This seems just SO much better than the yellow box. Hopefully it will be received well enough to keep it in production for a while.
A lot of the alternate gps watches have BT/WiFi upload to sites that log/display tracks etc (eg Strava) so not sure whether non windsurfing people will want it.
agree with you Yoyo, they could've made it a bit more "fancy" to sell more of them to a diversified public.
Hear rate and different sport menus would've been nice.
I have a Ezon GPS watch from China it lasts about three months just in watch mode and 8hrs with GSP or BT on. Its similar to the new GW-60 so I emailed Ezon and asked what size battery has it got as there is no info online. I got a email today saying its only a 180mAh battery so the GW-60 with its 250mAh battery should be good. The Ezon probably just runs on 1Hz but the GW-60 with its bigger battery it should be fine.
Also the Ezon is 5ATM and I wear it all the time sailing and its never got water in it.
The Garmin Forerunner 25 comes in different models and different sizes (male /female ) at A$220 or A$270 with HR monitor.
I think Locosys is doing it correctly. First, have the functions it KNOWS will sell to windsurfers. It would be difficult if not impossible for them to go head to head with the "name" brands in markets they have established. Garmin etc would have much greater economies of scale so you would be competing against better product for same cost as well as Name recognition.
Locosys was the one company that was willing to tailor a product for our uses. They deserve our support. Having said that if they could also have a model with a HR monitor in the wrist band then they may sell some more and if they had additional/optional software they might expand their market as well.
Looks pretty much the same as the Suunto Ambit 2 I have, which seems to work fine. Have ordered my new GW60, so if anyone is after an Ambit, let me know !
On the question of economies of scale I saw this today. (I know this is for smart watches )
.The Apple Watch remained the market leader but it shipped just over one million units in the third quarter of 2016 (July - September). During the same period in 2015, it shipped 3.9 million.
.Garmin was the only brand to show growth with shipments of 0.6 million in the third quarter of 2016 compared with 0.1 million in 2015
.Samsung shipped 0.4 million of its Gear and Gear2 watches in both 2015 and 2016
.Lenovo, which makes the Motorola branded Moto 360, suffered the biggest drop with shipments down by 73.3%
.Pebble also slowed from 0.2m to 0.1m shipments.
Looks a really risky market Apple down to just 25% of the previous year whilst Garmin got a 600% increase in the same period!
Wonder how many GW-60s will get sold
So let me get this right.....no other watch works when sailing with an under arm grip but this one does ????
Results from 60 on water session with Garmin 920XT I have done and have not once shown any result issues when uploading file to KA 72 compared to GW52 which is worn on upper arm in an aqua pack. The GW52 continues to give the faster results in all catergories.
nice to see the mods removed some overly emotional posts and restored the thread back to sanity. Thanks. Now can we get back to my question regarding the process of testing a new device?
What exactly is the big improvement between this device and the GT-31?
Is it just that its a watch???
Thats not much of an improvement
What is there to be gained by being able to see your 2sec speed?
Do you think you'll be maxed out, then look at watch and realize how slow your actually going, then you'll be able to just go faster. .....
I guess so, when i do my 100m sprints, i usually look at my watch, and realize i need to run faster even though im already trying my best, but since i looked at my data on my watch i somehow miraculous all of a sudden can now run faster......
An improvement would have been different data
Like showing you your current hr avg as your sailing
Your best alpha
A visible sess odometer
An option to set it up to measure your nm and give you feed back on that whilst sailing
And help with the alpha....possibly helping you map your 250m in and out and how far downwind from your starting pt.....
Ive broken a lot of watch bands in life......sometimes break bands wiping out, is there some sorta warranty against breaking the band and losing the thing while just doing what you bought it for, like windsurfing and occasionally wiping out at decent speeds?