Product: Nike+ SportWatch GPS
Price: $199.99
What It’s Good For: It promises to track your run via GPS without you needing to carry your phone, as it has a push-button satellite connection.
Who It's Good For: Runners of all levels who want an accurate assessment of their runs, accounting for corners and hills.
Limitations: There’s an awful lot you have to plug this watch into your computer for, such as adjusting the clock and syncing your location. Plus you have to take a few steps to get to the website that shows your r unning history.
Bottom Line: The Nike+ Sportwatch GPS is very accurate, and with a little software-side tweaking, it could be the perfect scoring system for your runs.
A Look at the Nike+ SportWatch GPS
I love running — so long as I’m getting some kind of credit for it. Some people track calories, others track kilometers. The latter is your score in a real-world video game that can make you healthier faster than just about any other activity. Without a good scoring system, it’s simply too easy to stay in bed instead of hitting the road.
That’s why, ever since the iPhone app Couch to 5K transformed me from a run-o-phobe to a halfway-decent middle-distance runner, I’ve been looking for tech that can inspire me in a similar manner and log my runs precisely. And that’s what I hoped I’d found in the Nike+ Sportwatch GPS.
Prior to reviewing the SportWatch, which came to market la st month, I’d been using...
