GPS Watch Recommendation - Ability to mix distance units
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Afternoon all,
Apologies for another one of these threads, but I have quite a specific requirement.
I'm looking to purchase a GPS watch with a budget of between £200 & £250. I can no longer rely on my phone to track biking and running activities.
At the moment, I use Strava for biking and Runkeeper for running and ideally would like to retain this setup.
For biking, on the watch screen I would like to see exercise duration, distance in miles and average speed of activity (mph).
When I run, I want to track activity duration, distance in KM and average pace in min/km.
Are there any watches in that budget which you can customise the units for an activity type in the settings without manually changing before each activity.
Only other requirement is the battery lasts for 10 hours in GPS mode. I won't wear it day to day, so general battery life isn't a concern.
Any recommendations?
G
Apologies for another one of these threads, but I have quite a specific requirement.
I'm looking to purchase a GPS watch with a budget of between £200 & £250. I can no longer rely on my phone to track biking and running activities.
At the moment, I use Strava for biking and Runkeeper for running and ideally would like to retain this setup.
For biking, on the watch screen I would like to see exercise duration, distance in miles and average speed of activity (mph).
When I run, I want to track activity duration, distance in KM and average pace in min/km.
Are there any watches in that budget which you can customise the units for an activity type in the settings without manually changing before each activity.
Only other requirement is the battery lasts for 10 hours in GPS mode. I won't wear it day to day, so general battery life isn't a concern.
Any recommendations?
G
The Apple Watch SE starts at £249, and you can run Strava on it. I can't say for sure, but you can probably set Strava to work in Miles (or KM) and Apple workouts can work in miles or KM
10 hours on GPS should be absolutely doable on the Apple Watch SE.
Only problem is you need an iPhone for Apple Watch.
10 hours on GPS should be absolutely doable on the Apple Watch SE.
Only problem is you need an iPhone for Apple Watch.
If you look at the Garmin Triathlon watches all of them should be able to do exactly as you are looking for.
I have the 920xt and have had it for several years now, you choose the exercise type when you start but you have many options to customise several screens of information for each exercise profile. If anything there is probably too much choice.
The later models have even more, it syncs with your phone and sends the information to Strava etc automatically when you hit finish.
I have the 920xt and have had it for several years now, you choose the exercise type when you start but you have many options to customise several screens of information for each exercise profile. If anything there is probably too much choice.
The later models have even more, it syncs with your phone and sends the information to Strava etc automatically when you hit finish.
the-norseman said:
General question here but why do runners measure in Kilometres and Miles for everything else? only reason I can see is so it looks better? 5K looks better than 3.1m for example?
or is there another reason?
I was born in the late 1960s (so quite a long time ago) and grew up in a country / on a continent where everything was metric since before I can remember, so that is one reason.or is there another reason?
I have lived in the UK for a long time so I am used to using imperial measures, although why these persist is an enduring mystery to me.
I cycle in km and row in m (2000, 5000), but run in miles (3, 5, 10, 13). Humans are odd creatures.
I use a Polar watch and HR monitor, and to my knowledge there is no way to customise units by activity. Good watch otherwise though, much more reliable and faster to acquire GPS signal than my wife's Garmin.
I use a Polar watch and HR monitor, and to my knowledge there is no way to customise units by activity. Good watch otherwise though, much more reliable and faster to acquire GPS signal than my wife's Garmin.
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