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Review on 🏃 Black/Blue Garmin Forerunner 620 by Mike Starling

Revainrating 5 out of 5

Easy to use! on GPS, finders and accessories

I have been using the popular shoe company app on my popular fruit company phone regularly for many years. But I got frustrated in racing situations where the phone was overloaded with multiple cell tower pingers and wasn't particularly accurate. So I decided to spend as much money as possible on a GPS watch. And it was my birthday. I think I had one of the first Garmin running watches with GPS. The watch was huge and the GPS device that you had to wear around your arm was the size of my fruit-based phone in a rubberized case to protect it from damage. Needless to say, technology has improved over the last 10 years and while it was essentially a "men's watch", it was small enough for my somewhat dainty wrist. This is the one button you need to press to start and stop the timer. The biggest problem is that the fruit computer software doesn't allow you to get the watch to work with Wi-Fi. I'm also lucky enough to have a PC, so I just connected the watch to the PC to connect it to Wi-Fi. It doesn't matter as you'll probably want to charge the watch at some point and connect to the internet while charging the watch. The run analysis is pretty good too - as well as monitoring your speed, distance and elevation standards, it also tracks your cadence and, if you're using a heart rate monitor, your heart rate and VO2max. A triathlon friend of mine recommends a specific triathlon variant, but this one is great for those of us who think we've done enough in life running marathons. Great gadget and simply a great running companion. I no longer see myself returning to the winged goddess of victory.

Pros
  • Stylish and modern design
Cons
  • Some difficulties