Replacement GPS watch...

az2wp0sye65487

Long story short - my Garmin forerunner 110 is destroyed. It's been held together recently by super glue & cable ties. But its now at a stage where the strap is disintegrating.

I'm dont want to spend hundreds of €€€ on a replacement. Are there any cheap GPS watches anyone wound recommend? I don't need all the features - just stopwatch, pace & distance covered.

I do like the simplicity of the forerunner 110.

Thanks.

WayneEnterprise

I replaced my forerunner 110 with the forerunner 230 last year, find it great. can usually be picked up for around €200. i got it on sale from wiggle for €165.

az2wp0sye65487

Thanks - Are there any GPS watches available for less than €100 though?

Kellygirl

Susan Old-fashioned Romance wrote: »

Thanks - Are there any GPS watches available for less than €100 though?

Keep an eye on sports direct. They have flash sales every now and then for 12-24 hours and you might get a good deal. The forerunner 25 or 35 was incredibly cheap a couple of months ago in one of their sales.

az2wp0sye65487

Anybody ever come across either of these before?

http://www.wiggle.co.uk/lezyne-micro-gps-watch-with-mapping/

http://www.wiggle.co.uk/tomtom-spark-3-gps-fitness-watch/

Thanks

Hitman3000

Try ebay I bought my present Garmin 225 for 95 euro. I can't fault it.

Susan Old-fashioned Romance

Susan Old-fashioned Romance wrote: »

Anybody ever come across either of these before?

http://www.wiggle.co.uk/lezyne-micro-gps-watch-with-mapping/

http://www.wiggle.co.uk/tomtom-spark-3-gps-fitness-watch/

Thanks

tomtom have discontinued their gps watches. so no app updates or maybe gone completely in the future.

the other one I've never heard of but I imagine that the app/cloud side will be poor/limited.

the advantage of Garmin is the app/online/cloud aspect - it will always be there as garmin aren't going to disappear.

might be worth trying ebay as suggested. even 2nd-hand can be fine - lots of people upgrade their watches and sell the old one.

if you can find one of the garmin watches with bluetooth it can be very handy as then you can sync to phone app.

the vivoactive hr gps 2nd hand might be a good one.
this is the watch
https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/garmin-vivoactive-hr-gps-smart-watch/123064617228?epid=24014133756&hash=item1ca739090c:g:qUgAAOSwa59ayOC0

az2wp0sye65487

Thanks all for the advice.

I picked up a Garmin Forerunner 25 in Power City today. They had a 'large' (Black face and strap with red line on the face - a mens) and a 'small' (black face with a light purple-ish colour strap and the same purple on the face - a ladies).

The functionality was the same but the faces were slightly different sizes and apparently the straps were a different size too. The 'small' was €109.95 but the large was €10 dearer!

Anyway, they gave me the 'large' for €109.95.

Susan Old-fashioned Romance

Susan Old-fashioned Romance wrote: »

Thanks all for the advice.

I picked up a Garmin Forerunner 25 in Power City today. They had a 'large' (Black face and strap with red line on the face - a mens) and a 'small' (black face with a light purple-ish colour strap and the same purple on the face - a ladies).

The functionality was the same but the faces were slightly different sizes and apparently the straps were a different size too. The 'small' was €109.95 but the large was €10 dearer!

Anyway, they gave me the 'large' for €109.95.

cool that has bluetooth so handy for syncing your data. probably not something you think much about but you're less likely to do it if you need to use cables etc all the time. handy to see your (hopefully) progress over time.
could be worth picking up a compatible heart-rate monitor down the line as HR can be useful certainly.