Top positive review
5.0 out of 5 starsLovely running watch.
Reviewed in the United States on February 11, 2024
This watch has been a great addition to my running routine. I’m training for a marathon and decided I should start tracking workouts with more precision. This watch gets it done.
It is extremely customizable. You can select a variety of faces, and colors. Even create your own. You can customize up to 5 screens of workout data to cycle through during training. And these screens can be further broken down from 1-5 metrics per screen.
It’s incredibly light weight and durable. The battery life is very impressive, I track 5-6 activities a week with it. I’ve had the watch for 3 weeks now and have only charged it twice. One was the initial charge.
Durability again cannot be overstated. I am a welder so I have a physically demanding dirty job. I wear this daily, no scratches or gouges to be found. I did get a little bit of discoloration on the body of the watch but this is not physical damage to the case rather some product from work that stuck to it.
You can upload a variety of workouts and link it to TrainingPeaks and add custom training plans to the watch as well which is cool.
It syncs incredibly quickly, never had any issues. The gps is accurate it seems very reliable. I do get some drift here and there but nothing too major.
That said there are some things I dislike, the menu is not very intuitive. Once I learned it I’m able to navigate through the menus easier but that’s not too big of a deal.
The charging port is interesting, you really have to snap the plug in to charge it.
The band it comes with fits me but I can barely get my hand through, I wish the material were ever so slightly stretchier, however this is probably contributing the the great durability for such a lightweight device.
The music storage is a joke, you have to plug it into a computer and manually upload mp3 files to the watch so I have not tried to use it and never will.
Lastly there is a metronome feature, which I like to have to hit specific cadences, however it beeps very quietly and the vibrations can hardly be felt. I focus more on listening than actually on my cadence so I doubt I’ll use that function too often.
$229 for the standard and $249 for the special edition. This feels like an incredible bargain. I would buy it again. If you’re just starting out in running or looking for something to upgrade from a Fitbit I would highly recommend the pace 3. If you run more trails and unfamiliar routes, I would go with the Apex 2 because it’s navigation and maps are more detailed.
