Best Running Watch-table
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| Watch | Recommendation Reason | With Heart Rate Monitor | Without Heart Rate Monitor | GPS Accuracy | Weight (oz) | Size (CM3) | Waterproofing | Pace from FootPod | Heart Rate Monitor | Cadence | Data Upload | Battery Life | Altimeter | Navigation | Training Effect | Heart Rate Variability | GPS Pre-cache |
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| Garmin 310XT | The best value for money. | Error: Could not parse data from Amazon! | Error: Could not parse data from Amazon! | 5.9 (6.6 with Footpod) | 2.5 | 63 | Good (50m) | Yes | Yes | Footpod | Yes | Good (20hr) | No | Map of current route | No | No | No |
| Garmin 610 | Smaller than the 310XT/910XT recommendations. | Error: Could not parse data from Amazon! | Error: Could not parse data from Amazon! | 6.4 | 2.5 | 41 | Fair (IPX7) | Yes | Yes | Footpod (+Alert) | Yes | Fair (8hr) | No | Back to start | Yes | Record only | No |
| Garmin 910XT | A better but more expensive version of the 310XT. | Error: Could not parse data from Amazon! | Error: Could not parse data from Amazon! | 6.8 with Footpod | 2.5 | 49 | Good (50m) | Yes | Yes | Footpod | Yes | Good (20hr) | Yes | Map of current route | Yes | Record only | No |
| Suunto Ambit2 R | A good watch at a reasonable price, with only one flaw. | Error: Could not parse data from Amazon! | Error: Could not parse data from Amazon! | 5.8 | 2.5 | 30 | Good (50m) | No | Yes | Internal | Limited | Fair (8 Hr, more in extended mode) | No | Back to start map | Yes | Record only | Yes |
| Motorloa Motoactv | If you can live with the flaws, it's brilliant. (Discontinued, so only buy if it's under $150). |
Not available as a package | Error: Could not parse data from Amazon! | 1.2 | 20 | Poor (IPX7 with seals in place) | No | Yes | Footpod (+Alert) | Limited | Poor (3-6hr) | No | Full color maps | No | No | No | |
| Polar RC3 GPS | Better Heart Rate Monitoring than Garmin. | Error: Could not parse data from Amazon! | Error: Could not parse data from Amazon! | 5.1 | 2.0 | 29 | Poor (IPX7 with seals in place) | No | Yes | Footpod | Yes (but painful) | Fair (13hr) | No | No | No | No | No |
| Soleus 1.0 | Remarkably cheap, but limited. | Not supported | Error: Could not parse data from Amazon! | 2.0 | 28 | Good (30m) | No | No | No | No | Fair (8hr) | No | No | No | No | No | |
| TomTom Cardio Runner | Heart Rate monitoring without the chest strap | Error: Could not parse data from Amazon! | Separate HR strap not needed | 5.0 | 2.2 | 30 | Good (50m) | No | Yes (optical) | Yes | Yes | Fair (8hr) | No | No | No | No | Yes |
| Garmin Fenix 2 | The most features, but appalling GPS Accuracy. | Error: Could not parse data from Amazon! | Error: Could not parse data from Amazon! | 3.8 | 3.2 | 32 | Good (50m) | No | Yes | Internal/Footpod/HRM (+Alert) | Yes | Good (15Hr, more in extended mode) | Yes | Map of current route | Yes | No | Yes |
| Garmin 620 | Nice features, but appalling GPS Accuracy. | Error: Could not parse data from Amazon! | Error: Could not parse data from Amazon! (But you need the HRM for many of the features.) |
3.9 | 1.5 | 20 | Good (50m) | Yes | Internal/Footpod/HRM (+Alert) | Yes | Fair (10hr) | No | No | Yes | Record only | Yes | |
| Garmin 10 | Small and cheap, but appalling GPS Accuracy and there are better watches for not much more. |
Not supported | Error: Could not parse data from Amazon! | 4.1 | 1.3 | 33 | Good (50m) | No | No | No | Yes | Poor (5hr) | No | No | No | No | No |