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Epson Runsense SF-810 GPS watch with optical HR: In-Depth Review

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While that might seem odd for a company known primarily for printers, one need only remember that Epson is part of the Seiko Epson group – of famed watch lineage.

Polar Pacer Pro GPS Running Watch In-Depth Review

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A long time ago, in a galaxy far, far away, there was the Polar Pacer watch.

COROS APEX Multisport GPS Watch In-Depth Review

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I don’t think there’s any sports technology GPS watch startup that’s being watched as closely by GPS watch industry giants as COROS is.

Polar’s Unite Fitness Watch: Hands-on Details and First Run

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Almost exactly a year after announcing the Polar Ignite GPS watch, the company is back with another wearable – the similarly named Unite, which takes all the Polar Ignite features, slashes the internal GPS, and drops the price by $50.

Garmin Fenix2 Multisport Watch In-Depth Review

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Since then the watch has transformed from what was originally seen as a hiking focused unit, to more of an ultra-runner's unit, to finally settling in on a full-fledged multisport watch as seen now in the recently announced Fenix2.

Basis B1 Watch In-Depth Review

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The Basis B1 watch represents the first fitness tracker on the market to do 24x7 continuous heart rate monitoring (all without a heart rate strap), in addition to all of the usual metrics like a step-counter and sleep.

Apple Watch Series 7 Launched: Complete New Features & Tech Details

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Today Apple has launched their Apple Watch Series 7 slate of watches, including the largest display in the Apple Watch lineup to date.

Initial Thoughts: Apple Watch Series 3 with cellular connectivity

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Today Apple announced their 3rd generation Apple Watch, simply named Apple Watch Series 3.

Google Pixel Watch Announced: Everything You Need To Know

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After more years than anybody can try counting, Google has finally formally announced their first ‘own’ watch, the Pixel Watch.

Suunto Ambit3 Multisport GPS Watch In-Depth Review

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It also brought a few other minor features like daily activity tracking and the ability to use your phone as a display for the watch.

Samsung Galaxy Watch 7 In-Depth Review: Half the price, half the accuracy?

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While the new Samsung Galaxy Watch Ultra and new Samsung Galaxy Ring got all the attention during Samsung’s trio of fitness products launch, the reality is that most people are going to end up buying the more affordable Samsung Galaxy Watch7.

Apple Watch Power Meter Support: Everything You Ever Wanted to Know

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Last month at Apple’s annual developer conference the company outlined the future of Apple Watch, at least in terms of software, for the next year.

Polar RC3 integrated GPS watch In-Depth Review

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Previously, Polar watches connected to a separate GPS pod (about the size of a thin pack of gum) to get GPS information.

Apple Watch Ultra Hands-On: Everything you need to know!

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Today, Apple has announced the biggest shift to their Apple Watch product lineup since launch, by announcing the new Apple Watch Ultra, which is targeted at the endurance athlete.

Apple Watch Series 10: Everything You Need To Know

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Today Apple announced Apple Watch Series 10, with a substantial hardware change and upgrade.

Hands-on: Garmin’s Forerunner 645 Music GPS Watch

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After all, the running focused unit doesn’t just have music, but rather all the latest features and functions that Garmin’s been adding lately – such as NFC contactless payments (Garmin Pay), latest Connect IQ app support, and finally in their high end dedicated running watch: A barometric altimeter (only the triathlon variants have had that till now).

The New Garmin FR920XT Triathlon Watch: Everything you ever wanted to know

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Today, Garmin has officially announced the successor to the FR910XT triathlon/multisport watch, the FR920XT.

Garmin Forerunner 945 Multisport Watch In-Depth Review

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It also takes in all of the new features of the $1,500 Garmin MARQ watches, including temperature and altitude acclimation as well as more detailed training load/focus metrics.

Polar M600 Android Wear GPS Watch In-Depth Review

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It’s been a touch bit over two months since Polar announced their first Android Wear device, the M600 GPS-enabled watch.

Tri Amsterdam Race Report (Testing Apple Watch Triathlon Mode!)

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Earlier this summer, Apple announced WatchOS 9, which is by far the company’s most ambitious push into endurance sports to date for their Apple Watch platform.

Garmin Forerunner 245 Music GPS Watch In-Depth Review

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Sure, the FR235 had more buttons than the Vivoactive 3, but ultimately the Vivoactive 3 was a more rounded watch in terms of features.

Garmin Fenix3 Multisport GPS Watch In-Depth Review

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The Fenix3 aims to further blend the multisport watch realm (previously dominated by the Garmin Forerunner series), with the outdoor watches (such as the Fenix1 & Fenix2, as well as outdoor handhelds).

Soleus GPS 1.0 $90 Running Watch In-Depth Review

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I had heard about the Soleus GPS 1.0 watch a few times over the course of the fall, but with how busy things have been, I just didn’t have the chance to hit up the folks from Soleus and give it a shot.