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cost-effective watch for speed and distance?

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  • 11-01-2013 2:19pm
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    maupat
    Registered Users Posts: 178 ✭✭


    Hi Everyone,

    Just wondering if anyone can recommend a running watch that is not overly-expensive. All I'm really concerned about in a running watch is time and distance?

    I don't think most "regular" digital watches show 'distance'.

    As I'm a novice on this subject so I'm open to all advice and recommendations :)

    Tks


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    RayCun
    Registered Users Posts: 15,704 ✭✭✭✭RayCun


    There are two ways for a watch to calculate distance
    - connect to a footpod that counts the number of strides you take. This is not very precise
    - use GPS to measure your position. This is more precise, also more expensive

    For a good, cheap GPS watch I'd go for the Garmin Forerunner 10
    http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showthread.php?p=80476168


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    maupat
    Registered Users Posts: 178 ✭✭maupat


    RayCun wrote: »
    There are two ways for a watch to calculate distance
    - connect to a footpod that counts the number of strides you take. This is not very precise
    - use GPS to measure your position. This is more precise, also more expensive

    For a good, cheap GPS watch I'd go for the Garmin Forerunner 10
    http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showthread.php?p=80476168


    Thanks RayCun. I had come across this watch during my research. Looks good. Seems as if you have to pay at least €100 (approx.) for a decent watch.

    Any thoughts on the Soleus GPS 1.0 Digital Running watch?


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    RayCun
    Registered Users Posts: 15,704 ✭✭✭✭RayCun


    maupat wrote: »
    Any thoughts on the Soleus GPS 1.0 Digital Running watch?

    No, but
    http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showthread.php?p=80110322


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