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Apple Watch vs Garmin Watch: Skiing Features Tested!

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In cases where you go very briefly uphill (such as having to hike a short distance), it seems to handle those correctly as a single cohesive run in all my testing. … If I tap on the 3D map, I can look at each run individually, top speeds, heart rate, zoom in/out, etc… You’ll also see above that it pulled in all the photos/videos I took during that timeframe while skiing - this is a nice touch.

Garmin Forerunner 225 In-Depth Review

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When you press the start button to begin your run the unit will utilize GPS to show you pace and distance. … It’s usually fairly close to my mid-range running speed, but the accuracy decreases as I go faster/slower from my long-run pace.

Garmin Forerunner 10 (FR10) GPS watch In-Depth Review

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Now, this differs from other Garmin units which show you how far behind/ahead you are (in distance/time). … Whenever you drop below the speed threshold (roughly a slow walk), the unit will automatically pause the timer/recording.

Garmin Forerunner 935 In-Depth Review

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That includes things like proximity and navigation alerts (for distance to waypoint, and time/distance remaining to destination). … This also includes displaying your data, such as distance and pace/speed.

Apple Watch Ultra In-Depth Review: It’s a Start!

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You can also see total steps, total distance, and floors climbed listed one swipe lower. … It allows you to compare power meters/trainers, heart rate, cadence, speed/pace, GPS tracks, and plenty more.

Fitbit Versa In-Depth Review

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Be it stairs, distance, or heart rate. … Inversely, if you’re out for a bike ride, you’ll get zilch for distance/speed without your phone.

Fitbit Ionic GPS Smartwatch In-Depth Review

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This includes steps, distance, calories, floors (stairs), active minutes, all alongside your resting heart rate. … To get you quickly up to speed, I wanted to bulletize all the major new stuff in one tidy section.

Polar Bluetooth Smart Stride Sensor (Footpod) In-Depth Review

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By giving it a baseline ‘known distance’, the footpod can then be calibrated for future use – at any speed or distance. … The Bluetooth Smart footpod is a running accessory that attaches to your running shoes and gives you speed/cadence data both indoors and out while connected to a smart phone.

TomTom Cardio Runner & Multisport with Optical Heart Rate In-Depth Review

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This then also enables the lap data fields such as lap time and lap distance, which will be shown during the activity. … Essentially, best I can tell, the unit and me only have one basic speed.

Garmin Forerunner 965 In-Depth Review: Now with AMOLED Display!

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If you increase intensity, it’ll decrease your duration till death (in either distance or time). … Exceptionally good sleep can speed this up, and inversely, a high-stress day can slow this down.

Fitbit Blaze In-Depth Review

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But make no mistake – you need your phone if you want a GPS track or specific distances. … There’s no option to pair to ancillary sensors (like a speed or cadence sensor).

Garmin Edge 510 In-Depth Review

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Alerts can be configured for Time, Distance, Calories, Heart Rate, Cadence, Power, and Speed. … Within the tracking, they’ll get your little blue dot on a map, as well as your past track and your current ANT+ sensor data (Cadence/Heart Rate/Power/Speed), plus information such as total activity time and average speed (and avg pace for runners!).

Garmin Epix Pro In-Depth Review: Now In Three Sizes!

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And alongside that, my wife has been taking out the smaller edition Epix Pro 42mm sized unit in her long-distance training, as well as the smaller 42mm Fenix 7S Pro. … Finally, it’s worth noting that the charging speed has been significantly increased.

Tacx Boost Trainer In-Depth Review

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They essentially increase or decrease the distance between the wheel and the resistance unit, which in turn will give proper resistance. … But it gained a speed sensor…mostly.

Initial thoughts on the new Adidas Smart Run GPS watch

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I can also swipe up to see other metrics while paused, such as distance, average heart rate and pace. … While this may be the first physical GPS unit for the company, they’ve actually been fairly involved in the sport tracking world for a bit now – with previous connected sensors such as footpods designed to go into your soccer cleats, as well as other speed sensors for running related activities.

TomTom Runner & Multisport GPS Watch In-Depth Review

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The Goals mode allows you to specify a goal (time, distance or calories) and then receive a chart indicating your progress towards that goal during the run (it’s specific to a run, not overall goal). … The difference is that here we have the option of utilizing a Bluetooth Smart Speed & Cadence sensor.

Garmin Vivoactive 3 In-Depth Review

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For the two upper/lower edge fields, you’ve only got the following fields: Timer, heart rate, calories, distance, time of day. … If cycling, and you have a speed sensor – it’ll use that.

Wahoo Fitness Blue SC Bluetooth Smart Speed/Cadence Sensor In-Depth Review

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And finally, you can reset the odometer as well as go ahead and specify a given starting distance. … Instead, it’s a new Bluetooth Smart (aka Bluetooth Low Energy) sensor, one designed to track your speed and cadence information while on a bike.

Garmin Vivosmart HR In-Depth Review

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And right after distance, you’ll get calories. … It allows you to compare power meters/trainers, heart rate, cadence, speed/pace, GPS tracks and plenty more.

Garmin Edge 810 In-Depth Review

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For example, you can configure distance to display in metric (kilometers), while temperature remains in fahrenheit. … It’ll show your current location, your past track (where you’ve been), and your past and current ANT+ data (Cadence/Power/Heart Rate/Speed).

Garmin ANT+ Foot Pods: Everything you ever wanted to know

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Of course, for data junkies like myself (and many of you) that means that the GPS signal on your various fitness devices is no longer able to record all the information you’re likely accustomed to – such as pace and distance. … Many of you from the ‘way-back’ era of...well...2000-ish, probably remember foot pods as the defacto way that sports watches could measure distance and speed – this being well before GPS fitness devices.

Peloton Tread In-Depth Review

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Becs Gentry was 4th in the Olympic Marathon trials this past year, and Matt Wilpers is an iron-distance triathlon coach. … From a speed and incline standpoint, the unit goes up to 12.5MPH/20.1KPH (4:48/mile & 2:59/KM).

Suunto 9 Peak In-Depth Review

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Same goes for configuring zones, as well as setting a target for that workout (simply a duration or distance). … Now before we start the activity, let’s briefly talk about sensor connectivity, such as external heart rate sensors, power meters, and speed/cadence sensors.

Garmin Vivoactive 4 Smartwatch In-Depth Review

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Just pretty much like every other GPS watch out there it’ll show your running stats in real-time, including your pace, distance, time, heart rate, and any other metrics you’ve added. … Oh, and sensor-wise it supports: heart rate, headphones, cycling speed/cadence, running footpod, Tempe (temperature sensor), ANT+ cycling lights, ANT+ cycling radar, as well as golfing club sensors.

New Timex Run Trainer vs. Garmin FR210: Fight!

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For example, both watches contain simple clock alarms, and at the same time neither watch supports the ability to measure distance in a swimming pool. … Alerts: Run Trainer has HR, Speed or Pace, Foot Cadence, Distance Goal and Altitude Goal as well as laps Customizable Display: When in 3-line mode, the middle display numbers are larger, also still has 4-line display mode.

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