The manufacturer commented on the review belowSee comments
I have used a Garmin 305 for many years and decided I needed to downsize to something a little smaller. I picked this over Gramin's current lineup for the following reasons:
1) The price is lower. 2) It uses Bluetooth 4 instead of Ant which will integrate with more device and applications moving forward. 3) It acquires satellite connections much faster than Garmin. 4) They have greatly reduced the thickness of the watch over Garmin's. I wanted to wear it as an everyday watch and click into run mode when needed instead of carrying around a watch that is only used for runs.
One thing I struggled with was leaving the Garmin webstie for TomTom's incomplete website. However, you can upload your runs to Garmin manually if you want. Automated uploads to other sites like Runkeeper are included. TomTom has promised to keep building out their site so I figure it will get better.
I gave this 4 our of 5 stars only because there are some items...Read more
The manufacturer commented on the review belowSee comments I have used a Garmin 305 for many years and decided I needed to downsize to something a little smaller. I picked this over Gramin's current lineup for the following reasons:1) The price is lower.2) It uses Bluetooth 4 instead of Ant which will integrate with more device and applications moving forward.3) It acquires satellite connections much faster than Garmin.4) They have greatly reduced the thickness of the watch over Garmin's. I wanted to wear it as an everyday watch and click into run mode when needed instead of carrying around a watch that is only used for runs.One thing I struggled with was leaving the Garmin webstie for TomTom's incomplete website. However, you can upload your runs to Garmin manually if you want. Automated uploads to other sites like Runkeeper are included. TomTom has promised to keep building out their site so I figure it will get better.I gave this 4 our of 5 stars only because there are some items...Read more