The clock is slightly plastic and about 40 grams, the plastic strap is designed so that the clock can virtually adapt to any wrist size from child to adult, well-built athletes. The clock case fits comfortably and free from interference by the wrist. The clock runs on a battery that can be charged via the USB cable again. In GPS mode is the battery life of about 10 hours, but in mere time display mode it keeps loud device information up to 6 weeks. In addition, the clock waterproof even up to 50 meters.
The menu control of the clock is controlled with 5 keys quite simple. The keys are quite large and far from being hooked. That succeeded. For training you go into the GPS mode (the perfectly worked for me) and then starts with a push of a button farther training, much like a stopwatch. While running you can then display on 2 screens on the clock current run data, such. As calories burned, pace, distance and time elapsed. The display contents of the two screens can be configured via the settings on the particular individual needs. While running can also switch to current time view without interrupting the workout. If you move from whatever reason a long time not budge, registered the the clock and automatically goes into pause mode. To stop him and continue the training required to act by keystroke you then. If you have completed the training, you press a button to stop, and then decide whether you want to save the results or not. Is the watch memory is full, the oldest record is overwritten. By default, you can adapt to your needs in this respect, the clock measures at every kilometer a meantime, makes by vibrating the runners during the race marked and are a special display. In addition, the clock saves bests from and, if one has been reached, it shows that after stopping the training also. The data stored can be training on the clock even read any diagrams, to the appealing display is also too small, but numbers. Significantly more information is obtained when you over the Internet logs on to Garmin Connect and uploads its data from the clock on this page. But messes in my case and the time of testing the First-Step Instructions. It recommends downloading a special registration software that I have not put on my Windows 8.1 computer to start. An email request on my part to the support remained for over 2 weeks, namely until today unanswered. That's very bad. But you can also sign up without this software at Garmin Connect on the Internet, it must then be installed Browserapp that worked then also, I was there but first even without having to Support Help durchhangeln: annoying, disappointing, but beatable. Only logged in there once, then you have access to detailed training information in charts, with map showing where you went in which weather conditions, distance height differences etc.. I particularly liked the function that you can create your own training here, with certain values that you want to achieve, and can then download on the clock. It then starts the applied training keystroke back on the clock and then receives during running, depending on what you train, possibly haptic feedback. So I wanted to achieve a certain pace about one kilometer, and the intermediate results showed me the clock on vibrate every now and again. Even if the training is over, the clock signals in the final seconds with a clear but discreet beep. About Garmin Connect, you can download ready-made workouts also. The whole thing can then also enter into an electronic calendar. For which I personally do not care, the additional Bluetooth Online functions are in interaction with a smartphone: So you can make about using Livetrack friends, keep track his own run in real time. Last but Garmin Connect offers even to a special own social network where you can publish your own routes and times. This feature I do not need more, but may be quite interesting for the one or the other.
Conclusion: The rich functionality of the clock are oversized almost a bit for me as an opportunity runners, but I enjoy but then in particular about on the display of my processed in one week calories. However, who owns about a GPS enabled smartphone, for which there is already free and interesting fitness apps whose functionality is also quite to be proud. But with the clock on your wrist, it runs in any case better than in a pub with a somewhat unhandlicheren and sensitive smartphone in your pocket. The Running Watch has therefore already convinced me of the support for the clock, however, definitely not.
