I got a press release from the STRYD company who are…
Spartan goes nuclear
Apologies for the poor image from my all-expenses paid camping trip to Dungeness. Living the dream.…
Gerald looks at the Suunto SPARTAN Ultra – I do a few F3+ULTRA shots.
Gerald has a youtube closeup of the Suunto Spartan ULTRA (below). You’ll have to wait until…
Suunto Spartan ULTRA – Manual v1.1 // User Guide
I’m on firmware v1.124 and I guess this is the v1.1 manual that corresponds if any…
Suunto Spartan Ultra : First Swim & a bit about the charger
I had a quick swim tonight. Just to test out a few things having earlier today…
Suunto Spartan Ultra: First Run also with Kinematix Tune
Yep it’s real and shipping soon to an online shop somewhere commercially near to www.suunto.com. The…
Garmin Forerunner 635 for August ?? (Note the question marks please for this optical HR sports watch)
There’s a new Garmin registered at the fcc. What it is I have no idea. We’ve…
OPINION: Polar M600
Polar today announced the M600 sports watch. It’s positioned as a 247, top-end sports watch for…
Polar M600 – Here it is – some initial thoughts & specs – followed by review
So here is the M600. Polar classify it a Sports Watch. Not a fitness watch. It’s…
Suunto Spartan Ultra Delayed – 2 weeks
It is what it says in the title. 2 weeks added on to the release date…
Polar M600 Teaser – New Watch for Android Wear
Ok guys and girls. No-one has yet guessed the two watches from this post earlier in…
