Top critical review
3.0 out of 5 starsPoor strap design
Reviewed in the United States on December 28, 2021
This watch was great for 3.5+ years. I wanted a fairly basic watch to track my casual 3-5 mile runs. I wasn't looking to do any serious training, and this watch did mostly what I wanted. I never had any issues seeing the screen and the battery held up pretty well. Even after 3.5 years I only charged every 5-7 days depending on my GPS usage. I was able to eventually figure out how to mute all push notifications except phone calls and texts, which I liked. It kept track of my most recent work outs and easily showed my intensity minutes for the week. I do wish it showed how many miles for the week I logged. That would have been cool. I also wish it would have done customizable splits. That was my biggest complaint. I wanted to see 1/4 mile or 1/2 mile splits, but you only have the option of 1 mile or 1 km. So if that's important to you, find a different watch. Even that though, I lived with because I loved the simplicity of the watch overall. I also love the rectangular design vs. the more common round face. It fit my petite wrist better. I have small wrists and most other watches are too bulky. The biggest problem came yesterday when the watch abruptly popped off my wrist. Upon inspection, the plastic part that holds the strap to the watch face completely broke off the face and is now hanging out in the strap. I will admit, it is an after market strap, but it is identical to the origininal in its design and I can't see how it would have been any different with the original strap. Super bummed, because the watch itself was still going strong. I don't see any other reviews complaining of this, so either I haven't looked hard enough or maybe I just had a dud. But the design of the strap does seem poor. There is constant pressure on the plastic connector pieces due to the design. It's not entirely surprising it happened and I will definitely be looking at that aspect during my research for my next watch. It will definitely be a garmin though, because the watch itself was still going strong.
