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Hi all,
had a mare with running watches. Had a NIKE+ Tom Tom watch which was great for running at home, picked up GPS instantly but only if i regularly plugged it into the computer. So for Duathlon it was no good because when you take it away from normal location it takes an age to find GPS. Sold it
Bought a Garmin 620, used it a few times but it was terribly inaccurate. Sent it back to the shop.
Bought a second hand Forerunner 810 which is just as accurate as the Nike+ but takes an age to find GPS. Currently stuck with this but its driving me mad some days waiting outside for it to find signal.
My Edge 810 unit finds GPS the second I take my bike outside. So its not the area, but seems to be the device.
A lot of the newer Garmin watches have the same issue as the 620 in that they are now using a cheapo GPS unit which is not accurate. At least this is what I have read/found online.
I'm looking at the Fenix watches but hear they have quite inaccurate GPS sensors...
thoughts?
had a mare with running watches. Had a NIKE+ Tom Tom watch which was great for running at home, picked up GPS instantly but only if i regularly plugged it into the computer. So for Duathlon it was no good because when you take it away from normal location it takes an age to find GPS. Sold it
Bought a Garmin 620, used it a few times but it was terribly inaccurate. Sent it back to the shop.
Bought a second hand Forerunner 810 which is just as accurate as the Nike+ but takes an age to find GPS. Currently stuck with this but its driving me mad some days waiting outside for it to find signal.
My Edge 810 unit finds GPS the second I take my bike outside. So its not the area, but seems to be the device.
A lot of the newer Garmin watches have the same issue as the 620 in that they are now using a cheapo GPS unit which is not accurate. At least this is what I have read/found online.
I'm looking at the Fenix watches but hear they have quite inaccurate GPS sensors...
thoughts?