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Aldi alert! GPS watches for £65 on Sunday 29 June

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Aldi is having a cycling gear sale this Sunday which includes Garmin Forerunner 10 lookalikes, with heart rate monitor, a snip at £64.99. Pink, green and black. They seem to have a lot of functions, including a gps map and compass, though don't know how they compare to the Garmin in other ways. Definitely worth a look, also for cycling stuff.

aldi.co.uk/en/specialbuys/s...

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I've just seen them in my Aldi leaflet thing! They have a 3 yr warranty too! It looks like you may be able to upload routes and use it for directions. Bloody Aldi, they feature everything I wanted, 4 weeks after I've bought it somewhere else! It was the same with the running gear and camping equipment!

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There is a video here showing its features in greater detail. youtube.com/watch?v=SCPITPK... Looks like a bargain.

Also some user experiences here. coolrunning.com.au/forums/i...

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Hummmmm have just received my Garmin through the post today. I probably didn't need to see this post! :)

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Me neither as I received my Garmin yesterday!

And theres no Aldi next to me!!! I want one of those...

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Ooh looks good, it has a heart rate feature and strap included which the Garmin fr10 doesn't have, would be tempted if I didn't already have the fr10. Thanks for posting TT. :-)

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Did anyone get one of these?? Passing by Aldi tomorrow and wondered if they were worth getting if they have one left.

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IannodaTruffeMentor in reply to folkieboater

Yeah, I did and I am very impressed with it. It is the same (with cosmetic differences) to the Runtastic watch which you can get on Ebay for £120 and also the Ultrasport Navrun 500 which is £88 on Amazon. It gets a GPS fix in 4 seconds and can provide you with more data than you know what to do with. The HRM works ok and I found quite comfortable on my run this morning. My local store did not have them on display and I had to ask for it. ??? It comes with a written manual in pretty good English, 16 hour GPS battery life and a three year warranty. Aldi have a 60 day no quibble returns policy, so you could try it out and see how you get on with it.

It feels like a quality item. Good luck.

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TurboTortoiseGraduate in reply to IannodaTruffe

Glad you got one! Black, I presume? I was too late - rolled on down to my local Aldi at around 11.30am on Sunday, and they had already sold old, apart from two pink ones - apparently the queue went round the block (I had to ask the manager too). It was proper, garish, Barbie/My Little Pony plastic tea-set pink, if you know what I mean, and I just couldn't... may regret my decision based on your review!

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TurboTortoiseGraduate in reply to folkieboater

They sold out within a couple of hours at the Aldi I went to - but you never know. You have to ask for them as they don't have any on display (probably to deter shoplifters), as IdT says.

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Didn't get there in the end. Did Asda instead - guess it's just saving me money, I really don't need one anyway :)

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My wife brought the first GPS watch that Aldi had some years ago. It is a fantastic device. I have been hiking the Cornish Coastline and the downloads on the app are really good. Unfortunatly the watch broke just above the strap. It is that good though I have been waiting for them to be on sale again and will be getting another one. Excellent value for money.

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