Looks absolutely huge on the wrist, esp for my wife who is quite petite? Any real life experience?
Syst3mzero to Regprentice
26 Aug 17#23
are you asking if your wife is petite and has real life experience?
well I cant say how large or small she is as I have never met her, is she an mmo junkie? if she is into esports this watch really isn't aimed at that.
esudl to Regprentice
27 Aug 17#30
Does look rather chunky. Maybe get a fatter wife?
sixcups
26 Aug 17#2
Posted this also, great price, I've been waiting for this to drop below £200 for a longtime. There may be a newer Garmin coming soon but it will be much more expensive than this.
Rusty82
26 Aug 17#3
Seems a good price but the HRM is rubbish so better of with the 230 and use a strap if you require accurate heart rate data.
Orbdemon to Rusty82
26 Aug 17#7
Presumably you can pair with a strap and use that instead
JellyFox1 to Orbdemon
26 Aug 17#11
You can pair it to the basic strap but not the HRM-RUN/TRI etc (you need a more advanced watch for those), but there's no need, straps aren't all that great anyway.
cmncomp
26 Aug 17#4
laughable user images on people wrists. looks like they're wearing a dinner plate.
JamesSmith to cmncomp
27 Aug 17#29
Seems fine.
JellyFox1
26 Aug 17#5
Good price for a decent watch, note that there's a warehouse deal sitting there at £166.47 so go for that if you want it cheaper.
The watch face is a good size and typical for a Garmin running watch, you'll get 4 fields on it which is ideal (pace, distance, time elapsed, heart rate). The elevate HRM on this is pretty good, never had any issues with it myself (I don't have fat wrists).
Have a read of DC Rainmaker's in-depth review for more info.
The.Explorer to JellyFox1
26 Aug 17#6
Used - Very Good
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JellyFox1 to The.Explorer
26 Aug 17#10
So it says, I've bought a fair few warehouse items this year and they've all looked new, possibly been opened before or the box has been bashed but this doesn't bother me. Plus if you're not happy with it just return it.
phassall
26 Aug 17#8
Great watch. Well worth it at this price, great accuracy and info when linked to the app, not that large on the wrist at all!
Cadge
26 Aug 17#9
Good price and good hrm accuracy been waiting for this after missing it the other month cheers
stephenashforth
26 Aug 17#12
Had this for just under a year. Wrist based HRM is OK most of the time but has the odd glitch which can distort the analysis quite badly. Personally I would go for the 230 with a strap if I could get it at a decent price.
JellyFox1 to stephenashforth
26 Aug 17#14
Can you give me an example of the types of glitches you're experiencing and how they're effecting your analysis?
stephenashforth to JellyFox1
26 Aug 17#15
The heart rate will sometimes spike for a few seconds which then messes up the graphs and the times in the various heart rate zones.
JellyFox1 to stephenashforth
26 Aug 17#16
Interesting, do you have a screen shot of this? How frequently is this happening to you and how long are you running? I can't imagine a spike of a few seconds having that much effect on your average HR on a 30 - 60min run, certainly not enough to warrant ditching the on wrist monitor and going for a soggy chest strap.
stephenashforth to JellyFox1
26 Aug 17#17
I am not sure how well you can see this but there is a spike up to 180 beats about half way through. This was a hike rather than a run.
JellyFox1 to stephenashforth
26 Aug 17#21
Yeah I see what you mean and that does seem a bit odd (unless you had a cardiac arrest). Perhaps it lost track of your HR or something, if it's happening all the time you could have a faulty unit as I predominantly HR to train and don't experience this.
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well I cant say how large or small she is as I have never met her, is she an mmo junkie? if she is into esports this watch really isn't aimed at that.
The watch face is a good size and typical for a Garmin running watch, you'll get 4 fields on it which is ideal (pace, distance, time elapsed, heart rate). The elevate HRM on this is pretty good, never had any issues with it myself (I don't have fat wrists).
Have a read of DC Rainmaker's in-depth review for more info.