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Jon Ison - 9/6/10 at 11:00 AM

Looking to get swimbo one for here birthday, dont know a lot about them so looking for recommendations......

She will use it for horse riding (looking to record distance/ current speed ? ) Cycling, shes not the jogging type but guess they all have heart rate etc anyway ?

What do you guys in the know recommend ?

matt_gsxr - 9/6/10 at 11:07 AM

get one that measures the horses heart-rate?

T66 - 9/6/10 at 11:13 AM

Not sure what mobile she has, but Ive got Nokia Sportstracker on mine....


GPS based and records allsorts of data


http://sportstracker.nokia.com/nts/main/index.do



MAybe an alternative to a gps watch.

franky - 9/6/10 at 11:18 AM

I use to have a timex one but just upgraded to a Garmin 305. It links into google maps and allows you to view route/speed and also race against yourself. You can get them from hantec for about £130ish or if you ring up they do a as new refurb for £110.

jmh - 9/6/10 at 11:18 AM

Hey,

A friend of mine has a Suunto watch that has built in GPS. He is able to download all of his routes etc. on to the computer and even plot them against OS maps (Memory Map).

However there are two points:

1. The watch is not particularly compact
2. The GPS takes a lot of power to run relative to the rest of the watch, so he watch needed recharged every couple of days or so if he was using it alot.

That was 2/3 years ago, so might have got more compact and either more efficient or better batteries.

Just a thought

jossey - 9/6/10 at 11:28 AM

http://gpswatches.org.uk/

i looked here.

didnt get one in end but i liked the garmin ones.

DJT - 9/6/10 at 01:35 PM

Very pleased with my Garmin 405, but beware it is not waterproof, only splashproof. However, I don't use it for swimming anyway. The Garmin Connect site where your data is loaded to is very nice.

Amazon is the place to get the Garmin, much cheaper than elsewhere and free postage, nearly next day.

[Edited on 9-6-2010 by DJT]

franky - 9/6/10 at 03:24 PM

not quite as cheap as hantec!

hobbsy - 9/6/10 at 03:56 PM

You can get loggers for the purpose about the size of a box of matches. Look up qstarz. Strap it on to something so it has the view of the sky. Batteries are li ion so last ages and prob a lot cheaper than the watches. Just no screen to review info at the time but the pc software is very good.