Seems like a decent deal for a GPS watch on its own. The bundled HR monitor is an extra bonus. I have tested the HR strap and it doesn't have to be used with the GPS watch; it works with RunKeeper too.
If you only want the HR strap, they are selling for £10.
Compatible with Android 4.3 and newer
Compatible with iPhone 4s and newer
Watch:
Up to 16 hours battery using GPS
Stores 50 hours of training data on watch (the data can also be synced to the Crane Connect phone app)
Found in Dunfermline, Fife branch.
All comments (24)
everypennycounts
27 Jul 161#1
I bought same in pink.for 4.99
trionkidnapper to everypennycounts
27 Jul 16#2
The bundle? or just the HR monitor? either way £4.99 is awesome!
ttrraacceeyy
27 Jul 161#3
have you got a barcode?
trionkidnapper to ttrraacceeyy
28 Jul 16#12
92412 is the product code printed on the receipt
shaky1910
28 Jul 16#4
that's a great price.....heat added
sambartle_theone
28 Jul 16#5
If the barcode/product id is 92412, these are managers discounts to get rid of stock from August 2015, I bought the red version a couple of months ago (for 29.99) in the Sheffield Handsworth store.
You will struggle to find one if it is, but if you do its a bargain. The design is extremely cheap.. its a fairly big bit of kit, and the bike mount is terrible, but for the price.. (even the full price which I think was 69.99), its a bargain.
The software is a little bit basic but it syncs to the web OK.. you can also read the raw data off the watch fairly easily so can convert or upload it wherever you like.
cr7hg to sambartle_theone
28 Jul 16#6
can I use it for golf?
trionkidnapper to sambartle_theone
28 Jul 16#13
Yeah that's the right product code!
ultrak3wl
28 Jul 162#7
It has an HR monitor? Yes someone needs to keep a close eye on those b******s
sambartle_theone
28 Jul 16#8
If it is that one (ALDI have sold a couple of different ones in the past), then it doesn't have a golf mode.. and it cant follow programmed routes etc.. so probably not much use for golf (although as I dont play golf im not sure if thats what you meant)
You could use it to track the route you take.. in hiking mode or one of the 2 user modes (which basically just let you customise what is displayed on the screen but all record the same data).
What sort of info do you need for golf use and i can see if it does it?
trampjuice
28 Jul 16#9
I got the Bluetooth HR monitor band for £14.99 I think. If you have a Android smartphone, then the watch is pointless. Just buy a arm strap for the smartphone or a lanyard case - download Sportstracker or some other running app and it will log your data - heartrate, hills, times, best times, average times etc...
stevos9 to trampjuice
28 Jul 16#10
Other than the fact those apps love your battery the watch would save your smartphone!
trionkidnapper to trampjuice
28 Jul 16#11
I don't always want to take my phone exercising with me. Plus, my phone is too large to be comfortably strapped to my arm. Plus, even though it is just a basic display, it is easier to access your duration, distance, calories, HR etc etc by looking at your watch when running, than removing the phone from the strap.
trionkidnapper
28 Jul 16#14
Whilst I am pretty impressed with the value for money you get from the hardware, the Android app is shockingly bad so far.
Yeah its not great.. The app isnt built by ALDI, its built for them by the guys that make the stuff for ALDI.. a company called Latitude out of Hong Kong. (via another company called krippl from germany)
It asks for all that detail because the app supports the bluetooth blood pressure device, 2 smart watches, the bluetooth scales, and connected fitness tracker etc as well as this GPS Watch.. and they use some of that data to plot graphs of progress etc.
I have to say that I did eventually fill it all in.. and it's fairly reliable, seems accurate and works well enough.
You dont actually NEED to use that though if you just want it on a PC.. you can use the Latitude GPS Master software (its designed for the older model), which can download tracks and data fine from this model. all the route or waypoint uploading etc doesnt work.. (as the watch doesnt support it)
Got my garmin and strap but if I didn't this would be worth getting. Have some heat
trionkidnapper
28 Jul 16#17
That's good to know that the app gets better once passed that screen! Also, that there is an OS version of the desktop app fills me with confidence too! Makes the odds better I'll be able to get data directly from the watch in a mobile app.
Thanks for those links, much appreciated.
trionkidnapper
28 Jul 16#18
The accuracy of the HR strap is just as good as the Polar H7; I'm testing by wearing both at the same time. The reported values are always within 1-2 BPM of each other. (exactly how accurate they are I have no idea, but at least they match!)
As an added bonus, this cheap HR strap is easier to put on and take off than the Polar.
