Timex Global Trainer Speed and Distance with Heart Rate GPS Watch

Get rate, rate, range, and more on your arm. With SiRFstarIII GPS technological innovation and ANT+ interface, this Batman International Instructor GPS observe from Timex details your efficiency across several dimensions--including rate, rate, range, and more--providing real-time details on a personalized display. The observe actions your place with elevation climb and nice ranges and rates, details up to 100 place waypoints to track back and create tracks, and remembers up to 50 custom tracks for rate monitoring. The device offers six ways of function such as efficiency and multisport ways. The SiRFstarIII GPS technological innovation requires no calibration.

Features:

• Customizable display show up to four windows of information
• 20-workout memory with old conclusion details up to 1,000 temps of information
• Chronograph with period and countdown electronic timers actions performance
• Records passed time, calories expended, and efficiency details for each lap
• Hands-free choice instantly starts and prevents details catch functions
• Compatible with Windows XP or more recent and with Mac OS X10.6 (Snow Leopard) or newer
• Battery restores when connected to USB port or to any electrical socket with included AC adaptor
• English, Spanish, Colonial, People from france, In german and In german support
• Indiglo night-light
• Durable, compact material case
• Top pusher for easy operation
• Durable material strap
• Water-resistant to 50 meters

Manufacturer's Warranty

This Timex observe (but not any power supply, amazingly, band, or strap) is guaranteed to the owner for a period of one season from the date of purchase against problems in produce by Timex Corporation--not by the supplier from whom the observe was purchased. If this observe produces such a flaw within the one season period, it will be fixed or changed at the organization's choice. Timex will not provide any assurance service if your observe shows proof that it has been interfered with, misused, misused, or changed.

About Timex

Timex Team designs, produces, and markets modern watches and jewelry globally. Timex, established in 1854, has extended to become Timex Team, a independently owned company, with several operating models and over 5,000 workers globally. One of the biggest observe creators in the world, Timex Team companies include the Timex Business Unit (Timex, Timex Batman, Opex, TX, Nautica, Marc Ecko); Timex Team Luxury Watches (Valentino, Salvatore Ferragamo); Follow up (Guess, Gc); Vertime (Versace, Versus); and Vincent Bérard.

Most Helpful Customer Reviews


The specs of the watch are really good, but it is when you start using it that one realizes that the Timex Global Trainer does not perform to expectations.

Firstly, the GPS in the watch, although it uses the same chip as that of the Garmin Forerunner, the performance in the Timex Global Trainer is extremely inaccurate. i.e. it takes an average of 5-7min to lock the satellites, unlike other devices, which can lock satellites in matter of seconds. Also, once a session is recorded and loaded onto a map (such as Google Maps), one can appreciate that the tracking of the device is very inaccurate. I have seen distance reading erros of up to 12% (e.g. you run 10miles and the watch says you have run 8.8miles!!) , which is very very bad. Other GPS watches only have a 2% error max accuracy (i.e. Garmin). I have checked this issue on the internet and other user reviews on Timex's Global Trainer GPS show this same issue. I have sent the watch to Timex, got it replaced for a new one, and the same issue persists. TIMEX HASN'T GOT A SOLUTION TO THIS PROBLEM even with their latest FIRMWARE release (v. 3.14) made on August 2011.

Secondly, the workout data downloaded from the watch to the PC is proprietary and can only be used on the TrainingPeaks website. Forget about exporting you data to other better and cheaper websites such as MapMyRun or WorkOutLog. This wouldn't be a problem if TrainingPeaks had a good system, but it is slow and in many occasions it won't load 100% of the workout information (plenty of software improvement is needed on their side). TrainingPeaks has a cost of c. $20/month, while other websites only cost $20/year. The Free version of TrainingPeaks won't show you all of the information from your watch (e.g. HR zones, Cadence Zones, Power Zones, etc).

Conclusion: The GPS is a no go. On a spec basis the watch is not that expensive against competitors but if you include the cost of the software to visualize your workouts you need to add $+120/year, and thats another no go. I have bought the Garmin Forerunner 310xt, Garmin is better value for money and you are not stuck with proprietary software that doesn't work!

by : Anthony

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