The FR60 looks to finally be the holy-grail of non-GPS watches: - it is waterproof to 50m (the Forerunner 50 is only IPX7 splash resistant, as are the entire-range of GPS-enabled Garmins!), which is nice if you are a triathlete - it takes a coin-cell that lasts a year rather than the need to recharge every few days like the GPS Garmins - it PC synchs wirelessly and automatically via Bluetooth rather than obsolete line of sight IR like the Polars - it has three lines of display, to show distance run, time, and heartrate all on one screen
It doesn't have some of the nicer features of the Suunto Tc series around coaching and VO2 max-like computations, but the "flickering" display of the Suuntos is a major negative for those of us that do a lot of running at night - it might save the battery a bit, but what good is that if I can't see it?
Can't wait to get a FR60 and replace my old Nike HRM...which has done the job, but lacks zones and PC synch.
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The FR60 looks to finally be the holy-grail of non-GPS watches:
- it is waterproof to 50m (the Forerunner 50 is only IPX7 splash resistant, as are the entire-range of GPS-enabled Garmins!), which is nice if you are a triathlete
- it takes a coin-cell that lasts a year rather than the need to recharge every few days like the GPS Garmins
- it PC synchs wirelessly and automatically via Bluetooth rather than obsolete line of sight IR like the Polars
- it has three lines of display, to show distance run, time, and heartrate all on one screen
It doesn't have some of the nicer features of the Suunto Tc series around coaching and VO2 max-like computations, but the "flickering" display of the Suuntos is a major negative for those of us that do a lot of running at night - it might save the battery a bit, but what good is that if I can't see it?
Can't wait to get a FR60 and replace my old Nike HRM...which has done the job, but lacks zones and PC synch.