I’ve done my GPS ‘test’ on the Apple Watch 4 (44mm Nike Edition). The Apple Watch 4 (AW4) uses GLONASS as well as GPS but let’s call it GPS as no-one knows what GNSS means, except you clever lot reading this 😉 . The even cleverer ones amongst you will point out that the GNSS…
I’m taking a different tack today with the Huawei Watch GT. Huawei have produced a 20 page Reviewer’s Guide which I thought I would share with you and comment on. As well as some quite detailed technical information it also gives insight into how Huawei are HOPING to guide the media-influencers to help Huawei MARKET…
Huawei Watch GT The sport and classic models look cool and look set to arrive very soon at Eu230 Specification Highlights Bezel/body is ceramic and steel AMOLED screen is 1.39″, and a good 454x454px resolution Weight 46g – super light Just over 1cm thick GPS, GLONASS, BEIDOU / GALILEO oHR Array The oHR…
The Huawei Watch GT will be announced ‘soon’. Yesterday brought some interesting changes to the Huawei Health app on Android. These changes show new Firstbeat features that don’t seem to be able to work with any existing Huawei device. Hmmm. Strange. What could that possibly mean 😉 The Huawei Health app shows that…
Apple may have woken up somewhat to new challenges ahead with the on-trend message that everyone seems to be getting more into personal fitness. The Apple Worldwide Developers Conference (WWDC) on Monday brought several new sports-related announcement for future functionality in WatchOS 5. I think these announcements are interesting for those of us with sports-focussed…
This Detailed Amazfit STRATOS Review shows a product that is awesome and flawed in equal measure. It’s a BUY if the flaws don’t affect you as the price is SUPER LOW for what you get.
April is getting very exciting. Being British that will normally manifest itself with a comment like ‘yeah, it’s alright at the moment I suppose. I hadn’t really thought about it‘. But I’ve already used the word ‘EXCITING’; and ‘AWESOME’ wouldn’t go amiss either. Perhaps I really do have American roots? Anyway. I’ve run out of…
Continually Updated – A comprehensive look at ** ALL** the best running watches with music across the entire running watch market. this Best Running Watch Music guide looks at ALL the contenders
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…
Is the Triathlon Watch Status Quo about to change? There are going to be some significant changes this year with several new products already announced. Excitement! The party ain’t over yet. This post is more ‘informational’, the Amazon ads and other links are included so you can research the more unusual newer/better products. Background From…
USA Today and GBH Insights estimate that 20 million Apple Watches were sold in 2017. Even accounting for any errors in the sales estimations the precisely correct answer will still be ‘a lot’. That makes it the 4th best-selling tech gadget and #1 best-selling wearable. By inference it will also be the best-selling sports watch…
Any award for the Best Triathlon Watch for 2017 is now well and truly in the bag. But whose bag? We also wait with bated breath for what 2018 can bring with Polar’s new multi sport watch. Best Triathlon Watch 2017 But for now we have a slew of Triathlon watches to choose from and…
this one is a bit of a steal (other colours) I think it’s a case of ‘watch this space’ for a wider variety of Apple deals that may come and go
I find that the STRYD app and general STRYD experience on the Apple Watch is very good. Much better than I had expected from both the watch and from a new app. This post is entitled ‘First Run’. That’s not strictly true as keen-eyed and regular readers would have inferred from Friday’s post. This is,…
As new models have emerged this year I’ve kept a relatively updated list of winners of the TRIATHLON, CYCLING and RUNNING watch awards. Most new watches for 2017 have now been released, the only exceptions being the Garmin Vivoactive 3 and possibly also a high-end Garmin Forerunner. So the list is now FINAL (ish). AWARDS: Best GPS…
This is what I would want for my ‘perfect’ RUNNING watch. It would be for general run training and, when needed, for racing too. Let’s say for any distance. It would be for track or for XC or for urban pavements or fells. Let’s forget the multisport stuff for a while. This is certainly NOT my definition…
Polar M430 Review – A Detailed Look Polar have delivered a nice upgrade for runners and in this Polar M430 Review we will look at their market-leading optical heart rate sensor and fantastic platform for your sports data. It’s pretty enough for a running watch. It feels good on the wrist. It comes…
Polar have now officially announced the M430. It’s a smart running watch. It’s an evolution of the M400 – which was a great device in its day. The 2 stand-out changes hardware changes are: It uses the TOP-END Polar optical HR sensor array. What does that mean? A: Awesomeness from the M600; and The sometimes-temperamental USB…
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…
I fancied a 16 mile run today so the obvious thing to do was route it around my standard 10ish mile GPS test route. I’m using the Suunto SPARTAN now for most of my runs. My main reason for using it is that the STRYD integration works fairly well but also because the GPS is…
