Ladies, I L-O-V-E this watch! I have had it since it came out and I haven’t taken it off except to charge. It may not be as smart as some smart watches but it's also not as expensive as most smart watches and it does everything I want it to do. Biking? Running? Swimming? Golfing? No problem! Inside? Easy as pie. Intervals, heart rate training, and more. Did I mention it also counts my steps and tracks my sleep?I haven't missed a phone call, text message or an email since I got this watch. It's also not bulky and in the white version it doesn't look manly, like I borrowed my husbands watch. I can use this watch without having any extra accessories if I want to. This is cool because I want to have everything in one easy to use package. So no extra stuff in my shoes or around my rib cage. That being said I recently started using the heart rate monitor for running and I really like it. I really like the color display. It’s easy to read and not bulky or boyish. The band is soft rubber which I don’t mind at all except when it gets wet is stays wet for a long time. I dry under it when I get out of the shower or pool.
Features
Running features
Basically all of the features here are customizable. I can set the watch to do any type of workout I am doing at the time by changing what displays on the screen and when the timers/alerts go off. At first it can be a little tricky to locate data fields, alerts, and other features while running any of the workout apps, but once you figure out where everything is then it's all pretty easy to customize how you want.(hint: they are all located under the menu button within each app. The menu button is those three little lines on the right bottom of the watch face).
Biking features
The biking and running features are basically the same. The watch tracks your speed and distance etc. also customizable see m comments under running features.
Swimming features
swim metrics (lengths, distance, pace, stroke count/rate, calories)-You just have to set the distance of the pool and it will count all of your laps speed etc. for you. It's especially nice when you are doing lots of laps because each time you change directions the each counts another lap. I dig this because I get so lost trying to count laps. On another note once you start the app you have to hold the start button down to stop it unlike the other apps.
Golf features
I like the features for golf. There is some manual input with it though and I forget to move screens or push start or change the hole I am on so that can be frustrating sometimes
Measures shot distance (calculates exact yardage for shots from anywhere on course). Yardage to F/M/B (distance to front, middle and back of green). Yardage to layups/doglegs
Activity Tracking Features
Step counter. Auto goal (learns your activity level and assigns a daily step goal) Move bar (displays on device after a period of inactivity; walk for a couple of minutes to reset it) Sleep monitoring (monitors total sleep and periods of movement or restful sleep). All of this is nice. You can set the watch manually in sleep mode or if you are like me and never remember to do that you can set sleep and wake times in the settings menu.
The app
Pairing with my phone- This feature can be a little frustrating. It never stays paired with my phone so then when I lose my phone I can’t use the find my phone feature because it’s not connected. Can’t see the weather or any of that stuff unless the watch stays paired to my phone so I am constantly re-pairing my phone so I can use the features on my watch. I just want it to stay paired is that too much to ask?
Garmin Connect™-Automatic sync can be frustrating when it doesn’t sync because there is no way on the app to manually sync if automatic sync isn’t functioning properly. The app store on Garmin Connect is getting better all of the time and it basically has most of the things I want for exercising.
Here are the specs:
Physical dimensions
1.72" x 1.52" x 0.32" (43.8 mm x 38.5 mm x 8.0 mm)
Display size, WxH
1.13" x 0.80" (28.6 mm x 20.7 mm)
Display resolution, WxH
205 x 148 pixels
Touchscreen
Color display
Weight Without bands: 18.0 g (0.63 oz); With bands: 38.0 g (1.34 oz)
Battery Rechargeable lithium battery
Battery life
Up to 3 weeks (10 hours in GPS mode)
Water rating
5 ATM
GPS-enabled
GLONASS
Smart notifications (displays email, text and other alerts when paired with your compatible phone)
Vibration alert
Music control
Find my phone
VIRB® control
Watch functions
time, date, calendar, and alarm
As always if you have any questions, comments of our own to add to this review please post in the comments.
