Fitness GPS

NoseyMike2010

Does anyone use one? Are they any good?

flywheel

what activity are you doing... I'd have used them for hiking and cycling... your phone may have all you need built in (or connected to a Bluetooth GPS) with the right application...

Nokia (Symbian)
http://sportstracker.nokia.com/

Andriod
http://mytracks.appspot.com/

iPhone
http://www.iphoneness.com/iphone-apps/5-best-sports-gps-apps-for-iphone/

otherwise you'd be looking at a dedicated GPS device like those from Garmen:
http://www.irishfit.eu/runningcomputers.html [See Prod Listings under Garmen]

NoseyMike2010

Running ..... Mainly. Do they work for cycling too??

choons

flywheel wrote: »

what activity are you doing... I'd have used them for hiking and cycling... your phone may have all you need built in (or connected to a Bluetooth GPS) with the right application...

Nokia (Symbian)
http://sportstracker.nokia.com/

Andriod
http://mytracks.appspot.com/

iPhone
http://www.iphoneness.com/iphone-apps/5-best-sports-gps-apps-for-iphone/

otherwise you'd be looking at a dedicated GPS device like those from Garmen:
http://www.irishfit.eu/runningcomputers.html [See Prod Listings under Garmen]

I use sportstracker on my nokia for running and cycling. Its great, shows distance, time, average, top speed etc and you can download your route when you're finished and view it on google maps. Only thing is the phone is a bit bulky for running with.

The dedicated watch GPS route can be very expensive.

TJM

Runkeeper on the iPhone works very well with integrated mapping, etc. http://runkeeper.com

crótach

I've tried Nokia Sports Tracker and it's ok, the phone takes a while to pick up a GPS signal which is a problem for me, but the main drawback is lack of a heart rate monitor. There was a sport edition nokia which included a Polar bluetooth heart monitor belt, which would be great if it could be bought separately.. oh well...

A friend of mine is a serious runner and got the Garmin 405 for christmas. He loves it and thinks it's fantastic, and I have to say it's the first Garmin GPS watch I'd consider buying.

Myself I'm still using Polar S625X. There's no GPS tracking on it, but there's a footpod that tracks your distance quite accurately, and you don't have to wait for a GPS location fix. There are plenty of newer models with this technology, which I find better than GPS, unless you particularly want to see where you've been running and share maps with friends.

NoseyMike2010

Do these apps work on the Apple iTouch???

crótach

NoseyMike2010 wrote: »

Do these apps work on the Apple iTouch???

Well, iTouch doesn't have a GPS receiver, so I very much doubt it

Maybe with an external bluetooth GPS, but would you really bother running with so many things attached to you?

NoseyMike2010

I am trying to encourage myself to start running again .... I was hoping that by using the gps I could encourage myself to set new goals and routes!!

flywheel

how about a solution that just tracks your run parameters (rather than mapping with GPS)...

e.g. Nike +
http://nikerunning.nike.com/nikeos/p/nikeplus/en_EMEA/what_is_nike_plus

iceage

Garmin is your man. GPS watches for running/Cycling etc. Check out the Forerunner range (405 getting..mixed reviews) Or you could try www.runningmap.com or similar, run your route and then plot it on runningmap..it will give you your distance. Thats the one I use. Santa is hopefully gonna give me a garmin for Xmas!

connundrum

TJM wrote: »

Runkeeper on the iPhone works very well with integrated mapping, etc. http://runkeeper.com

+1 for runkeeper.

I use it for runs & cycling and find it extremely accurate, although I will question the calories burned data.

I also log all activities completed in the gym where gps isn't relevant.