Andy7655
28 Jul 16#19
What about HRR parameter for this HR strap, does it measure HRR, as Polar H7?
trampjuice
28 Jul 16#20
Sportstracker is far better than the ALDI app.
There are others out there, Runkeeper, Strava Running, Adidas Train & Run, Nike+ Running etc.. but Sportracker works great for me and works well with the the aldi heartrate monitor via bluetooth (the HRM has got a low power form of bluetooth and only some apps cater for it I think). It doesn't need many permissions either.
I also wear Bluetooth headphones (https://www.amazon.co.uk/SANDSTROM-SBTHP11-Bluetooth-Headphones-Black/dp/B00CP4WHUU - prob the best £19 I have spent in my life - I cannot recommend BT headphones enough) while running so my Android smartphone is playing music or podcasts, and Sportstracker interrupts every mile and tells me through the headphones my pace, heartrates, miles done etc... its really good! Plots it all on a map etc.. like the others.
BTW: You can very simply buy replacement coin batteries for the Aldi HRM - CR2032s I think - from the Poundshop - a quid for a pile of them.
Yes they can log data and you can get at it a few ways.
Be warned though the YouTube video in the post above is NOT this watch.. that's the older one, which has more features than the current one this deal refers too (which I suspect was deliberately simplified).
A lot of the stuff in that video isn't in this watch.
Compass and waypoints are the big features not in the current one.
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Opening post
If you only want the HR strap, they are selling for £10.
Compatible with Android 4.3 and newer
Compatible with iPhone 4s and newer
Watch:
Up to 16 hours battery using GPS
Stores 50 hours of training data on watch (the data can also be synced to the Crane Connect phone app)
Found in Dunfermline, Fife branch.
All comments (24)
You will struggle to find one if it is, but if you do its a bargain. The design is extremely cheap.. its a fairly big bit of kit, and the bike mount is terrible, but for the price.. (even the full price which I think was 69.99), its a bargain.
The software is a little bit basic but it syncs to the web OK.. you can also read the raw data off the watch fairly easily so can convert or upload it wherever you like.
You could use it to track the route you take.. in hiking mode or one of the 2 user modes (which basically just let you customise what is displayed on the screen but all record the same data).
What sort of info do you need for golf use and i can see if it does it?
I haven't been able to bring myself passed the horrific registration screen.
https://twitter.com/trionkidnapper/status/758446920809476096
It asks for all that detail because the app supports the bluetooth blood pressure device, 2 smart watches, the bluetooth scales, and connected fitness tracker etc as well as this GPS Watch.. and they use some of that data to plot graphs of progress etc.
I have to say that I did eventually fill it all in.. and it's fairly reliable, seems accurate and works well enough.
You dont actually NEED to use that though if you just want it on a PC.. you can use the Latitude GPS Master software (its designed for the older model), which can download tracks and data fine from this model. all the route or waypoint uploading etc doesnt work.. (as the watch doesnt support it)
Software is here: http://www.produktservice.info/29097555/ba.html (not the same model as there is NO software officially for this version)
Or someone wrote an open source replacement here that works on windows and linux (its also designed for the older model but ive tried it and it works fine): https://github.com/mru00/crane_gps_watch/tree/master/release
Thanks for those links, much appreciated.
As an added bonus, this cheap HR strap is easier to put on and take off than the Polar.
There are others out there, Runkeeper, Strava Running, Adidas Train & Run, Nike+ Running etc.. but Sportracker works great for me and works well with the the aldi heartrate monitor via bluetooth (the HRM has got a low power form of bluetooth and only some apps cater for it I think). It doesn't need many permissions either.
I also wear Bluetooth headphones (https://www.amazon.co.uk/SANDSTROM-SBTHP11-Bluetooth-Headphones-Black/dp/B00CP4WHUU - prob the best £19 I have spent in my life - I cannot recommend BT headphones enough) while running so my Android smartphone is playing music or podcasts, and Sportstracker interrupts every mile and tells me through the headphones my pace, heartrates, miles done etc... its really good! Plots it all on a map etc.. like the others.
BTW: You can very simply buy replacement coin batteries for the Aldi HRM - CR2032s I think - from the Poundshop - a quid for a pile of them.
***Edit***
NM, looks like they can :smiley:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SCPITPKxiks
Be warned though the YouTube video in the post above is NOT this watch.. that's the older one, which has more features than the current one this deal refers too (which I suspect was deliberately simplified).
A lot of the stuff in that video isn't in this watch.
Compass and waypoints are the big features not in the current one.
http://sports.stackexchange.com/questions/1536/what-is-the-simplest-way-to-transfer-data-between-online-running-logs