Fitness watch

[Zippy17726]

Hello everyone, I was just looking for some recommendations for a good watch for running.

I currently use my sons casio purely for the stop watch function but I would love one soon for myself that has these features:

Stopwatch

Heart rate monitor

GPS to track distance ran.

Above all, I need it to be simple to use each function and not super complex and reasonably priced , definitely under £150. I can’t afford an apple one !

Any recommendations would be very much appreciated.

I use an iPhone if this helps any suggestions.

Thank you!

[JaoJao]

I would suggest a Fitbit, they are very reasonably priced and it will give you all of the above, most of these watches will hook up to your phones location services for gps.

Happy hunting. You will love it when you get one.

[UnfitNoMore Graduate]

Garmin Forerunner 35, about £90 new, stand alone gps, works with iPhone via Garmin connect app, and then syncs with the other popular trackers.

[MarkyD Graduate]

I recommend the Garmin ForeRunner 235. It is just being superceded by a new model, and is consequently on offer at a number of retailers, and is in your price-range. It is a superb watch with a 7 day battery life, all-day step counting, heart-rate monitoring, sleep tracking, receives notifications from your iPhone (so a quick glance at your wrist will tell you who just messaged you - without needing to look at your phone) and best of all it has Garmin's legendary GPS.

If you want unbiased advice, take a look at the website dcrainmaker.com for all things technical for swimming, biking and running.

[Zippy17726]

Thanks all for your replies! They all sound great. I can’t wait to get one. I will look further into each of those. I Wish I could try each out for a run although I’m sure no one would want a sweaty watch after I’ve worn it!!

Thank you MarkyD for that link too.