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With a better GPS and slightly less bulk this would be an excellent running watch, but you could argue that Suunto, Polar and Garmin's top-end offerings offer similar or better results but with less compromise. However, the look is slightly dated, and I found the GPS pretty sketchy - a shame when so many running watches suffer from the opposite issue (terrible HR monitor, great GPS). The watch is comfortable in use and prices have dropped considerably from the TomTom's launch.

The heart rate monitor is accurate enough, kept in the optimum position by the broad strap. You might get a week's worth of runs out of it, but only just, and I found occasional random battery drain (admittedly on an older test model) stymied my plans to run with it. Battery life is also no up to scratch, seven hours or less isn't really good enough. It's also quite bulky, by no means a subtle device, and although its comfy enough when worn it's a big beast to truck around. Surprisingly for the brand, GPS is pretty poor - without regular syncing with a desktop or mobile app to handover your coordinates this watch takes a long time to get a satellite lock. The UI is very logical and it's really super-simple to get up and running - in fact waiting for satellite lock is the longest part of the process. Having a responsive 'one-button control' is useful.įirstly, underneath the display there’s a large button, which makes it very easy to navigate the menu before you get moving.It's the best HR wrist sensor I've used - consistently within 1 BPM of a chest strap. GPS watches from other manufacturers generally have four buttons (two on each side of the watch) so having a responsive 'one-button control' is useful. Secondly, the watch face and the button slip out of the watch band as one unit, which is easily slotted into a small cradle and plugged into a USB connection for charging. The TomTom Multi-Sport model also ships with a bike mount so the watch face and button can be easily clipped onto the handlebars of a bike.

Simply push the button to the left to view the watch status, including battery level, amount of available storage and the 'tick' that indicates TomTom’s QuickGPS technology - claimed to find GPS satellites fast - is operating. The large button under the screen makes it very easy to navigate the Multi-Sport's menu. Pushing down on the button let's you set the clock, activate the heart rate monitor, view the runner's profile (weight, height, age, gender and language), and change options (kilometres or miles, and backlight for running at night). Pushing the button to the right presents four options: run, cycle, swim and treadmill. These options are selected by pushing the button up and down. The 'race' option allows the runner to try and beat a previous time. We selected the 'run' option and the watch started searching for GPS satellites. In this mode, pushing up shows activity history and pushing down shows training and display settings. Mac: Click the watch icon in the status bar at the top right of your desktop and click Settings. The 'race' option in the training folder is useful as it allows the runner to try and beat a previous time, or select one of five pre-set races on the watch and compete against them. You can turn this off on the General tab in the MySports Connect Settings as follows: Windows: Click the watch icon in the notification area at the bottom right of your desktop and click Settings. Read more: TomTom Runner Cardio GPS watch Good performance, average battery life 'Goal' mode allows the runner to set a distance, time or calorie goal before running and view their progress while the ‘zone’ feature allows the user to set a target pace for pace or heart rate and view how they are going throughout a run.

Tomtom mysports connect desktop application